TWENTY-NINE

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OBJECTIVE OF TWENTY-NINE:  Wins tricks with valuable cards played.

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 4 players (two partnerships)

NUMBER OF CARDS:  32 cards (8 cards per suit)

RANK OF CARDS:  J, 9, A, 10, K, Q, 8, 7

TYPE OF GAME: Trick-Taking

AUDIENCE: Adult

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INTRODUCTION TO TWENTY-NINE

Twenty-Nine is a South Asian trick-taking card game. It is believed that this game is a descendant of a family of European games called Jass games. The principals of the game were imported along with Dutch traders.

The Cards

Twenty-Nine is generally a four-player game with two partnerships. Partners face each other during play. The game utilizes only 32 cards of a standard 52 card deck, 8 cards per suit. The cards rank as follows: J (high), 9, A, 10, K, Q, 8, 7 (low).

The objective of Twenty-Nine is to win tricks that have valuable cards in them. A trick is a hand in a trick-taking game. Each player plays a single card in a trick. The winner of the trick, the player with the highest value card, takes the cards.

Cards values are as follows:

Jacks: 3 points

Nines: 2 points

Aces: 1 point

Tens: 1 point

K, Q, 8, 7: 0 points

This gives a total of 28 points. Some variations have a total of 29 points for the last trick, which is how it received its namesake. However, the game is generally not played that way and still retains the name.

The game is traditionally played with the 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s being used as trump indicators. Each player receives cards from each suit. Sometimes, the 6s are used to keep score. A set of partners each receives a red and black six. 메이저사이트추천

THE DEAL & THE BIDDING

The deal and game play pass to the left. The dealer shuffles the deck and the player to their right cuts it. Each player receives four cards, one at a time, face-down.

Depending on the cards in hand, players place bids for electing trumps. A bid is a number that represents the amount of tricks that person believes their partnership can make. The highest bidder wins. The bid starts with the player to the left of the dealer and moves left. Players can raise the bid or pass. This continues until 3 players pass in a row. The minimum bid is 15 and the maximum is 28. If everyone passes the dealer must make a forced bid of 15, this also ends the bidding.

The winner of the bidding selects the trump suit. The 2s and 5s not being used are arranged so that the trump suit the bidder chose is at the bottom.

The dealer passes each player another 4 cards. Each player now has 8 cards.