Fool Card Game

The Deal
In the first game decide on a dealer at random. In the next games the dealer is the player who is “Fool”. The dealer gives 6 cards one-by-one. After dealing, the dealer opens the card from the deck and puts it under it. This card defines a trump.

The Play
In the first game the player who has the smallest trump starts the game and play will next move clockwise.

In the next game, the player who sits on the left hand of the dealer starts the game. The player can start the game with any card; the player on the left hand has to beat it with the higher card of the same suit or with the trump. If the player cannot beat the card, he or she takes it. If the player beats the card, other players (including that who started the game) can throw cards of the same ranks that are already on the table.

The initial player has the advantage to throw additional cards; other members throw the cards clockwise. If the player successes to beat all the cards, they are all put away and are not played anymore. If the player cannot beat at least one card, he or she takes all the cards.

After that all the players take cards from the stock so that the number of cards in hand was always 6. The initial player takes cards first, other players take cards clockwise.

If the player has not beaten the cards, he or she passes the turn and the game continues clockwise until there is only one player with the cards left in his or her hands.

The loser is called 'Fool'.

For a variation of Fool try Fool Akulka

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