Rang rules for two players

Setup

• One full 52-card pack. Aces are high, twos are low.
• The caller gets five cards and so does the other player. Sixteen more are set aside, and the other 26 stay face down out of play.
• Looking only at those five cards, the caller names any suit as trumps.
• Each of you then gets eight more cards, for thirteen each.

How a round works

1. The caller leads the first trick; after that, the winner of each trick leads.
2. Follow suit if you can. If you can't, play any card. The highest trump wins; otherwise the higher card of the suit led.
3. Each finished trick goes onto a pile in the middle. Win two tricks in a row and you collect the whole pile, including the trick you just won. Then the count starts again.
4. If the last trick is played and tricks are still in the middle, they go to whoever won that last trick.
5. The deal ends as soon as one of you has collected seven tricks.

Scoring and winning

• Scoring is the same as Court Piece: 1 point if the caller takes the deal, 2 if the other player beats the caller.
• A court — taking the deal while the other player has collected nothing — scores 4.
• Whoever beats the caller calls the next deal. The first to 5 points wins.

Play it with your partner on Twine

Twine deals, keeps score and enforces every rule above. Play live on a call, or with Play Anytime: take your turn now and your partner takes theirs whenever suits them, wherever they are.

Questions

What is the difference between Rang and Court Piece?

Only how tricks are collected. In Court Piece every trick counts straight away; in Rang tricks pile up and you need two wins in a row to take the pile. Dealing, trumps and scoring are the same.

What happens to the pile at the end?

If tricks are left in the middle after the thirteenth trick, the winner of that last trick takes them.

How many points win a game of Rang?

Five. A deal is worth 1, 2 or 4 points.

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