EUCHRE ANYONE ? Traditional Cache
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Euchre (pronounced you-ker) was invented around 1860 and is the game responsible for introducing the Joker into modern packs of cards. Though we are now Tucson desert dwellers, we were once Midwesterners and learned this game in Michigan where it is frequently played. This version does not use the Joker card. This cache will be stocked with regular decks of cards and attached instructions which is all that you need for a fun game of Euchre. ~ We hope you enjoy! TucsonDesertSeeker
Step 1 Use regular pack of cards with all cards numbered between 2 and 8 removed.
Step 2 There are four players (two sets of partners). Choose a dealer by dealing cards face-up. First Jack deals.
Step 3 Deal clockwise, giving each player three cards, then two (or two, then three) for a total of five.
Step 4 Put the remaining four cards facedown on the table and turn the top one over.
Step 5 Begin with the player to the dealer's left. He or she may declare the card on the table trump or
may pass. If the player declares the card trump, the dealer must take the card showing and discard one
of his or her cards facedown.
Step 6 Pass the choice to the next player, and he or she can declare the suit trump or pass also. If the
passes reach the dealer and the dealer doesn't want the card on the table to be trump, the dealer turns that
card over, and the first player can declare any trump.
Step 7 Decipher the trump system: The Jack of the trump suit is called the Right Bower, and it becomes the
highest-ranking card. The next ranking card is the Jack of the same-color suit or Left Bower. So if hearts are
trump, the Jack of hearts is the Right Bower, and the next highest card is the Jack of diamonds.
Step 8 Once the trump is determined, the player to the left of the dealer leads by laying down a card (it doesn't
have to be of the trump suit). Players must play cards of the same suit if they have them.
Step 9 Follow this example: Hearts are trump. Player 1 leads with the Ace of spades. Player 2 lays down the 9
of spades. Player 3 (Player No. 1's partner) doesn't have any spades, so he or she lays down the 10 of hearts.
This player has just "trumped in." Player 4 must play a spade if he or she has it; if Player 4 does not have a
spade, he or she can win the trick by playing a heart higher than the 10 or by playing the Jack of diamonds.
Step 10 Make a trick by winning a hand.
Step 11 Lead the next card if your card wins a trick.
Step 12 Score 1 point if your team called trump and you take three or four tricks. Take all five tricks (a sweep)
and score 2 points. If you don't score at least three tricks and you called the trump, you are Euchered, and the
other team receives 2 points.
Step 13 End the game when a team scores a total of 10 points. (we use the number five cards to keep score)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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