Court Piece scoring

Rounds · courts · kot · goon kot

Every family scores Court Piece a little differently, and every family is sure theirs is the real way. Here is how Rung Royal scores it: the round, the kot and the goon kot, and the two ways to keep score.

The round

Thirteen haath. In Single Sir the round ends as soon as a side has seven. That is the unit everything else is built on.

The kot

Take the first seven haath straight and you have a kot (court). It ends the round — the remaining haath are not played — and it scores more than any plain win.

The goon kot

A kot taken by the team that did not call the trump: the defenders breaking the callers. It is the biggest result of all.

Two ways to keep score

Winning seven rounds in a row adds 2 bonus points, or 1 court; any kot resets that count. A match is first to 10 points, or 3 courts (a player's first three matches are to 3 points).

How the variant changes the count

• Single Sir — every haath counts as it falls. The round ends at seven; the kot is the first seven straight.
• Double Sir — a won haath goes face down into a pile; the same player (not their partner) must win two in a row to collect it. The round ends when a team has collected seven, unless the other team has collected none; the kot is collecting all thirteen.
• Hidden Rung — the trump is a card laid face down, shown when a player who can't follow suit asks for it. Every haath counts as it falls: the round ends at seven and the kot is the first seven straight, as in Single Sir.
• Be-Ranga — no trump call: the first card played by someone who can't follow suit sets it. The round and the kot are Single Sir's, and it scores like the others.

The variants themselves are on the variants page; every rule on Court Piece rules.

Let the app keep score

Rung Royal scores points or courts, counts kots and goon kots, and keeps the series across an evening — with the family names on the board, in your language.

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Questions people ask

What is a kot in Court Piece?

In Single Sir, Hidden Rung and Be-Ranga, winning the first seven haath of a round straight; in Double Sir, the pile game, collecting all thirteen. A kot by the team that called the trump is a court; by the other team, a goon court. In Rung Royal a court scores 3 points and a goon court 4.

How many points is a round?

In Rung Royal's points scoring, callers who win score 1, defenders who win 2, a callers' court 3 and a goon court 4. In courts scoring a plain round scores nothing, a court 1 and a goon court 3. Winning seven rounds in a row adds 2 bonus points, or 1 court.

What is a Double Sir?

The pile game: a won haath goes face down into a pile, and the same player — not their partner — must win two in a row to collect it. The round ends when a team has collected seven, unless the other team has collected none. In Single Sir, Hidden Rung and Be-Ranga every haath counts as it falls.

Does the winner of the round deal next?

In Rung Royal: if the dealer's team wins, the next player deals; if the callers win without a court, the same dealer deals again; if they win with a court, the dealer's partner deals.

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