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La Coinche

Game Night
L
PLAYERS
4 (two teams of two)
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

Deal all cards to four players seated as two partnerships across from each other.

2

Going around the table, each player bids a suit and a point target they believe their team can reach, or passes.

3

Any player may "coinche" (double) an opponent's bid to raise the stakes if they believe it will fail.

4

The highest bidder's suit becomes trump, and that team must reach their declared point total from the tricks they win.

5

Play out all eight tricks, following suit when possible and using trump cards to win otherwise.

6

Tally each team's card points; the bidding team scores only if they met their target, otherwise the points go to their opponents.