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The Napoleon card game (is also known as the Nap) is considered to the trick-taking game which is widely spread in Europe, especially in England. The name of the game is not caused by Napoleon Bonaparte actually as the records of the game may be referred only to Napoleon III era.
The Napoleon card game possesses the following mechanics to know:
Now let's consider the game process more thoroughly.
Bidding
The bidding procedure in Napoleon card game starts from the player next to the dealer left and proceeds further clockwise. Each player must either pass or bid more than the previous player bid plus you have only one chance to speak and thus you must be consistent.
The possible bids for players are given in the list below (ascending order is hold):
If all players pass - then the round is closed and the dealer shuffles the cards once more.
Napoleon Play
Firstly the player with a higher bid starts the round and launches the first card of the game. The suit of this starting card becomes a trump at once.
The players must follow this suit with their own cards. If there is none of that - the player places a trump or just discards any.
The trick goes to the player who puts the highest trump or the highest card with the rank matches the starting card (if the trick possesses none of trumps).
The winner of the trick starts the next round with placing his own starting card according to Napoleon card game rules.
Scoring
The player who wins his bid successfully receives the next number of units (chips or money as well) from each player:
