CrowsNest Card Game vs Classic Euchre Card Game

CrowsNest is the app developer's favorite version of Rook®, and is the default upon installation. It is identical to Tournament Rook, with two strategic exceptions: (1) the Crow card is the lowest trump; (2) when declarer's team achieves the bid they receive the bid amount, not total points captured.  Other classic Rook® versions available for play are: (1) Tournament Rook (a.k.a. Kentucky Discard); (2) Partnership Rook; (3) 1-High Partnership; (4) The Red 1; (5) Buckeye; (6) Dixie Rook. CrowsNest is a partnership card game for 4 players, "We" team vs. "They" team. You and your AI partner (top of screen) are the We team. AI Opponent Left and Opponent Right form the They team. All 3 AI players have identical "skill". The winning difference is up to you! The CrowsNest card deck consists of 4 suits identified by color, plus a "Crow" card which is always the lowest "Trump" card. Each suit contains cards numbered 5 thru 14. The 5's (5 points), 10's (10 points), and 14's (10 points) are "Counters", creating 25 points per suit. Additionally the Crow card is worth 20 points, making a total of 120 points in the deck. (The Crow card can optionally be removed from the deck, in which case there are 100 points.) 1. Play begins by sequentially dealing the cards, 9 to each player and 5 to the "Nest" (4 if the Crow card is not used). Player to the left of the "Dealer" begins the "Bid" process by committing to a total his/her team will capture of the 120/100 points available. Minimum opening Bid is 70 and subsequent Bids must be in multiples of 5, up to 120/100. Players may "Pass" at any time, but then cannot re-enter bidding. Bidding continues until all but one player has passed. If all players pass on the opening round the cards are re-dealt by the same Dealer. 2. Player with the highest Bid (the "Declarer") temporarily adds the Nest to his/her hand, and then discards back into it any 5/4 cards from the combined hand. Counters discarded into the Nest are added to the score of the team that captures the last "Trick" of the hand. Finally, Declarer chooses the "Trump" suit for the hand now to be played. If in use, the Crow card becomes the lowest Trump card. 3. Player to the left of the Dealer leads a card to begin the first Trick. Play continues clockwise around the table to the remaining 3 players. Players must play a card of the lead suit when they have one, except the Crow card may be played at any time. Players out of the lead suit are free to play any card. Highest card in the lead suit wins the Trick, unless card(s) of the Trump suit have been played. In that case the highest Trump card wins the Trick. Player winning the Trick captures the value of any Counters for his/her team, and leads a card to begin a new Trick. 4. After all cards have been played the hand ends. Counters in the Nest are added to the team winning the last trick, and Trick points won by each team are tallied. Team that opposed the Declarer receives the total of their points. If Declarer's team achieved or exceeded the Bid they receive the amount of their Bid. However if Declarer's team total falls below the Bid, they receive no credit for points won and the Bid amount is deducted from their score. 5. The deal now passes to the next player on the left, and a new hand is played by repeating steps 1-4. First team reaching 300 points wins the game. If both teams have 300 or more points, the team with the most points wins the game. If teams have identical scores in excess of 300, a sudden-death hand is played to determine the winner.

Classic Euchre Card Game — play offline vs computer players. No internet required. No sign-up. Just fast four-player partnership Euchre with trump, bowers, loners, custom rules, stats and replays. Euchre is a quick, tactical trick-taking card game where two teams race to the target score. Call trump, use the Right and Left Bowers, work with your partner, and try to make the hand. Why you’ll enjoy Classic Euchre • Offline play — no internet or account required • Four-player partnership Euchre • Easy, Medium and Hard computer players • Call trump, order up, or pass • Right Bower and Left Bower card ranking • Go Alone / Loner hands • Stick the Dealer option • Joker / Best Bower option • 5-card or 7-card Euchre • Flexible score targets: 5, 7, 10, 11, 15 or 21 • Must win by two option • Fast or normal play speed • Portrait and landscape support for tablets • Stats tracking • Trick review and hand replays • AutoPlay and show starting hands • Custom card faces, themes and suit colors How Euchre works Two teams of two compete to reach the target score. Each player is dealt five cards by default, and players then decide whether to order up the turned card as trump or pass. If everyone passes, the turned card is rejected and players may call a different trump suit. The team that calls trump becomes the makers. The makers must win enough tricks to score. If they fall short, they are euchred and the defenders score instead. The Jack of the trump suit is the Right Bower, the strongest card in the hand. The Jack of the same color is the Left Bower, the second-strongest trump. Scoring • Makers win the hand: 1 point • Makers win every trick: 2 points • Go Alone and win every trick: 4 points • Makers get euchred: defenders score 2 points Classic Euchre Card Game is built for quick games, clear cards and smooth offline play — whether you’re learning Euchre or practicing your partnership strategy.