HAUS

The 52 Qard Game Series · Reserve bench

Sheng Ji · Tractor

Singles, pairs and tractors. Eighty points lifts the attackers' rank.

Home ChinaSeats 4 or moreFamily Point-trick tablesStatus Coming to the table
W.F.A. deck2 × 54cards in play
Coming to the tableThe rules are written and the seat is reserved. This table opens as the series grows.
Sheng Ji on the W.F.A. deck, on black velvet under a brass lamp
Sheng Ji · China

How to deal

Players draw cards one at a time from the shuffled double deck until a small kitty is left. Whoever first turns up a card of the current trump rank sets the trump suit for the hand; the dealer takes the kitty and discards the same number of cards.

How to play

Each player leads with a single card, a pair, or a tractor of consecutive pairs; the others must follow with the same shape in the led suit if they can. Trumps are the trump rank in every suit, the jokers, and the trump suit itself. The highest matching combination wins the trick.

How you win

The side opposing the dealer tries to capture Fives, Tens and Kings, worth five, ten and ten. Eighty points wins the hand for the attackers and advances their rank; fewer lets the dealing side advance instead. The first side to climb through every rank wins.

W.F.A. deck setup for Sheng Ji

Two W.F.A. decks, each with the 1s of two suits as its jokers: 108 cards, the 07s in as sevens.

Sixty seconds at the table

Sheng Ji on the W.F.A. deck, on black velvet under a brass lampVideo · coming with the tableSheng Ji

The 52 Qard Game Series

Sit down at this table

Sheng Ji is played in The Qard Game Room, free, on the W.F.A. deck.

Sit down at this tableAll 37 tables

More point-trick tables

Briscola on the W.F.A. deck, on black velvet under a brass lamp
Italy

Briscola

Three cards in hand, no need to follow suit, sixty-one wins.

Belote on the W.F.A. deck, on black velvet under a brass lamp
France

Belote

The Jack of trumps is worth twenty. Belote and rebelote, twenty more.

Skat on the W.F.A. deck, on black velvet under a brass lamp
Germany

Skat

Three players, two cards in the skat, one declarer against the rest.

Twenty Nine on the W.F.A. deck, on black velvet under a brass lamp
India, Bangladesh and Nepal

Twenty-Nine

The trump stays hidden until someone cannot follow.

Pinochle on the W.F.A. deck, on black velvet under a brass lamp
USA

Pinochle

Melds first, then tricks. Queen of spades with Jack of diamonds is pinochle.

Doppelkopf on the W.F.A. deck, on black velvet under a brass lamp
Germany

Doppelkopf

The two Queens of clubs decide who is on your side.

Klaverjas on the W.F.A. deck, on black velvet under a brass lamp
Netherlands

Klaverjas

Choose the trump, score the roem, beat a hundred and sixty-two.

Jass on the W.F.A. deck, on black velvet under a brass lamp
Switzerland

Jass

The Puur and the Näll rule the trump suit. First to a thousand.

Free play. No wagering. Traditional games belong to everyone; the table is ours.