ninetynine
ninetynine is a game designed by David Parlett and published by (Public Domain).
LB_NUMBER_OF_PLAYERS: 3 - 4
Game duration: 30 mn
Complexity: 3 / 5
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LB_DESIGNER
David Parlett
LB_ARTIST
Unknown
LB_EDITOR
LB_YEAR
1967
LB_DEVELOPED_BY
Number of games played
LB_NUMBER_OF_PLAYERS
3 - 4
Game duration
30 mn
Complexity
Strategy
Luck
Interaction
Available since
1. Dec 2020
LB_RELEASE
231219-1358
Play ninetynine and 960 other games online.
No download, directly from your web browser.
With your friends and thousands of players from the whole world.
Free.
Rules summary
Game play
- 36 card deck.
- 3 player trick taking game.
- Maximum points from one hand = 99.
- Gain points for each trick taken + bonus points for making a bid exactly.
- Unique bidding system.
Bidding
- Each player sets aside 3 cards in secret.
- Bid = sum of the suit values:
Suit ♦ ♠ ♥ ♣ Value 0 1 2 3
Scoring
- +1 point/trick taken.
- Only one bonus/hand.
- If a player misses their bid, the other players gain the bonus.
- Bonus points for making a bid exactly:
- reveal their bid +30 points.
- reveal their hand and bid +60 points.
# players 1players 2players 3players Points +30 +20 +10
Options
Game style
Standard
- Trump suit by random card draw.
- 9 or Joker: no trump.
Junk the Joker
- 1st deal: ♦ trump.
- Other deals: trump suit depends on the number of correct bids in the last trick.
Junk the Joker (no starting trump)
- 1st deal: no trump.
- Other deals: trump suit depends on the number of correct bids in the last trick.
Scoring style
1 Round per player (with end of round bonuses)
- Each game is 3 rounds.
- Rounds end when at least one player reaches 100 points.
- Players that reach or pass 100 points gain bonus points:
- 30/20/10 points for 1/2/3 players.
1 Round per player (no round bonuses)
- Each game is 3 rounds.
- Rounds end when at least one player reaches 100 points.
- No bonus points.
First to 3 rounds
- Rounds end when at least one player reaches 100 points.
- 1st player to win 3 rounds wins.
9 hands
- Each game is 9 hands.
- Highest score at the end wins.
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