Your trumps, a card duel

Lona umdlalo wokuhlasela okukodwa, izincazelo zakuqala eziphrintiwe ezihlehlela emuva ekhulwini le-19.

Ngesikhathi somdlalo, abadlali babeka amakhadi ezandleni zabo endaweni evulekile emaphakathi netafula. Inhloso yomdlalo ukukhipha wonke amakhadi akho. Umdlali ongakwazi umnyakazo kufanele adwebe ikhadi elilodwa noma ngaphezulu ukusuka phezulu kwedekhi. Umdlali odlala wonke amakhadi akhe uyawina. Umdlali onamakhadi asele uthathwa njengohluliwe.
Umdlali ngamunye ukhetha isudi yecilongo ngaphambi kokuphatha amakhadi. Amakhadi e-trump suit yomdlali angasetshenziswa ukushaya noma yiliphi ikhadi lanoma iyiphi enye isudi.

Umdlalo ungadlalwa ngobuhlakani bokwenziwa noma ngomphikisi waku-inthanethi kumodi yabadlali abaningi.

Umdlali oqala umdlalo ubeka noma yiliphi ikhadi libheke phezulu phakathi netafula ukuze aqale idekhi yokudlala. Umdlali olandelayo unezinketho ezimbili:
- Umdlali angakwazi ukushaya ikhadi eliphezulu lesitaki somdlalo ngokudlala ikhadi eliphezulu lesudi efanayo noma ngokudlala elinye lamacilongo akhe ekhadini lesudi ehlukile. Ngemva kokwenza lokhu, umdlali kufanele adlale elinye ikhadi phezu kwalo; leli khadi lesibili kungaba yiliphi ikhadi elikhethwa ngumdlali. Kokubili ikhadi lokushaya nekhadi lesibili abekwe abheke phezulu esitaki somdlalo.
- Umdlali ongakwazi ukushaya ikhadi eliphezulu lesitaki somdlalo kufanele esikhundleni salokho athathe amakhadi phezulu kwesitaki somdlalo. Lawa makhadi engezwa esandleni somdlali. Bese ithuba liya kumbangi, ongashaya ikhadi eliphezulu lenqwaba yomdlalo osele, noma athathe amakhadi kule nqwaba.
Qaphela ukuthi akudingekile "ukulandela i-suit". Uma ikhadi eliphezulu emphemeni kungelona elinye lamacilongo akho, ungakwazi ukulishaya njalo ngokudlala elinye lamacilongo akho, ngisho noma unamakhadi anesudi efanayo nekhadi eliphezulu esandleni sakho. Ikhadi le-trump suit yakho lingashaywa kuphela ngokudlala ikhadi eliphakeme le-trump suit yakho. Uma ushaya ikhadi, akunandaba ukuthi ikhadi ngelecilongo lomuntu olidlalile - amacilongo akho kuphela anamandla akhethekile ngesikhathi sakho.
Uma ungakwazi ukushaya ikhadi eliphezulu lesitaki uma sekuyithuba lakho lokwenza kanjalo, kufanele udwebe leli khadi namanye amakhadi esitakini ngendlela elandelayo:
- Uma ikhadi eliphezulu lesitaki kungelona elinye lamacilongo akho, uthatha amakhadi amathathu aphezulu esitakini noma esitakini sonke uma kukhona amakhadi amathathu noma ambalwa kuso.
- Uma ikhadi eliphezulu lesitaki lingelinye lamacilongo akho, ngaphandle kwe-ace, uthatha amakhadi amahlanu aphezulu esitakini noma kuso sonke isitaki uma kukhona amakhadi amahlanu noma ngaphansi kuso.
- Uma ikhadi eliphezulu lesitaki liyi-ace ye-trump suit yakho, kufanele uthathe sonke isitaki.
Ngemuva kokuthi umdlali ethathe, kuba yithuba lomdlali olandelayo. Uma kusekhona ikhadi elilodwa noma ngaphezulu enqwabeni, lo mdlali kufanele ashaye ikhadi elingaphezulu elivuliwe manje lenqwaba noma alithathe kube sengathi leli khadi likhishiwe. Uma isitaki sonke sesithathiwe, umdlali olandelayo umane abonise noma yiliphi ikhadi ngalinye, njengasekuqaleni komdlalo.

Inhloso yomdlalo ukukhipha wonke amakhadi akho. Uma umdlali ephelelwa amakhadi, uyawuwina umdlalo, bese imbangi yakhe ihluliwe. Uma umdlali wokugcina emdlalweni enekhadi elilodwa kuphela elingasetshenziswa ukushaya i-kara yomdlali odlule, umdlalo uphela ngokulingana.