Learn to Play ::
Rated G :: Pitch, by whatever point-variant is played, is in the similar vein as Spades and Bridge as a trick taking game. Play uses a standard deck of 52 cards. Players partner with the player across from them and are each dealt 9 cards. The bid begins to the dealer's left at a minimum of four points and goes around the table, with players increasing the bid based on what they think they can take; if everyone passes the bid, the dealer is required to take the bid at four. The player who announces the highest bid takes the position of dealer/leader and calls the trump suit, which is the only suit of import in this game (excepting the jokers and the left bauer or off-jack [jack of the same color, but not the trump suit]). All players, save the dealer, discard all the cards from their hands that are not of the trump suit and request enough cards from the remaining 18-card deck to bring their hand up to 6. (*Note: If a player mistakenly discards a trump card, or one of the three other special cards, it is a free-for-all to whomever notices and picks it up off the table first) The remaining cards in the deck are given to the bid-winner/leader, who can pick through them one-by-one, and pass any remaining unseen cards to his partner, each of them discarding to 6 before play begins.
Game Experience Level
Beginner
Game Society
Not part of a gaming society
Game Master
Daniel Setzer
| Friday July 8 9:00 am to 11:00 am | Mage Room (Marriott Ballroom A-E) :: learn to play 2 |
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