The round ends immediately when one only player has cards left in his hand. Also, to win the trick you may play the powerful Bombs (pokers or royal flushes) that defeat every other combination in play, or carefully use the special cards: the Phoenix, the Dragon, the Ma-Johng, and the Dog. Whoever played the highest value combination wins the trick and takes all the cards played on the table. When all the players pass, the trick is over and a new one start. For instance, if the last cards played are a pair of 4 and it is your turn, you have to play at least a pair of 5. You always have to beat who played before and, if you can’t, you have to pass. One at the time, the players will have to play a combination of cards, that can be a single card, a pair, a series of consecutive pairs, a three of a kind, a straight made of 5 or more cards, a full house, a poker, or a royal flush. Then, in a four player game, pass 3 of your cards to the other players, one to your teammate and the others to the opponents. Round after round, your goal is to reach a total of at least 1000 points.Īt the beginning of every round, hand out all the cards to the players.

In each one you will try to get rid of your cards before your opponents do while trying to score as many points as possible.

The game has been designed mainly for four players (two couples), but it can also be played by three players (adding the “dead” player) or by six (two teams of three players each).

Tichu three of a kind