Welcome to Tarneeb!
Tarneeb is a card game that’s a lot like other trick-taking games you may have played. The main objective is for your team to be the first to reach 31 points. It’s all about bidding, winning tricks, and earning those precious points. So, let’s dive in and learn how to play!
Getting Started
First things first – we need to set up the game. Start by choosing a dealer. You can do this randomly, like flipping a coin or drawing straws. Once you have a dealer, they’ll shuffle the deck and deal 13 cards to each player, one card at a time. Keep in mind, each player will be on a two-person team. Now, we’re all set and ready to go!
Time to Play!
Now that the setup is out of the way, it’s time to start playing. We’ll begin with the bidding process. The player to the right of the dealer will start the bidding, and it will continue counterclockwise around the group. Each player will make a bid, which represents the number of tricks their team thinks they can win. Remember, the lowest bid is seven, and the highest is thirteen. So, make your bid wisely!
So, here’s how it works: when it’s your turn to bid, you have to offer a higher number than the previous bid. But, if you don’t want to bid, you can choose to pass. The bidding goes on until everyone passes. The person with the highest bid gets to play the first round.
Now, when it’s time to play, you have to try and play a card of the same suit as the one that was played before. But if you don’t have a matching card, you can play any card you want. The goal is to win the round by playing the highest trump card or the highest card of the leading suit if there are no trumps.
The teams in the game want to win as many rounds as possible. So, if they predicted they would win less than thirteen rounds and they succeed, they get points equal to the number of rounds they won. On the other hand, if they fail to reach their prediction, they lose points equal to their prediction, while the other team gets points for the rounds they won.
If a team manages to win all the tricks during a game, they will earn a total of sixteen points. However, if they take a risk and bid for all thirteen tricks, managing to win them all, they will score twenty-six points. The game continues until a team accumulates a total of 31 points. Once a team reaches this score, they are declared the winners of the game!
THE FINAL MOMENT
The game will come to a thrilling end when one of the teams reaches a total of 31 points. And guess what? Whoever manages to achieve this feat first will be crowned the ultimate champions!
The game will come to a thrilling end when one of the teams reaches a total of 31 points. And guess what? Whoever manages to achieve this feat first will be crowned the ultimate champions!