Card game called 99

Ninety-Nine is a classic card game for 2 or more players. It requires a standard 52 playing card deck and is suitable for ages 8 and up. The objective of Ninety-Nine is to avoid being the player that makes the discard pile have a value over For more classic games, check out our guides for Bingo and Snip Snap Snorem.

If you are looking for cards to play Ninety-Nine with, check out a standard deck here or one of our newest arrivals here. To set up a game of Ninety-Nine, players need to sit in a circle around a stable playing area. Before gameplay can begin, every player must draw a card from a shuffled deck. The player with the highest card becomes the first dealer. Ties are broken by a redraw.

The dealer then shuffles the deck and passes out three cards faced down, to each player. The remaining deck forms the stock and is placed in the center of the gameplay area. The player at the dealer's left leads first. Normal rules of trick-taking apply Any suit may be led. Players must follow suit if possible, otherwise may play any card. A trick is taken by the highest card of the suit led or by the highest trump if any are played. The winner of each trick leads to the next.

Whoever claims to have fulfilled their contract must face their bid-cards to prove it, but no-one who fails need show them. The true bid is always the number represented by the bid-cards. Game is points - one more than the highest score achievable in a single deal.

A premium of is added to the score of any player who reaches or more in play, as the winner is bound to do. A rubber consists of three games, each in turn dealing first to a new game. Deal 13 cards each from a card pack. Use three bid-cards to bid up to 10 tricks. A bid of three diamonds represents either 0 or 10 tricks, and either number of tricks taken fulfills the contract.

The contract score is 30 if one player succeeds, 20 if two, 10 each if three, zero if all four either succeed or fail their contract. If all four succeeds, the following deal is played at No Trump, otherwise the trump suit is determined as the three-handed game. The premium score is 30 or 60 as before. A rubber consists of four games. A partnership version is possible, in which players show their bid cards.

Rules can be found on David Parlett's 99 page. Five players receive 12 each from the Australian 'Five Hundred' pack including Elevens and Twelves but ignoring the Thirteens and lay aside three cards to bid up to nine.

The contract score is 10 if all five succeeds, 20 if four, 30 if three, 40 if two, 50 if only one. No-one may reveal, but any number of players may declare for a premium of 50 points if successful or minus 50 if not.

If four or five players succeed, the next deal if played at No Trump. A rubber consists of five games. For a shorter game, play up to an agreed target score, such as or points. Deal three hands of 12 cards each face down. Separate the top three cards of the dummy hands as its 'bid'. These remains face down and unseen till end of play.

Each player bids in usual way. Either or both players may declare, but neither may reveal. After the bids and any declaration have been made the dummy is turned face up and sorted into suits. The first deal is played with clubs trump; thereafter, the trump suit is determined as in the three-handed game. Non-dealer leads to the first trick, waits for the second to play, then plays any legal card from dummy. If a live player wins the trick, he leads first from hand and third from dummy.

After determination, the dealer deals 3 cards to each player face-down and places the remaining cards on the table in a pile face-down. It is called the stockpile. The player on the left of the dealer starts the game by playing a card in the middle.

After that, each player plays a card in the middle in a clockwise manner. Each player has to announce the total of the middle pile after playing the card in the middle and also has to draw a card from the stockpile. As soon as a player plays a card that takes the total to more than 99, the round comes to the end and that player loses a special item.

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Important Information to Know before Starting 99 Game The requirements to play 99 A 52 cards standard deck and Two or more players are required to play