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Bezique

B
PLAYERS
2
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

Deal eight cards to each player and place the remainder as a stock with the top card turned to set trump.

2

On each turn, a player leads a card, and if holding one, may first lay down a scoring meld such as the bezique itself: the queen of spades with the jack of diamonds.

3

The player wins the trick if their card beats the card led or follows suit with a higher card, taking both cards and drawing back up to eight from the stock.

4

Melds are scored the moment they are declared, and only one meld may be declared per turn.

5

Once the stock is exhausted, play continues without replacement, and the final trick and remaining melds are scored to decide the winner.