Thousand (Tysiąc)
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PLAYERS
3-4
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
- Deck of 24 cards (9 through Ace in each suit)
HOW TO PLAY
1
Deal cards evenly among three players and set a small hidden kitty aside.
2
Players bid against each other, each declaring a higher point total they expect to score, until one wins the bidding.
3
The bid winner takes the kitty, discards back down to hand size, and may reveal married king-queen pairs of the same suit for bonus points.
4
Play tricks by following the led suit when possible; the highest trump or highest card of the led suit wins each trick.
5
Total the point value of captured cards (aces, tens, kings, queens, jacks) once all tricks are played.
6
Play multiple hands until someone reaches 1000 points; missing a declared bid costs the bidder that many points instead.