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How to play Ronda

1. The Spanish deck has 40 cards in four suits: coins, cups, swords and batons. Each suit runs 1 to 7, then 10, 11 and 12. There are no 8s or 9s, so the 7 and the 10 are neighbours.
2. Each player gets 3 cards, then 4 cards are laid face up on the table, all with different numbers.
3. When every hand is empty, 3 more are dealt to each player, until the deck runs out. No new cards go on the table.
4. The player after the dealer starts. Each turn you play exactly one card; there is no passing.
5. If a table card has the same number as yours, you take it, then keep taking upward while the next number is on the table: a 6 on 1, 6, 7 and 10 takes the 6, 7 and 10. Lower numbers stay.
6. A matching card always captures. With no match, your card stays on the table.
7. Echo: play the same number as the card just played and you score, whether you take cards or not: the 2nd in a row +1, the 3rd +5, the 4th +10.
8. Taking the last cards on the table scores +1. When the last card of the round is played, anything left goes to whoever made the last capture.

Ronda scoring at a glance

• Every captured card is 1 point, 40 in all.
• Echoes: +1, +5 and +10 for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th card of the same number in a row.
• Clear table: +1 for each capture that empties the table. The end-of-round sweep never counts.
• Bottom card: the last card of the deck goes to the dealer face up. A 12 gives the dealer's side +5; a 1 gives the other side +5.
• With calls: after each deal, a pair in hand is a Ronda (+1) and three of a kind a Tringa (+5). If both sides call, the best call wins (a Tringa beats a Ronda, then the higher number) and scores every call made.
• Quick: one round, and the side with more points wins; a tie plays one more round. Full: each round the side with more points adds the difference, and the first to 41 wins.

Ronda in Rayoosh

• Players: 2, head to head, or 2 vs 2 with your partner sitting opposite and one shared pile.
• Classic: captures, echoes, clears and the bottom card. With calls: the same, plus Ronda and Tringa, called for you automatically.
• Quick: one round, about 4 minutes. Full: to 41, about 14 minutes.
• Our own Spanish deck: each suit has its own colour and shape, and the cards show 1 to 7, 10, 11 and 12.
• Tap a card to see the run it would take and any echo or clear it would score.
• Pearls by finishing place: 20 for a Quick win and 45 for a Full win, with 4 or 8 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 Ronda

• Count each number: there are four of each, and knowing how many are left tells you who can match or echo.
• Before you lay a card, check the run you might give away: a 6 laid next to a 7 and a 10 hands the next player three cards.
• A number whose other copies are all gone is safe to lay: nobody can match it or echo it.
• Take care with the third card of a number: if the fourth is still out, the next player can echo it for +10.
• Clearing the table is worth +1, so watch for a small table you can empty.
• In the last deal, plan to make the last capture: it brings every card left on the table.

Play Ronda 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.