A variation of Hearts, Spades and Barbu.
King (also called Rıfkı or Turkish King) is a shorter variation of Barbu with 20 rounds instead of 28. This version is popular in Turkey, as well as France, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Colombia and Brazil. It is also similar to popular card game Hearts. King is made up of six negative contracts and one positive:
No King: King of ♥ scores -320
No Girls: Each queen scores -100
No Boys: Each Jack or King scores -60
No Hearts: Each heart scores -30
No Last Two or no 7th and last: Each of last two tricks (or 7th and last) scores -180
No Tricks: Each trick scores -50
Trump: Each trick scores +50
Each negative contract is played only twice (as opposed to the four times as in regular Barbu) during the game, and the Trump contract is played a total of eight times. Deal passes between each hand (as in Quick Rotation Barbu) and each player chooses just three negative and two trump contracts during the course of the game. In the end, scores add up to zero. All the players with positive score declared as winners and others as losers. (Wikipedia)
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