King is a trick based card game. It uses a 52-card pack, ranking from highest to lowest A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 in each of the four suits.

The game is played by 4 players. The card deck is randomly dealt and each player receives 13 cards. They cannot see each other’s hand. 

A player having 2 Diamonds is an initial declarer. The whole game is played counter-clockwise. 

Over the course of 20 hands, each player must declare a trump contract two times and a negative contract three times. Each of the six negative contracts can only be declared twice per game, so if a negative contract has been played twice, the declarer cannot choose that contract. A player declare contracts in any order. Usually he should analyze his hand and decide.

The aim of the game is to take as many as possible tricks in trump contract games and less possible tricks in negative contract games.

Trump contracts

A declarer chooses a trump suit. The declarer leads the first card. The suit of this card names TRICK SUIT. Each player must follow the TRICK SUIT led, if he can. If not, he should play the trump, or any suit if he has no trump. 

The player who has played the card with the highest value ( the trump card or the card of the suit led, if no trump was played) wins the trick. That player (winner of the trick) then leads to the next trick. Continue until all tricks have been played. 

Each trick won in the trump contract game gives +50 points. Total: +50 x 13=+650

Negative contracts

In negative contracts, there are no trumps. The player who has played the card with the highest value and TRICK SUIT wins the trick. A player who cannot follow suit must discard a penalty card if they have any, but may discard any other card if they do not.

The negative contracts are:

• No Tricks - Each trick scores -50 points to the player winning it.
  Total: -50 x 13=-650
• No Hearts - Each hearts card scores -30 points . Total: -30 x 13=-390. Hearts may not be led unless they have already been discarded on a previous trick, or the player on lead has nothing but hearts in her hand.
• No Boys - The four Kings and four Jacks are penalty cards, -60 points for each.
  Total: -60 x 8=-480
• No Girls - The four Queens are penalty cards, -100 points for each.
  Total: -100 x 4=-400
• No King of Hearts - The King of Hearts is the only penalty card, scoring -320 to the player winning it in a trick. Hearts may not be led unless they have already been discarded on a previous trick, or the player on lead has nothing but hearts in her hand.
• No Last Two - The last two tricks each score -180 to the player(s) that wins them. Total:-360.

Score sheet

Scoresheet is shown after each round. It can also be called tapping on the top left corner of screen.

Symbols under player name shows how many contracts of each type has been declared.
Green triangle - trump contract.
Red circle - negative contract.

Numbers inline with contracts show the number of penalty tricks/card taken by a player.

The results of the last finished round are shown bold and bigger.