🃏 How to play

Oh Hell! rules

Say exactly how many tricks you'll take. Not one more, not one less.

Players: 3–7
Time: 20–40 min
You need: Standard playing cards

The goal

Score the most points by hitting your bid exactly, hand after hand.

How a hand works

1
Hands grow, then shrink
Hand 1 deals 1 card each, hand 2 deals 2, and so on up to the largest hand (10 cards, or fewer with lots of players), then back down to 1.
2
Turn up trump
After dealing, turn the next card face up. Its suit is trump for the hand.
3
Bid exactly
Starting left of the dealer, each player says how many tricks they'll take.
4
Play the tricks
Follow suit if you can; otherwise play anything, including trump. Highest trump wins, or highest card of the led suit.

Scoring (Roundfello's version)

Exact bid10 + tricks
Any other result0

A 5-card hand

1.Leo bids 2 and takes 2 → 12.
2.Mia bids 0 and takes 0 → 10.
3.Ava bids 3 and takes 2 → 0.

Winning tips

Zero bids are easiest on small hands.
Trump cards win tricks you might not want.
The dealer bids last and knows the most — use it.

Popular house rules

The 'hook': the dealer may not bid a number that makes the bids add up to the hand size, so someone must miss.
Some tables score 1 per trick even on a missed bid, or subtract points for misses.
Some tables play only up, or only down.

Let Roundfello keep score

Roundfello adds up every Oh Hell! hand for you, with live standings and a champion at the end.

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