SUECALANDIA - Online Card and Board Games

Sueca is a 4-player game, played in pairs, two against two, with partners sitting opposite.
The deck only has 40 cards, and the 8s, 9s and 10s are removed from the standard card deck.
The rank of the cards in each suit, from high to low, is:

Ace

Seven

King

Jack

Queen

6

5

4

3

2

In Sueca, the goal is to win valuable cards. The cards are worth:

• Ace -> 11 points
• Seven -> 10 points
• King -> 4 points
• Jack -> 3 points
• Queen -> 2 points
• 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 -> 0 points

In total, there are 120 points in the deck.



It is played counter-clockwise and the first to shuffle is chosen randomly.
The player that shuffles passes the cards to his partner to cut them. Then this last one passes the cards to the player on his right and that is the player that will deal the cards. The dealer takes the first or the last card of the deck and turns it facing up, thus revealing the trump (which is the suit of the card facing up).
After that, the dealer gives 10 cards all at once to the player on his left and continues dealing the cards clockwise. The card facing up belongs to the dealer.
However, the dealer can choose to turn the first card to reveal the trump suit. So he takes nine cards for himself (1+9=10), and deals them counter-clockwise.



The player that cut the cards starts. The other players must follow the suit played by the first player. The player that doesn't have any cards of the suit led, can play any other card, including the trump. The highest card of the suit, or the highest trump wins the round. The player who won leads the next suit.
If a player lies about not having any suit, and is caught, he will be revoking. Consequently the opponent pair wins the game automatically and accumulates four points.



The aim of the game is to get as many valuable cards. The team that at the end of the game has more than half (over 60) of the total points, wins 1 RISCO.
If a team scores 91 points or more, the game will be 2 RISCOS worth.
Moreover, if a team wins all the rounds, the game finishes automatically, accomplishing 4 RISCOS. Yet if a team loses a round (with or without points) it is not enough and, in that case, the game is only 2 RISCOS worth.
If both teams tie for 60 points each, none of them accumulates RISCOS.

- Victory by 120 (no trick of the opponent team): +4 RISCOS for each player of the winning pair (the defeated pair players´ RISCOS do not suffer any changes)
- Victory by 91 or more: +2 RISCOS
- Victory by 61 or more: +1 RISCO
- Leaving an ongoing game: -10 RISCOS