Card game guides and tutorials

How to Play Trix: Beginner's Guide

Learn Trix step by step: Kingdoms, the five contracts, doubling and exact scoring, in a simple beginner's guide.

Learn Tonj step by step: reserve, houses and foundations, loading the opponent, calling TONJ and scoring.

Learn Tarneeb step by step: bidding from 7 to 13, naming trump, tricks, and exact scoring including the Kaboot bonus.

Learn Syrian Tarneeb 41: personal bids from 2 to 13 with no pass, trump from the dealer's card, and qualifying at 41 points.

Learn Klondike Solitaire with draw-3: foundations, tableau, stock, Undo, and what scoring details are not yet published.

Learn Hand: drawing, melds, the 51 opening, the Joker and exact round scoring, plus a short look at the four variants.

Learn Basra step by step: capturing by rank and sum, the Jack and 7 of diamonds, the Basra bonus and scoring to 121.

Learn Banakil: 4 players in partnerships, 106 cards, the banakla (the 2), melds and scoring up to 202 points.

Learn Baloot from scratch: buying Sun or Hokm, projects, doubling and scoring up to 152, in a simple beginner's guide.

How the server protects fair play, what ERAM CARDS does for safety, and general tips for players.

Compare Tarneeb, Trix, Baloot, Basra, Tonj, Solitaire, Hand and Banakil by players, teams and deck.

Meanings of trick, trump, bid, meld, run, set and partnership, with links to the games.