Black Crow (Mustamaija)

Number of decks: 1
Number of cards in the deck: 52
Number of players: 2 - 6
The seniority of the cards: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, B, D, K, T.
Purpose of the game: do not remain the only player with a lady of the arms at the end of the game.
Rules of the game. Finnish card game, from the Finnish language Mustamaija translates as black raven. Black crow in the game is a spades lady and every player should strive to get rid of this lady as soon as possible. Play from two to six players inclusive, a standard deck of 52 cards. The first deliverer in the game is determined by lot, in the following games the players dealt cards in turn clockwise. The deck is carefully packed and each player is dealt 5 cards, the remaining deck is put in the center of the table in a closed form, the top card is removed from the deck, placed across the bottom of the deck in clear form and designates a trump suit in the game. The peak suit can not be a trump card in the game, and if the top card from the deck turns out to be a peak suit, then it is thrust into the center of the deck and the top of the deck is removed and a card is opened to designate the trump suit. The first move belongs to the player to the left of the handler. This player is the attacker, and the next player clockwise is the defender. The attacker can enter with one or more cards of the same suit and place them face up on the table. The cards that the attacker went to the defender should not be more than the cards in the hand of the defender. The defender can beat all the cards of the attacker with the highest cards of the same suit or trump cards, if the cards of the attacker are not trump cards, or the senior trump cards, if the cards are attacking the trump card. However, the Queen of Spades is an exception, she can not beat any other card and can not be beaten by another card, including a trump card. If the defender was able to beat off all the cards of the attacker, then these cards are put on hold and no more participation in the game is accepted. Then the attacker and defender take the cards from the remaining deck until they have 5 cards in their hands. The attacker first gets the cards, and then the defender. Further the defender becomes attacking, and the next player clockwise becomes the defender and the game follows the same rules that were described above. It is worth noting that the defender, if he does not want to not beat off the cards of the attacker, but simply take them, then the attacker gets the cards from the remaining deck to five, and the next player clockwise after the defender becomes the attacker and the next player after him clockwise becomes the defender . When the cards in the remaining deck end, the players get a card that indicates a trump suit. Thus, the game goes on until there is no one player with a lady of the spades on his hands, this player becomes a loser and is called a black crow.
Note. There are 2 varieties of this game, when the diamonds are always trump cards or when a trump card is assigned to a player who, after handing over the cards, has a lady and a king of the same suit.