Third Trick

North American euchre for four: you, your partner across the table, and two opponents, all but you played by the computer. Twenty-four cards, the 9 up to the ace in each suit, five to each player and one turned up. Order it up or pass, name trump, and take at least three of the five tricks, or be euchred.

Trump runs right bower, left bower, ace, king, queen, 10, 9. When trump is named, the left bower moves into trump in your hand and wears a gold badge, so the rule that catches every newcomer is right in front of you. Three or four tricks score 1, all five score 2, and all five alone score 4; a side that is euchred gives the other side 2. A game runs to 10, or to 5 or 7 if you'd rather.

Stick the dealer and the Canadian loner are on. In the second round of naming trump the dealer can't pass, and if the dealer's partner orders it up, they go alone.

The computers decide from their own cards, the bidding and the cards already played, and nothing else: they can't see your cards, and your partner plays to win. The opponents get sharper when you win a game and gentler when you lose one.

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HOW TO PLAY

Tap to sit down; you sit at the bottom. When it's your turn to name trump, tap Order it up or Pass (the dealer's button says Pick it up), and tick Go alone first to play alone. If the turned card goes down, tap a suit to name it, or Pass. Tap a card to play it: cards you can't play are dimmed. The rules are behind the gear, bottom right.

With a mouse, click the same way. On a keyboard, Enter sits down. When naming trump, 1 orders it up and 2 passes; when naming a suit, 1 to 4 name spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds, and 5 passes. A ticks Go alone. The arrow keys pick a card, Enter plays it, and R opens the rules.

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