Cassino The Great Cassino Origin England Type Fishing Family Matching Players 2–4 (2 best) Skills Tactics Cards 52 Deck French-suited ♠ pack Play Clockwise Playing time 10-15 min. Chance Medium Related games Skwitz • Tablanette • Zwickern
The game is for two ♠ players using a standard pack. The dealer deals four cards each and four to the table, placing the rest face ♠ down as the stock. Non-dealer plays the first card and aims to capture as many cards from the table as ♠ possible that match the card played. For example, if the table cards are 6–9–3–9–J, by playing a 9, a player ♠ may capture the 6 and 3 in combination as well as two 9s. If a player is able to clear ♠ the table (later called a sweep) this scores 1 point. Captured cards are placed in a trick pile, face up, ♠ by the player who took them. A player unable to capture anything must trail (add) a card to the table.
The ♠ players play cards alternately and when the first hand of four is exhausted, the dealer deals four more cards each ♠ from the stock, but none to the table this time. Play continues in this way until the stock is exhausted ♠ and the players have played their last hand of four. Any cards left on the table are claimed by the ♠ last player to take a trick, unless the last card played is a court card in which case its holder ♠ claims any remaining cards. In neither case does this score a point.[b]
Feat Points Most cards 3 Great Cassino ( ♦ ♠ 10) 2 Little Cassino ( ♠ 2) 1 Most spades 1 Each Ace 1 Each sweep 1
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