Sloppy Seconds

Sloppy Seconds

Designer: Peter Schell
Publisher: Cheapass Games
Type: Card
Status: Free
BGG entry: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/18379
Available from: http://www.cheapass.com/free/games/sloppyseconds.html

Equipment: Standard Deck, No Jokers

A trick-taking game where the object is to score the second most number of points in each suit. Also, the secord suit to be broken in in each hand is the trump suit.

Standard trick taking rules apply. The first player leads a card, the others must follow suit if they can otherwise they may play any card. The highest card of the led suit takes the trick unless a trump suit is played in which case the highest trump takes it. At the start of the hand, however, there is no trump suit yet.

Setting Trump: The SECOND suit to be 'broken in' during a hand immediately becomes the trump suit. A suit is 'broken' when it is played after a different suit was led. The first suit broken in becomes ineligible for trump. The second suit can be broken in during the same trick as the first broken suit or during a subsequent trick.

At the end of the hand, each player separates and totals the points they won by suit. Players then compare their scores for each suit. Only players who are second or tied for second get points for cards of that suit.