Seven Up

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Round 1 of 13 7 Dealer:
PlayerBidTookScore
Round Sum
⚠ Tricks taken don't add up to the tricks dealt this round.
How to play

Play with a standard 52-card deck, 3 or more players. There are 13 rounds — the number of cards dealt goes 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (or the reverse order, if you're using the 1·7·1 toggle). Deal that many cards to each player, then everyone secretly decides how many tricks they think they'll win that round.

Play proceeds trick by trick: the first player leads any card, everyone else must follow suit if they can, and whoever plays the highest card of the led suit wins the trick and leads the next one.

After all the tricks are played, each player scores the number of tricks they actually took, plus a 10-point bonus if that number exactly matches what they predicted. There's no penalty for missing your bid — you just don't get the bonus. After all 13 rounds, the highest total wins.

Scoring: you score the number of tricks you take. Bonus +10 if your bid exactly matches your tricks taken. No penalty for missing your bid.