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How to play Concan

1. 106 cards: two full decks plus two printed jokers. Everyone gets 14 cards, and the player after the dealer gets 15 and starts by discarding.
2. On your turn, draw the top card of the stock or the top open card, then discard one card.
3. Sets are 3 or 4 cards of one rank in different suits. Runs are 3 or more cards of one suit in a row; the ace can be low or high.
4. A joker can stand in for any card, but every meld needs at least two real cards.
5. Your first lay-down in a round must be worth 51 or more in one go (71 in Concan 71). Picture cards count 10 and the ace 11.
6. Take the open card only if you use it right away, in your opening, a new meld or a lay-off.
7. Once you are down, add cards to any meld on the table, or swap the real card for a joker in a meld.
8. The round ends as soon as a player has no cards left. After the last round, the lowest total wins.

Concan scoring and the Concan finish

• The player who goes out scores −30.
• Players who are down score the cards left in their hand: 2–10 their number, J, Q and K 10, ace 11, joker 15.
• A player who never went down scores 100.
• A Hand, going out in one turn without having been down, doubles every score of the round: −60 for the winner, 200 for anyone never down.
• A Concan is 14 cards laid at once as two melds: a run of 10 plus a set of 4, or a run of 11 plus a set of 3. Jokers may help.
• In earlier rounds a Concan scores like a Hand. In the last round, laying a Concan wins the match outright, whatever the totals.
• In the last round you may also announce that you are going for a Concan. The table sees it, and you may then take the open card freely but can only lay the full Concan.

Concan in Rayoosh

• Players: 2, 3, 4 or 5 each for themselves, or 2 vs 2 with your partner sitting opposite and team points added together.
• Modes: Concan 51, the classic opening of 51, and Concan 71, where the first lay-down needs 71 and everything else stays the same.
• Quick: 2 rounds, about 14 minutes, and round 2 is the Concan round. Full: 5 rounds, about 35 minutes.
• Pearls by finishing place: up to 40 in Quick and 70 in Full. Never bought, never cashed out.
• A round counter shows when the Concan round has come, and a chip shows how many cards you still need for a Concan.
• Works on phones, tablets, computers and TVs with a remote, in Arabic, English and Hindi.

Tips to win at Concan

• Plan your opening early: high cards in sets and runs reach 51 fastest, and the jokers help fill the gaps.
• Don't take the open card on a whim: you must use it at once, so be sure it completes your meld.
• Once a rival is down, cut your losses: lay off what you can, so fewer points stay in your hand.
• Throw high cards that fit nothing before low ones, and keep jokers for the end: a joker left in hand costs 15.
• A Hand doubles the whole round. With a strong hand, consider waiting to go out in one turn.
• In the last round, if you are far behind on totals, a Concan is your way back: watch for a long run in one suit.

Play Concan with friends

Create a private table, share the link on WhatsApp, show the QR code or read out the room code, and your friends join in seconds with no download.

• Computer players fill any empty seat, from 2 players up to 5.
• Text chat with quick phrases, voice chat, emotes and gifts at the table.
• A short lesson and practice games against the computer, any time.
• Once Rayoosh is installed, you can play the computer even without internet.