Beranga · Be-Rang · Berang · Court Piece with no trump call
Be-rang means without colour, and in Be-Ranga nobody calls the trump. The player to the dealer's right simply leads, and the trump is set along the way: the first card played by someone who cannot follow suit decides it for the rest of the round, and counts as a trump in that very trick.
The round ends as in Single Sir, at seven tricks, with a kot for the first seven straight. What changes is the opening: nobody knows the trump, so every early trick is played with one eye on who is running out of a suit.
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How to play Be-Ranga
What Be-Ranga shares with every Court Piece game
Four players in two teams of two. Partners sit opposite each other.
Play goes anticlockwise — to the right.
Five cards each first, then four more and four more — 13 each.
Follow the suit that was led if you can.
If you can't, play any card. You never have to play a trump.
The highest trump wins the trick. With no trump in it, the highest card of the suit led wins.
Whoever wins a trick leads the next one.
No trump call
Nobody calls a trump. The player to the dealer's right leads.
The first card played by someone who can't follow suit sets the trump for the rest of the round. It counts as a trump in that trick too.
Be-Ranga scores like the other games. The leader's team counts as the callers.
Winning the round
The round ends as soon as a team has 7 tricks.
Winning the first 7 tricks straight is a court, and it ends the round.
A court by the team that called the trump is a court. By the other team, it is a goon court.
Be-Ranga has no caller, so Rung Royal's trump extra does not apply to it; the leader's team takes the callers' place in the scoring.
Rung Royal extras
Our own additions, not traditional rules — offered offline, for watching a video.
New cards: deals you a fresh hand. Offered in every game.
Change the trump isn't offered in this game.
Playing Be-Ranga well
Count each suit from the first trick. The first player out of a suit sets the trump for everyone, and knowing who that will be tells you which suit is about to become trump.
Running out of a suit early is power: you will set the trump, and you can make it the suit you hold most of.
Leading a suit an opponent lacks can hand them the trump. Lead the suits your partner may be short in instead.
The leader's team counts as the callers, so the other side scores 2 for a plain win and 4 for a goon court. Defending well pays.
Questions people ask
What is Be-Ranga in Court Piece?
Court Piece with no trump call. The player to the dealer's right leads, and the first card played by someone who cannot follow suit sets the trump for the rest of the round.
What does Be-Ranga mean?
Be-rang means "without colour", and rang is the trump. The round starts without one, and the table makes it as it goes.
Does the card that sets the trump win the trick?
It counts as a trump in that same trick, so it beats every card of the suit led, unless a higher card of the new trump suit is played after it.
Who counts as the callers in Be-Ranga?
The team of the player who leads first. That matters for scoring and for the goon court: a court by the other team is a goon court.
How is Be-Ranga scored?
Like the other games. Seven tricks win the round, the first seven straight is a court, and points or courts are scored as in Single Sir.
Is it spelled Beranga or Be-Ranga?
Both, and Berang too. It is one word said fast at the table, be-rang-a, without colour. Rung Royal writes it Be-Ranga.
How is Be-Ranga different from Mendikot?
The trump is set the same way as in Mendikot's Katte, by the first card that cannot follow suit. But Be-Ranga counts tricks, seven to win, while Mendikot counts the tens.
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The other games
Single Sir The classic: every trick counts, and seven tricks win the round.
Double Sir The pile game: the same player must win two tricks in a row to collect.
Hidden Rung The trump is laid face down, and shown only when someone asks.
Mendikot The cousin where the tens decide: capture three or four of them.
