Play King, the classic Turkish trick-taking card game: Rıfkı, No Queens, trumps and a full score sheet. Bots or online.
📖 Read the King (Turkish Card Game) rules
About the game
King is one of Turkey's best-loved card games, played everywhere from tea houses to family tables, and here you can play it free in your browser with no download or sign-up. Four players use a 52-card deck, everyone gets 13 cards and play goes counter-clockwise. A full game lasts 20 deals: in each deal the player whose turn it is looks at their hand, chooses the contract and leads the first card. Every player picks 3 penalty games and 2 trump games in total, and each penalty game can be played at most twice at the table. The penalty games are No Tricks (-50 per trick), No Hearts (-30 per heart), No Kings and Jacks (-60 each), No Queens (-100 each), Rıfkı (the king of hearts, -320) and Last Two (-180 for each of the last two tricks). In trump games the chooser names the trump suit and every trick you win is worth +50. You must follow suit; if you cannot, you must trump in a trump game and discard a penalty card in a penalty game. The built-in King score sheet shows every deal, who chose it, the points, the running totals and every player's remaining picks, and in a full game all the points add up to zero. In the career you face three bots: finish a game on top to level up and the bots get sharper, counting cards, ducking in penalty games, drawing trumps and choosing contracts that suit their hand. Short on time? Quick King plays 8 deals. At the online table you can invite friends with a room code or get matched with players from around the world, and bots fill any empty seat. Playable cards glow and the full rules are one tap away under the question mark. There is no betting, money or gambling.
How to play
- Pick Full King (20 deals), Quick King (8 deals) or the Online table from the menu.
- When it is your turn to choose, look at your hand and pick No Tricks, No Hearts, No Kings/Jacks, No Queens, Rıfkı, Last Two or a trump suit.
- Follow suit; playable cards glow. Touch a card and release to play it.
- In penalty games leave the penalty cards to others, in trump games win as many tricks as you can.
- Open the score sheet to see points and picks left; the highest total after the last deal wins.
Controls
Touch/mouse: touch a card and release to play it; slide across the fan to pick, drag down to cancel. Tap the contract panel to choose the game. Top left: menu, rules (?) and score sheet buttons. Keyboard: ← → select a card, Enter / Space / ↑ play; when choosing, 1-6 pick a penalty and 7-0 a trump suit (spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs); C score sheet, H rules, M menu, P pause.
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FAQ
How do you play King?
Four players get 13 cards each. In each of the 20 deals the player whose turn it is chooses a penalty game or a trump game and leads. You must follow suit and the highest card (or highest trump) wins the trick. Each player picks 3 penalties and 2 trumps, and each penalty can be played at most twice. The highest total after 20 deals wins.
What is Rıfkı and how much is it worth?
Rıfkı is the king of hearts. In the Rıfkı game whoever takes the trick containing it scores -320. Hearts cannot be led until broken, a player who cannot follow suit must discard the king of hearts, and if the ace of hearts is on the table its holder must drop it.
What are the penalty points in King?
No Tricks is -50 per trick, No Hearts -30 per heart, No Kings/Jacks -60 each, No Queens -100 each, Rıfkı -320 and Last Two -180 for each of the last two tricks. Every trick in a trump game is +50. In a full game all the points add up to zero.