Play Oglan online with friends, free

How to play Oglan

1. One 52-card deck, no jokers. Four cards are laid face up in the middle: the table. A jack never starts on the table; it goes back into the deck and another card is turned.
2. Each player gets 4 cards. When every hand is empty, 4 more are dealt, until the deck runs out.
3. The player after the dealer starts. On your turn you play exactly one card; there is no passing. You may play any card, but a card that can capture always captures.
4. A number card (ace = 1, then 2 to 10) takes the table cards that add up to 11 with it: ace and 10, 2 and 9, 3 and 8, 4 and 7, 5 and 6. Several cards can go together: a 6 takes a 2 and a 3.
5. You take one group per play. When more than one group makes 11, you choose which.
6. A queen takes only queens and a king only kings. They are never part of a sum.
7. A jack takes every number card and jack on the table, but never a queen or a king. On a table with no numbers or jacks, it is laid down.
8. A card that takes nothing stays on the table. When the last card is played, everything left goes to whoever made the last capture.

Oglan scoring at a glance

• Each round shares out 5 points.
• 27 or more captured cards: 2 points. At 26–26 nobody gets them.
• The 2♣: 1 point. The 10♦: 1 point.
• More clubs than the other side, 7 or more of the 13: 1 point.
• There is no bonus for clearing the table.
• Quick: first to 11. Full: first to 21. If both sides get there in the same round, the side that scored more in that round wins.

Oglan in Rayoosh

• Players: 2, head to head, or 2 vs 2 with your partner sitting opposite and one shared pile.
• Quick: first to 11, about 10 minutes. Full: first to 21, about 20 minutes.
• When your card can take more than one group, Rayoosh shows each option with its sum, such as 6 + 2 + 3 = 11, and you tap the one you want.
• A live tally shows each side's cards and clubs, and who has taken the 2♣ and the 10♦.
• Pearls by finishing place: 30 for a Quick win and 55 for a Full win, with 5 or 10 for the other side. Never bought, never cashed out.
• Works on phones, tablets, computers and TVs with a remote, in Arabic, English and Hindi.

Tips to win at Oglan

• Watch the point cards: the 2♣ and the 10♦ are worth a whole point each, so don't lay one on the table when you have another card to play.
• Count the clubs. Seven of the 13 bring a point, and the race is often close.
• Before you lay a card, check what the next player could take with it: a lone 5 on the table invites any 6.
• Save your jack for a table with plenty of number cards, or one with the 2♣ or the 10♦ on it.
• Lay a queen or king whose partners are already gone: nobody can take it before the end of the round.
• In the last packet, plan to make the last capture: it brings every card left on the table, pictures included.

Play Oglan 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, so you can play one friend or a whole team.
• 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.