Barbu

Players agree on an order of several short contracts to play in sequence, such as avoiding certain cards, avoiding taking any tricks, or avoiding the last trick.

For each contract, cards are dealt evenly and players take turns playing a card, following suit when able, with the highest card of the led suit winning the trick.

Depending on the active contract, players try either to avoid or to deliberately collect specific cards or tricks, since each contract rewards or penalizes different outcomes.

Penalty and bonus points for each contract are recorded on paper after every hand.

Once every contract has been played once, the player with the fewest total penalty points wins the match.