Tractor (Tractor)

Number of decks: 2 and more
Number of cards in pack: 52 (plus one red and one black joker)
Number of Players: 4 (two on two) and more players
Precedence card 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, B, D, K, T
Goal of the game: the first with a partner to achieve aces rank.
Rules of the game. Rules of the game provided by Du Jing Yu, Zachary Dexter, Joe Zeng. This game is known in Chinese as Tuo La Ji, which means "Tractor", sometimes referred to as "raise" or "assistance". It is especially popular in Shanghai and south of the Yellow River. The game is played by 4 players, where two players play against two other players. Initially, each player pair has rank two, and so the players need to play a number of games to get the rank of aces. For each won game partners are promoted in rank. The game uses two or more decks (for a larger number of players). We describe a game with two decks. On each deck there is one red and one black joker. Total total 108 deck of cards. The aim of the game is to win as many cards (bribes) containing kings, tens and fives. Kings and tens are worth 10 points each, fives are worth five points, all other cards have no points. The deck has in general a total of 200 points. The oldest map is red Jokers, followed by black jokers further trump cards of the same rank, then the trump card, then the remaining cards in descending order from ace to deuce. For example, if the Group of Seven and clubs trumps the seniority follows from high to low: Red Joker, Black joker ♣ 7, other Group of Seven (equal in value to each other), ♣ T, ♣ K, ♣ A, ♣ In, ♣ 10, 9 ♣, 8 ♣, 6 ♣, ♣ 5, 4 ♣, 3 ♣, 2 ♣, then the remaining cards in descending order from ace to deuce. In some transactions no trump suit, in which case the only trump cards are four jokers, where the red over black jokers jokers.

The first deliverer is determined by lot, in the following games players are dealt cards at a time, which is counterclockwise as drawing. Deliverer thoroughly shuffle the deck and puts it in the middle of the table face down. Starting from the deliverer, each player draws a card from the top of the deck in turn counterclockwise as long as he will not have 25 cards remaining 8 cards continue to be in the center of the table face down. Next, each player looks at his cards and begins trading.

Trade. Each pair of players, starting with the deliverer, announces the number of points that it's going to take at the time of the draw. That couple who announce the highest score is the winner of trading - the declarant, after which begins the transaction, which is determined by the starter, which determines the trump suit. Deliverer during the transaction goes first, she puts her any card on the table in plain text, and each player must put one any of your card. The player who put the highest card becomes the starter, the player who announces the trump suit, takes the remaining 8 cards on the table itself, and then in their place puts any unnecessary cards 8 and goes first in the draw.

Raffle. In the process of drawing players to compete for a further 24 transactions. There are 4 types of transactions, where the player can enter:

1. With any one card. The player can go with any of your card, if it is a trump card, the other players must play a trump, if they have, if no trump, you have to play any card. Pops cards melded the player who put the highest card. If two equal trump card that takes the player had been played, which will put the first trump. If a player has gone to nekozyrnoy cards, the other players must play a card of the same suit, if the cards this suit not, should play any card wins the card player who put the highest card in the suit of the first move, if two high cards have been played, the player wins who first put the highest card if trump was posted among the cards, then picks up the card player who put this trump card.

2. With all the matching pairs of cards. The player can go from two identical cards, but not equal. For example, ♦ 9 ♦ 9, but no ♥ 9 ♣ 9. When the first of the players entered the same two trump cards, each player must play a pair of identical trumps, if they exist, if they do not, then the player must play a trump card with nekozyrnoy card, if there are no such cards, you have to play any two cards. When the first card is not laid out the cards, the following players have put a couple of cards of the same suit, if such cards do not need to play any cards. The player who put the most high cards wins all the cards melded (bribe), if there are two players, and they have equal card, wins the one who came first.

3. pairs of sequences. The player can go to two or more successive pairs of identical cards of the same suit. For example, 8 ♣, 8 ♣, 9 ♣, 9 ♣.

4. With the upper set of cards. A player may go to a mixture of cards - and a single card pair, with the proviso that no cards that suit remaining in the game that would overcome any of these cards. For example, it was played T ♦, ♦ K ♦ K ♦ T then, ♦ A, ♦ D cards are valid for such a move.

Scoring. The result of the game depends on the number of points won opponents cards. Possible results are shown in the table below. Players play some games and that a couple of players who first attains the rank of an Ace (13) or more, is the winner.