cucumber
Cucumber is a Northern European card game for two or more players. The goal of the game is to avoid taking the last trick.
LB_NUMBER_OF_PLAYERS: 2 - 8
Game duration: 6 mn
Complexity: 1 / 5
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Rules summary
Cucumber (Card Game) - Quick Rules
Overview
- Players: 2 or more.
- Deck: Standard 52-card deck (no Jokers).
- Card Rank: Ace (high), King, Queen, Jack, 10 down to 2 (low).
- Objective: Do not win the very last trick of a round.
Gameplay
Each player is dealt seven cards (fewer if more than seven players are participating). Play proceeds clockwise.
- Playing a Trick: The lead player plays any card face up.
- Following Play: Subsequent players must either:
- Play a card of equal or higher value than the current highest card in the trick (suit does not matter).
- Or, if they cannot or do not want to beat the high card, they must play their lowest card in hand.
- Winning a Trick: The player who played the highest card wins the trick and leads the next one.
- Ties: If there is a tie for the highest card, the person who played the card last wins the trick.
Round End & Scoring
The first six tricks are used to manage your hand for the final seventh trick.
- The player who wins the last (seventh) trick scores penalty points.
- Penalty points equal the value of the winning card (Ace = 14, King = 13, Queen = 12, Jack = 11, numeric cards at face value).
- Players are eliminated ("become a cucumber") once their total score exceeds 30 points.
Special Rules
- If a player leads with an Ace, every other player must play their lowest card regardless of their hand's power.