What is the card ranking in 29?

From high to low in every suit: J, 9, A, 10, K, Q, 8, 7. The ranking never changes with the trump.

How many points are on the table in a hand?

Twenty-nine. Jacks give 12, 9s give 8, Aces give 4 and 10s give 4, which is 28. The last trick adds one more.

What does a team need to win a match?

Six game points. A team that reaches +6 wins. A team that falls to −6 loses.

What is the minimum bid?

Sixteen points is the usual opening bid. Some tables change it, so agree on the figure before the first deal.

Do trump cards beat the other suits?

Yes. Any trump beats a card of a suit that was not trump. The order inside each suit stays the same.

Who leads the first trick?

Usually the player on the dealer's left. After that, the winner of each trick leads the next one.

29 card game rules: the one-page cheat sheet

Print this, keep it open on a second phone, or screenshot it before your first match. Everything below is enforced exactly this way in 29 Royale.

Where the 29 points come from. The first four rows are the point cards; the last trick is worth one more.

Setup

Players: four, in two partnerships, partners opposite.
Deck: 32 cards, the 7 through the Ace in four suits.
Score markers: one red 6 and one black 6 per team.
Deal: four cards each, then the bid and the trump, then four more cards each.

Card ranking, high to low

J · 9 · A · 10 · K · Q · 8 · 7

The ranking is the same in every suit, whether or not it is trump.

Points

Card	Points each	Total in the deck
Jack	3	12
9	2	8
Ace	1	4
10	1	4
Last trick	1	1
Total		29

Bidding

Bidding starts with the player after the dealer, holding four cards.
The minimum is 16 and the maximum is 28. Each bid must be higher than the last.
Once you pass, you are out for the hand.
The bidder places one card face down. Its suit becomes the trump.
The bidder's team must collect at least the bid in points.

Play

The player after the dealer leads any card.
Everyone must follow suit if they can.
If you cannot follow suit, you may discard any card, or ask for the trump to be revealed.
After the reveal, trumps beat every other suit. A player who cannot follow suit may play a trump.
The highest card of the led suit wins the trick, unless a trump was played. Then the highest trump wins.
The winner of a trick leads the next one. There are eight tricks in a hand.

Scoring a hand

Count the point cards in your team's tricks, and add one for the last trick.
If the bidding team makes its bid, it gains one game point. If it falls short, it loses one.
Reach +6 to win the match. Fall to −6 to lose it.

Marriage

The King and Queen of the trump suit, held by one player.

It can be declared only after the trump is revealed, and only by a player whose team has already won a trick.
If the bidding team declares it, the target drops by 4, to a minimum of 16.
If the defending team declares it, the bidding team's target rises by 4, to a maximum of 28.
The full marriage guide.

Double and redouble

After the bid, a defender may say double. The hand is now worth 2 game points.
The bidding team may answer redouble, making the hand worth 4 game points.
How doubling works.

Seventh card

Instead of choosing a trump, the bidder may call seventh card. The seventh card they receive becomes the trump indicator, and it stays face down until the reveal. The seventh-card gamble.

Single hand

The bidder can play alone. The partner's cards are set aside, and the bidder must make the bid against two opponents. Single hand in 29.

Quick table talk

Term	Meaning
Call or bid	The points you promise to make
Trump or rang	The suit that beats all others
Pair or marriage	The King and Queen of trump in one hand
Seven or seventh	The seventh-card trump gamble
Double	A defender raising the stakes

Every rule on this page is a setting in 29 Royale's match options, so you can play the house rules you grew up with, or learn the full set through the tutorial. 29 Royale is free on Google Play.