Baloot
A four-player trick-taking classic: Sun, Hokm, projects, and a race to 152 points.
Baloot is played by four players in two opposing teams with a 32-card deck, 8 cards each. After a buying round the contract is set: Sun with no trump, or Hokm with a trump suit.
Points come from the card values won in tricks and from projects (Sira, Fifty, Hundred, Four Hundred, Baloot), and the stake can be raised with Double, Triple, Four and Gahwa. The aim is to reach 152 points first.
Key points
4 players, 2 teams
Seats 0+2 against 1+3, with 8 cards each.
Sun and Hokm
A no-trump or a trump contract settled in two buying rounds.
Projects
Sira, Fifty, Hundred, Four Hundred and Baloot with fixed values for each contract.
Double up to Gahwa
Double, Triple, Four, then Gahwa, which ends the match at once.
Race to 152
The first team to 152 wins; an exact tie there continues with an extra hand.
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