Trump SuitĪfter the cards are dealt each round, a card is turned over and its suit is declared the trump for the round. Under these circumstance the Jack of Clubs would be played at any time a spade could be played. Hence, if spades was trumps the highest valued card in the game would be the Jack of Spades and the second highest would be the Jack of Clubs. The highest trump card is the Jack of the trump suit and the Jack of the same colour also becomes a trump and is the second highest card in the game.

The exception to these values is if a card is a trump. Hence an ace would beat any other card and a 2 would beat nothing. Record the scores and deal the next round.(see scoring and bidding)Ĭard values from lowest to highest are: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, A.

Steps 5 - 7 are repeated until all cards have been played.

The person who won the trick then leads the next trick.

Under these circumstances the person who played the highest trump wins the trick. The only exception would be if a player could not follow suit and trumped the trick. The person who played the highest card of the lead suit (the suit the first player played) wins the trick.

After each player has played their cards the trick is evaluated.

In a clockwise direction each player plays a card.

The player to the left of the dealer plays a card of their choice.

Each player makes their bid for the round starting with the player to the left of the dealer (see bidding and scoring).

Cards are dealt starting with the player to the left of the dealer.

The following steps are repeated for each round: After the one card round an additionally card is dealt each round until there are 10 cards dealt. Ten cards are initially dealt and then one less each consecutive round until only one card is being dealt. The number of cards dealt to each player is determined by the round. There is a total of 19 rounds in the game. The aim of the game is to score more points than your opponent. It is a close cousin to the game Oh Hell and has varying rules depending on where it is played. Played with a full deck of standard playing cards without any Jokers. Oh Shit is a classic trick winning card game.

Score cards for the game oh hell