Waraqi is a platform for popular competitive card games, built for the phone and played online against people from all over the world.
Four players at every table. Casual games with friends, ranked play on a skill ladder, weekly leaderboards, clans, and a tournament every night of the week. Press a game to read its rules.
MANFI
BASICS
- 4 players in 2 teams. Partners sit across from each other.
- Each hand can have up to 13 tricks; win tricks for your team.
- Spades are always trump, and aces are high.
- Spades may be led at any time.
BIDDING
- Each player bids how many tricks they will win. The four bids always total 13.
- Bidding moves to the right, starting with the player to the dealer's right.
- Your bid and your partner's bid add up to your team contract.
- The dealer bids last and gets whatever is left: the forced bid.
- If the dealer ACCEPTS the forced bid, the hand begins.
REJECTING THE BID
- The dealer may REJECT the forced bid (unless it is 0).
- Every player then passes their whole hand one seat to the right.
- The dealer's team must now win 1 extra trick with the swapped cards.
PLAYING THE HAND
- The player to the dealer's right leads the first trick.
- Follow the suit that was led if you can; otherwise play any card.
- The highest card of the led suit wins the trick, unless a spade is played.
- The hand ends if one team exceeds their team contract.
HOW TO WIN
- Exceed your team contract and score 13 points; fail and score 0.
- Meet your team contract and score that many points.
- First team to 52 points wins the game.
HOKM
BASICS
- 4 players in 2 teams. Partners sit across from each other.
- Each hand can have up to 13 tricks; win tricks for your team.
- The trump suit is selected by the Hakem before each hand, and aces are high.
- Trump suit may be led at any time.
THE HAKEM
- First player to be dealt an ACE becomes the Hakem.
- The Hakem chooses the trump suit after receiving their first 5 cards.
- Winning the hand as the Hakem keeps the crown for the next hand.
- Losing the hand as the Hakem passes the crown to the right.
PLAYING THE HAND
- The player to the dealer's right, the Hakem, leads the first trick.
- Follow the suit that was led if you can; otherwise play any card.
- The highest card of the led suit wins the trick, unless a trump is played.
- The hand ends when one team wins 7 tricks.
HOW TO WIN
- Winning the hand scores 1 point.
- Winning the first seven tricks as the Hakem's team scores 2 points.
- Winning the first seven tricks against the Hakem's team scores 3 points.
- First team to 7 points wins the game.
HEARTS
BASICS
- 4 players in 2 teams. Partners sit across from each other.
- Each hand can have up to 13 tricks; avoid winning point tricks for your team.
- There is no trump, and aces are high.
- Hearts cannot be led until 'broken', or if you only hold hearts.
PASSING
- After the deal, every player picks 3 cards to pass face down to another.
- The direction changes each hand: right, left, across, then no pass.
- The passed cards received can only be seen once all cards have been passed.
PLAYING THE HAND
- The player holding the 2 of clubs after the pass leads it for the first trick.
- Follow the suit that was led if you can; otherwise play any card.
- The highest card of the led suit wins the trick.
- No point cards may be played on the first trick.
HOW TO WIN
- Each heart card is worth 1 point; the queen of spades is worth 13 points.
- Winning tricks with point cards counts them against your team.
- If ONE player wins all the point cards in a hand, they shoot the moon.
The 26 points are counted against the opposing team instead. - The first team to reach 100 points LOSES the game.
SPADES
BASICS
- 4 players in 2 teams. Partners sit across from each other.
- Each hand has 13 tricks; win tricks for your team.
- Spades are always trump, and aces are high.
- Spades cannot be led until 'broken', or if you only hold spades.
BIDDING
- Each player bids how many tricks they will win. Bidding NIL means 0 tricks.
- You can also bid BLIND NIL before looking at your cards.
- Bidding moves to the right, starting with the player to the dealer's right.
- Your bid and your partner's bid add up to your team contract.
PLAYING THE HAND
- The player to the dealer's right leads the first trick.
- Follow the suit that was led if you can; otherwise play any card.
- The highest card of the led suit wins the trick, unless a spade is played.
- A NIL bidder's tricks do not count toward the team contract.
HOW TO WIN
- Meet your team contract and score 10 points per trick bid.
- Exceeding your team contract results in a BAG worth 1 point for each extra trick.
- Accumulating 10 BAGS will lose 100 points.
- Fail to meet your team contract and lose 10 points per trick bid.
- A successful NIL is worth 100 points; failing NIL will lose 100 points (x2 for BLIND NIL).
- First team to 500 points wins the game; reaching -200 points will lose the game.
CALLBREAK
BASICS
- 4 players, all playing for themselves. There are no teams.
- Each hand has 13 tricks; win tricks for yourself.
- Spades are always trump, and aces are high.
- Spades may be led at any time.
CALLING
- Each player calls how many tricks they will win, from 1 to 12.
- Calling moves to the right, starting with the player to the dealer's right.
- If the four calls total less than 8, the cards are reshuffled/redealt.
- If a player is dealt no spades and/or face cards, the cards are reshuffled/redealt.
PLAYING THE HAND
- The player to the dealer's right leads the first trick.
- Follow the suit that was led if you can; otherwise play a winning spade.
- The highest card of the led suit wins the trick, unless a spade is played.
- You must beat the card that is winning if you can; otherwise play any card.
HOW TO WIN
- Make your call and score 1 point per trick called.
- Exceeding your call scores 0.1 point for each extra trick.
- Fail to make your call and lose 1 point per trick called.
- The game ends after 5 hands; the highest overall score wins.
TIEBREAKER
- If two or more players finish on the same total, they play the tiebreaker.
- A full deck is spread face down; each player picks one card and the highest wins.
- If the same value is picked, those players pick again until one wins.
