waldo/ScoreFiveHundred — Issue #3: Add 3 and 5 player scoring
Author: waldo
Created: 2011-10-12 11:19:33+00:00
State: open

5 player
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The player who wins the bidding then gets to choose a card (not the joker). There are two versions of this variation. In one, the player who owns the chosen card announces that they have it, and then becomes the bidder's partner for that round. In the other, the player winning the bidding will not know who their partner is until the chosen card is played.

Scoring for this variation uses the same values as normal 500. If the partnership wins the required amount of tricks, they will both get points (full points each or half points each, depending on the variation), and if they don't, they will both lose points (either full or half). If one of the three remaining players wins a trick, that player will receive ten points. Neither misère nor open misère is usually permitted in this variant since it is too easy to win. Because the partnership changes each round, there are no fixed teams and each player plays for themselves.