Rang · Rung · Hukum · one suit beats the rest
If you grew up with a card game where one player names a suit and that suit then beats everything, you grew up with a trump card game. Across India and Pakistan the best-loved one is Court Piece, called Rang or Rung at home, after the trump itself.
Four players, two partnerships, partners opposite. Everyone gets five cards first, and the caller names the trump, the rang, from those five alone. Then the rest of the pack is dealt. Through the round you must follow the suit that was led; if you cannot, a card of the trump suit cuts, beating every card of any other suit. You are never forced to cut. Calling on five cards, before you have seen your hand, is what makes the game.
A trick, the haath, is one card from each player. The highest trump wins it, or if nobody cut, the highest card of the suit led. Thirteen tricks make a round. That is why Court Piece is called a trick-taking game, and why some people look for it as a card trick game: the tricks are the score, not sleight of hand.
| Game | Also called | What changes |
|---|---|---|
| Single Sir | Single Sar, classic Court Piece | Every trick counts at once; seven win the round |
| Double Sir | Do Sir, Double Sar | Tricks pile up until one player wins two in a row |
| Hidden Rung | Hidden Sir, Hidden Rang, Band Rung | The trump card lies face down until someone asks |
| Be-Ranga | Beranga, Berang | No trump call; the first card off suit sets it |
| Mendikot | Mendicot, Mendi Coat, Dehla Pakad | The tens decide the round, not the tricks |
Each game's page has its full rules, house rules and tips. Everything at once: the complete Court Piece rules, also in Hindi and Urdu.
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A card game in which one suit, the trump, beats all the others for the round. Court Piece is the best-known trump card game of India and Pakistan: one player looks at five cards and names the trump, called the rang, rung or hukum, and any card of that suit cuts every other suit.
One card from each player, played in turn; the best card takes all four. Court Piece is a trick-taking game, or a card trick game as some people put it: thirteen tricks a round, and the side that wins seven takes it. In Hindi and Urdu a trick is a haath.
Usually Single Sir and Double Sir, the two ways of counting tricks in Court Piece. Both have one trump suit. In Single Sir every trick counts as it falls; in Double Sir won tricks pile up in the middle until one player wins two in a row.
Yes: Hidden Rung, also called Hidden Sir, Hidden Rang or Band Rung. The caller lays one of their first five cards face down, and its suit becomes trump only when the card is shown. Rang means colour, so it is literally the hidden colour game.
Be-Ranga, also written Beranga. Nobody names a trump; the first card played by someone who cannot follow suit sets it for the rest of the round.
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