Play Egyptian Tarneeb online with friends, free

How to play Egyptian Tarneeb

1. Four players in two teams of two. Partners sit opposite and win or lose together.
2. Each player gets 13 cards from a 52-card deck, aces high. The deal moves one seat every hand.
3. Before the auction, any Dakk or Out of call hand is announced to the table (see below).
4. The player after the dealer bids first. A bid is a level from 1 to 7 plus a suit or Sans: level 1 means 7 tricks for your team, level 7 means all 13.
5. Each bid must outrank the last: a higher level, or the same level in a higher suit. Suits rank Sans, then ♠, ♥, ♦ and ♣.
6. Passing doesn't take you out: you can bid again on your next turn. The auction ends when three players in a row pass after the last bid. If all four pass with no bid, the cards are dealt again.
7. The highest bid's suit is trump (Sans means no trump), and the player who made it leads the first trick. Follow suit if you can; if not, play any card.
8. The highest trump wins the trick, or else the highest card of the suit led. All 13 tricks are played, then the hand is scored.

Double, Dakk and scoring at a glance

• Double: a player on the team facing the current high bid may say Double instead of passing. If that bid becomes the contract, every point of the hand counts twice. A higher bid cancels it, and there is no redouble.
• Dakk: a hand with 4 honour points or fewer (ace 4, king 3, queen 2, jack 1). That team may bid only from level 2 (8 tricks), and the other team only from level 5 (11 tricks). If both teams have a Dakk, both bid from 5.
• Out of call: a player with 9 or more cards of one suit may not bid or Double that hand. Their partner still can.
• Contract made: the declaring team scores the tricks it took, and the defenders score nothing.
• Contract failed: the declaring team loses the contract (bid level 3, which is 9 tricks, and take 8: minus 9), and the defenders score the tricks they took.
• All 13 tricks: 16 points, or 26 for a team that bid level 7 and made it. A failed level-7 bid costs 16, and defenders who take all 13 score 16.
• Target: 31 points in Quick, 41 in Full. You must reach it while ahead; a tie plays on. Scores can go below zero.

Egyptian Tarneeb in Rayoosh

• Players: 4, in two teams of two (2 vs 2). Computer players can take any empty seat.
• Classic: all the Egyptian rules. Facing a Dakk, the other team bids from level 5.
• Dakk from 6: the same rules, but facing a Dakk the other team bids from level 6.
• Quick (to 31): about 12 minutes. Full (to 41): about 18 minutes.
• Pearls by finishing place: 55 for each winner and 10 for each player on the other team in Quick; 80 and 15 in Full. They are never bought or cashed out.
• Works on phones, tablets, computers and TVs with a remote, in Arabic, English and Hindi.

Tips to win at Egyptian Tarneeb

• Count honours and length before you bid. Level 1 already means 7 tricks for your team, and a partner usually brings two or three.
• Bid Sans when you hold aces and kings in most suits and a long suit headed by the ace or king. With one long, strong suit, name that suit instead.
• Support your partner. If they bid a suit and you hold three or more cards of it, or an honour, your team is stronger than either hand alone.
• Double only when your team can clearly beat the contract. If the contract is made anyway, the declarers' score doubles too.
• With a Dakk hand, don't fight the auction. A fresh deal is often the best result for your team.
• In Sans there is no trump to stop a long suit, so hold up the suit your rivals want and cash your own long suit once it is set up.

Play Egyptian Tarneeb with friends or the computer

Create a private table, choose Classic or Dakk from 6, and send the link on WhatsApp, show the QR code or share the room code. Your partner and your rivals join in seconds, with nothing to download.

• Computer players fill any empty seat, so two or three friends can still play.
• Text chat with quick phrases, voice chat, emotes and gifts at the table.
• Rayan's short lesson, then practice games against the computer whenever you like.
• Once Rayoosh is installed, you can play the computer even without internet.