BICYCLE 4-GAME PACK (HEARTS/SPADES/EUCHRE/SOLITAIRE)

Ages 8+                    2  - 5 Players                       15 Min

Each 4-pack contains game-specific decks for Euchre, Spades, Hearts, and Solitaire. Each deck is designed specifically for each game and includes highlights and features that help players play and learn the games more easily.

Hearts is a trick taking, standard deck playing card game, without trumps, which has been played popularly for generations and has many variations. The object is to avoid capturing hearts at one (1) point apiece and (in the most commonly played version today) the queen of spades, at thirteen (13) points, the card on which the whole game pivots. But to make it interesting, it is also possible to "shoot the moon," taking all the hearts and the queen, a coup that gives 26 points to each of your opponents instead!

Spades

This trick-taking game is a standard deck playing card game and takes on many different group-specific rules. Generally speaking, each player is given thirteen cards and a partner who sits across the table. Each player bids the number of tricks they'll take, and then the partners collectively attempt to take at least as many as they bid. The tricks are fairly standard with following suit if you can, and spades as the trump suit. If you make your bid you earn ten times the number of tricks you bid, otherwise you lose that many points. Plus there is usually a nil bid, which means you personally won't take any tricks but your partner still plays as normal.

Euchre

Euchre is a trick taking card game. Although for two to seven players, Euchre is best with four playing as partners. This is a relatively simple bidding and trick-taking game, and one of the best non-threatening partnership games.

Conventional Euchre uses a deck of 24 standard playing cards consisting of A, K, Q, J, 10, and 9 of each of the four suits. A standard-deck 52-card deck can be used, omitting the cards from 2 to 8. Players are dealt a five-card hand and the object is to win three of the five tricks. A card is turned up to determine trump, which can be either accepted or refused by each player in turn. If refused, another bidding round takes place in which each player is given the privilege of naming trump. The player fixing trump has the option of playing alone or with their partner (playing alone increases the scores and penalties.)

Solitaire

Solitaire or Patience are a family of solitaire games with a standard playing card deck. While most Patience rules are for 1 player, there are a few Patience game rules for 2 players! They are also called "Zankpatiencen" (quarrel patiences) in German Patience books.

There are also commercial versions available with a collection of 2 full card decks (including Jokers), especially made to play Patience. The cards are extra small to carry in your pocket, in a little box. Instructions for several different Solitaire games are included.