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Ninety-nine is a card game for 2, 3, or 4 players. It is a trick-taking game that can use ordinary French-suited cards.Ninety-nine was created in 1967 by David Parlett; his goal was to have a good 3-player trick-taking game with simple rules yet great room for strategy.
If you are forced to play a high-value card, prefer to throw out a King in favor of keeping a 4 or 10 in reserve. Most valuable: 4. Playing 4 (reversal) when the score is 99 buys you the most number of turns until you have to confront the 99 score; Strategy for the bold move ("the short game" where you play a 99 value card on the first hand)
The distinction is that the play in a card game chiefly depends on the use of the cards by players (the board is a guide for scorekeeping or for card placement), while board games (the principal non-card game genre to use cards) generally focus on the players' positions on the board, and use the cards for some secondary purpose.
This process of game play continues for nine total games or until a player exceeds 50 points. [citation needed] Optional rules of this version include: Horizontal and diagonal lines of three also score zero [1] Playing with jokers in the game, valued at -4 points [1] Every pair of adjacent (horizontal or vertical) equal cards scores zero [1]
The game is for three players and a 24-card deck of French playing cards, cards ranking in descending order in each suit as follows: A 10 K Q J and 9. Note that the 10s are promoted to second place. If a Skat deck is used, the 7s and 8s are removed. The three-hand rules will be described here.
In a 3-person game, x=39, bid 1 with an offsuit Jack or stronger. In a 4-person game, x=44, bid 1 with the 3 of trump or stronger, (4 of trump if the turn up is the 2 or 3). In a 5-person game, x=49, bid 1 with the 9 of trump or better, (the 8 will do if the turn up is higher than the 8)
Whist. Play the classic trick-taking card game. Lead with your strongest suit and work with your partner to get 2 points per hand. By Masque Publishing
3-5-8, also known as sergeant major for its popularity among members of the Royal Air Force, is a trick-taking card game for 3 players, based on whist, using a standard 52 card deck. 3-5-8 may be played as a gambling game, and there are many variations with names like "8-5-3" and "9-5-2" played throughout the world.