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Twenty-Nine

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The bidding card game where Jacks and Nines rule. Bid for the points, keep your trumps hidden, and play with your partner.

  • 4 players in 2 teams
  • Bots at three levels
  • Ages 6+
  • Free, no betting
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What it is

Twenty-Nine is a partnership card game played across India, Bangladesh and Nepal. It uses 32 cards, and in every suit the Jack is the highest card, then the Nine. Only Jacks, Nines, Aces and Tens are worth points, 28 in all, and the teams bid for how many of them they will win.

On Khel ON you can play with three bots at Easy, Normal or Hard, pass one phone around the table with up to four people, or learn with a guided first hand where a coach explains the bidding, the hidden trumps and each card you play. Small gold dots show what each card is worth. Families who play their own way can switch on house rules such as the seventh card, doubling, the single hand or the last-trick point. You earn XP, badges and new table styles just by playing. There are no coins, chips or betting.

Screenshots

The bidding screen in Twenty-Nine, showing four cards with their point values and bid buttons from 16 to 28
Bid from your first four cards
A trick in progress with clubs shown as trumps and a full hand fanned at the bottom of the screen
Trumps shown, a trick in play
Twenty-Nine's start screen with Learn with a guided hand, Play with bots, Pass and play and How to play
Learn, play with bots, or pass and play

How to play

  1. Learn the cards

    In every suit the order is Jack, Nine, Ace, Ten, King, Queen, Eight, Seven. A Jack is worth 3 points, a Nine 2, and an Ace or Ten 1. That makes 28 points in the pack.

  2. Bid for the points

    Everyone gets four cards. Starting on the dealer's left, each player bids how many points their team will win, from 16 to 28, or passes. If the first three pass, the dealer must bid.

  3. Hide the trumps

    The highest bidder chooses trumps and keeps them face down. Everyone gets four more cards. Follow the suit that was led if you can. The first player who can't asks to see the trumps, and from then on a trump beats every other suit.

  4. Make your bid

    Count the points in the tricks your team wins. Make the bid and your team scores 1 game point; fall short and it loses 1. Holding the King and Queen of trumps, the pair, moves the target by 4. A team reaching +6 wins.

Ways to play

Against bots

Easy makes friendly mistakes, Normal counts the points and helps its partner, and Hard thinks ahead about the cards it hasn't seen.

Pass and play

Up to four people share one phone. The screen covers your hand while you pass it on, so nobody sees the next player's cards.

House rules

Switch on the seventh card, double and redouble, the single hand, the last-trick point or the Bangladesh redeal, and choose a short, standard or long match.

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