Tarneeb

4 players

Tarneeb is one of the most popular card games in the region. It is played by 4 players in two teams, with a bidding round for tricks and a trump suit (the tarneeb). The goal is to reach the number of tricks you committed to. It rewards memory, reading your partner, and smart bidding.

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How to play

1 Players 4, in two teams, partners opposite. 1

2 Deck A full 52-card pack, all dealt out, 13 each. 2

3 Bidding Starts to the dealer's right. Each player bids how many tricks their team will take, minimum 7 and maximum 13, and each bid must beat the last. The winning bidder names the trump suit (the tarneeb). 3

4 Play The bid winner leads first. Follow the led suit if you can, otherwise trump or throw a card. The highest trump wins the trick, or the highest card of the led suit if no trump is played. 4

5 Scoring Make your bid and your team scores the tricks it won. Fall short and your bid is subtracted. Scores can go below zero. 5

6 Winning First team to the agreed target, usually 41. 6

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