Belote
Belote is a popular French card game for 4 players in two teams. Here are the rules:
Game Objective
Be the first team to reach 1,000 points (or agreed score).
Distribution
Each player receives 8 cards. One card is flipped to determine the trump.
Announcements
- Spades, Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs: Announce the trump
- No Trump: Play without trump
- All Trump: All games are trump
Belote and Rebelote
- Belote: Having the King and Queen of trump (20 points)
- Rebelote: Playing them in order (20 additional points)
Point Scoring
- Trump Jack: 20 points
- Trump 9: 14 points
- Ace: 11 points
- 10: 10 points
- King: 4 points
- Queen: 3 points
- Jack (non-trump): 2 points