Cucumber

How to play

A last-trick-avoidance game for 2–6. Everyone gets seven cards; suits don't matter, only rank (2 low … King, Ace high).

Each trick, the leader plays any card, then everyone plays one in turn: if you hold a card equal to or higher than the highest card so far, you MUST play one — otherwise you dump your lowest card.

The highest card wins the trick (ties go to the LAST to play it) and leads the next. It's the LAST trick that stings: whoever wins it scores penalty points equal to that card's value (2–10 face value, J=11, Q=12, K=13, A=14).

Play rounds until someone passes 30 penalty points; the player with the FEWEST points then wins, and players who share the fewest draw.

Ways to play

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  Against the computerPlay on one device against a computer opponent.
• 👪
  Play together, nearbyWith family and friends in the same room: up to 6 players, each on their own phone or tablet. No Wi-Fi or internet needed. In the Jambolaya app.
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  Learn by playingA guided lesson on the real game teaches you the rules one step at a time.