The 4 Hands
The 4 Games
01 / QUEEN OF SPADES
Queen of Spades
Objective: Avoid taking Q♠.
Payoff: Player who wins the trick on which Q♠ is played pays $100 to the bank.
Rules of Play: No Trump. Dealer leads. Spades cannot be led at any time during the game unless the player on lead has only Spades in his hand.
02 / LAST 2
Last 2
Objective: Avoid winning the next-to-last and the last tricks.
Payoff: Player who takes the next-to-last trick pays $50 to the bank; player who takes the last trick pays $100 to the bank.
Rules of Play: No Trump. Dealer leads first (any card he wants to lead).
03 / TRICKS
Tricks
Objective: Win as many tricks as possible.
Payoff: Banker gives the appropriately marked chip to the winner of each trick. At completion, each player adds the dollar values on his chips. 1st trick = $10; $20 for 2nd; and so on.
Rules of Play: Dealer names a Trump Suit or declares No Trump. Dealer leads first. For challenging purposes only, the value of each trick is $50.
04 / FANTAN
FanTan
Objective: Play all of one's cards before any other player.
Payoff: Check individual FanTan cards for payoffs.
Rules of Play: Dealer names the Start Cards and designates Aces as High or Low. The first card played must be one of the 4 start cards. Only one card may be played per turn. When you have one card remaining, announce "last card" before the next play or pay $10 to each other player.
