OBJECT OF MACAU MANILLA: The objective of Macau Manilla is to be the first team to score 70 points to win.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 4 players
MATERIALS: A modified deck of 52 cards, a way to keep score, and a flat surface.
TYPE OF GAME: Trick-Taking Card Game
AUDIENCE: Adult
OVERVIEW OF MACAU MANILLA
Macau Manilla is a trick-taking card game for 4 players. The goal of the game is to achieve 70 points to win before your opponents.
This game is a partner game. Teammates will sit opposite of each other.
SETUP
To modify the deck, remove all cards 4 and lower in rank. This leaves you with a 40 card deck.
The first dealer is chosen randomly and passes to the right for each new deal. The deck is shuffled and the player to the dealer’s left may cut the deck.
The dealer then deals each player a hand of 10 cards one card at a time. The last card, which is dealt to the dealer is dealt face up to determine the trump suit.
Card Ranking and Values
The ranking for this game is 7(Also called Manilla) (high), Ace, King, Jack, Queen, 10, 9, 8, 6, and 5 (low).
The cards have values associated with them for scoring. 7s are worth 5 points, aces are worth 4 points, Kings are worth 3 points, Jacks are worth 2 points and Queens are worth 1 point. All other points do not have a point value.
GAMEPLAY
The game starts with the player to the right of the dealer. They may lead any card they wish to the trick. The following players must follow suit if possible, and if their opponent is winning, they must, if possible, beat them. If you are unable to follow suit, you may (or must if an opponent is winning) play a trump. If you do not have/are not required to trump you may play any card of any suit.
The trick is won by the highest trump played, if applicable. If the trick has no trumps, it is won by the highest-ranking card of the suit of the originally led card. The trick is collected into a score pile and the winner leads to the next trick.
SCORING
Once all tricks have been played and won the points are scored. Players will tally the total value of all their won cards and also earn an extra point for each trick that was won. The team that scores more than 35 points will score the difference between their score and the other team’s score.
END OF GAME
The game ends when a team reaches or exceeds 70 points. They are the winners.
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