Scorepad

• The object of the game is to be the player with the most points after the specified number of hands have been played.
• Each player chooses one of the Role Cards at the beginning of the game.
• One card is dealt to each player for the first hand. The number of cards dealt increases by one in each subsequent hand so that, in the twelfth (and final) hand, twelve cards are dealt to each player.
• After cards are dealt and before they are played, players, starting with the player to the dealer's left, bid how many tricks they expect to win.
• The hands with 6 or 12 cards have special bidding and scoring rules. In those hands, players can only bid "all" (meaning they hope to win all the tricks) or "nothing" (meaning they hope not to win any tricks).
• The player to the left of the dealer leads first.
• Players must follow suit with the led card if possible.
• Highest card in the led suit wins the trick unless someone plays a Grace Card (with a symbol matching their Role Card) or a Special Card (one with a star).
• If a Special Card is played, follow the instructions on the card.
• If one or more Grace Cards are played, the highest Grace Card played wins the trick (unless a Special Card says otherwise).
• The player that wins a trick, leads the next trick.
• Scoring is determined at the end of each hand (see below).
• The winner is the player with the most points after the final hand is played and scored.

Scoring is different in the hands where either 6 or 12 cards are dealt.

N = Number of cards dealt
B = Number of tricks bid
W = Number of tricks actually won

In hands with either 6 or 12 cards

In all other hands

• Players agree on how many points it takes to win. Typically this is 225 (a short game) to 450 (a long game) for a 4 person game.
• The object of the game is to be the player with the most points when any player gets to the winning score.
• Each player chooses one of the Role Cards at the beginning of the game.
• All cards are dealt each hand.
• After cards are dealt and before they are played, players, starting with the player to the dealer's left, bid how many tricks they expect to win. The minimum bid is 1.
• The player to the left of the dealer leads first.
• Players must follow suit with the led card if possible.
• Highest card in the led suit wins unless someone plays a Grace Card (with a symbol matching their Role Card).
• If at least one Grace Card is played, the highest Grace Card played wins the hand.
• For this game, disregard the instructions on the Special Cards.
• The player that wins a trick, leads the next trick.
• Scoring is determined at the end of the hand.
• If a player wins fewer tricks than they bid, they get zero points.
• If the player wins at least as many tricks as they bid, they get 10x their bid.
• If they win more tricks than they bid, they also get 1 point for each trick they won over what they bid.
• The player to the left of that hand's dealer deals the next hand.
• The winner is the player with the most points when the first player gets to the winning number of points.

B = Number of tricks bid
W = Number of tricks actually won

• Players agree on the number of points that marks the end of the game. Typically this is 75 (a short game) to 150 (a longer game) for a 4 person game.
• The object of the game is to be the player with the fewest points when any player gets to the game ending score.
• Each player chooses one of the Role Cards at the beginning of the game.
• All cards are dealt each hand.
• Players must follow suit with the led card if possible.
• The player to the left of the dealer leads first.
• Highest card in the led suit wins unless someone plays a Grace Card (with a symbol matching their Role Card).
• If at least one Grace Card is played, the highest Grace Card played wins the hand.
• For this game, disregard the instructions on the Special Cards.
• The player that wins a trick, leads the next trick.
• Scoring is determined at the end of each hand.
• Players get one point for each of their “Grace” cards they won (whether they played it or someone else played it).
• Players get 7 points for each Special card (those with a star) that they won.
• The player to the left of that hand's dealer deals the next hand.
• The winner is the player with the fewest points when the first player reaches the losing number of points.

Scoring is determined at the end of each hand.

• Players get one point for each of their “Grace” cards they won (whether they played it or someone else played it).
• Players get 7 points for each Special card (those with a star) that they won.