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About
Horse Collar is a fast, social trick-taking card game from Youngstown, Ohio. Every round is five quick tricks: call IN to play or OUT to sit it out, win your tricks, and whatever you do — don't get stuck with the collar. Lowest score wins.
Play a quick game solo against clever bots, or host a room and play live with friends. No account, no sign-up — just a room code and you're dealing.
HOW IT PLAYS
• Five tricks a round, with a trump suit each deal
• Go IN or OUT before the round — but get "set" with zero tricks and you take the penalty
• Redraw to improve your hand, read the table, and chase the lowest score
• First to zero wins; ties break on who took the fewest collars
PLAY YOUR WAY
• Single player vs. smart bots — fully offline
• Online multiplayer for 2–6 players with a simple room code
• Classic, Quick, or fully Custom rules — tune the starting score, set penalty, zone, and trump rules to match your table
BUILT FOR GAME NIGHT
• Round-by-round scorecards saved for every game
• Separate stats for solo and multiplayer
• A running session total across a night of games
• Drop-outs auto-fill with a bot so the game never stalls
No tracking. No account. Just cards.
Made with love in the 330.
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What's New in Horse Collar
1.3
July 11, 2026
Custom games can now set a Circle value, so each circle can be worth more than one point toward the final score. Scoreboard now shows each losing player's circle points on the final round. Plus stability improvements.
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