Tichu
Specifikationer
Specifikationer
Tichu belongs to a family of Chinese card games called "climbing games" by John McLeod. It is an evolution of Zheng Fen ("contending for scores"). Tichu shares Zheng Fen's scoring cards (Kings, Tens, and Fives) and a subset of Zheng Fen's playable combinations. In Zheng Fen, the primary goal is to collect scoring cards during trick-taking play. Tichu shares this goal but also introduces team play and new goals primarily focused on emptying your hand of cards before opposing team members. Tichu also introduces 4 special cards: the Phoenix and the Dragon replace the 2 jokers in the Chinese game.
The deck is a standard 52-card deck with four special cards added. When it's your turn, you can either beat the current top card combination or pass. If play returns to the player who played the top cards, they win the trick and can lead the next. The card led determines what combination of cards should be played on that trick. The last player to get rid of their cards gives all their won cards to the player who went out first, and the last player's unplayed cards are given to the opposing team. Fives, Tens, and Kings score points, with each hand worth one hundred points (excluding bonuses). The first team to 1000 points wins.
