Cutthroat: Three-handed Euchre

Every hand, it’s two against one. Cutthroat is three-handed euchre, the classic trick-taking game for when there’s no fourth for partners. Everyone plays for themselves. Whoever makes trump plays alone against the other two, who team up just long enough to stop them. Take three tricks and you score. Take all five and you march. Fall short and you’re euchred, and both defenders score. Then the next hand, it’s every player for themselves again. First to 10 wins. PLAY THE COMPUTER Five tables, from Beginner to Expert, each with its own pair of opponents. Beginners forgive a loose call. From Medium up they remember every card and defend together, Hard notices who’s out of a suit, and Expert thinks through how the hand could play out before every move. Leave any time and pick up where you left off. PLAY FRIENDS LIVE Invite one or two friends through Game Center, or use Quick Match to find players. The computer takes any empty seat, and steps in for anyone who leaves, so the game always finishes. YOUR HOUSE, YOUR RULES Play Standard, or set up your own: • Points to win • A march worth 2 or 3 • A euchre that scores the defenders, or costs the maker • Stick the dealer, no trump, a dummy hand and maker must march • Renege prevented, or allowed and called Online, everyone plays the host’s rules. NEW TO EUCHRE? Seven short pages teach the game, from the bowers to the scoring, then deal you a practice hand. Highlight the bowers, see the last trick, and let the game play your last card for you while you learn. KEEP SCORE • Wins, losses, win rate and streaks at every table, and online • Your hands as maker and as defender: made, marched and euchred • 22 Game Center achievements, shown as award cards in the game • 6 leaderboards: total wins, wins against Expert, online wins, longest win streak, total marches and wins this week • Your stats and settings follow you between your devices with iCloud MAKE IT YOURS • Three card decks: Tabletop, Heritage and Mid-Century, with a four-color option • Five table tops: felt, wood grain, cork, walnut and linen • Relaxed, normal or brisk game speed • Card sounds, music and haptics you can turn off • Light and dark appearance, following your device FOR EVERYONE VoiceOver reads your hand card by card and announces every bid and play, and the text grows with your device’s text size. ON iPHONE, iPAD AND MAC A table laid out for each, with a score sidebar on iPad and Mac, and menus and keyboard shortcuts on the Mac. No ads. No in-app purchases. Just a good card table and two players to beat.