Saudi Hand

How to play

1. The deal and turns are as in Hand: fourteen cards each, fifteen for the player on the dealer's right, and every turn you draw, put down what you like, then discard.
2. A meld is three or more cards in sequence in one suit, or of one rank in different suits, with at most one joker.
3. Each player of the first team to go down in a round needs at least 51.
4. Each player of the other team needs the first team's highest first time down plus one. If the first opened with 60, the opponents need 61; if that player's partner then opens with 70, they need 71.
5. The minimum goes back to 51 at the start of every round. Going out with every card in one turn needs no minimum.
6. Once down, you may lay off on any meld on the table, and take a joker by putting in the card it stands for.

Scoring and winning

• Scoring is the same as Hand: 30 off for ending the round, and 60 off for a Hand, with everyone else's points doubled.
• Cards left count: joker 15, ace 11, jack, queen and king 10, the rest at face value, and never going down pays 100.
• After five rounds, the team with the lower total wins.

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