The classic
thousand-point
card game.
A canonical reference for the rules, a catalogue of the regional variations, and a free open-source app to play it on your laptop.
A clear, step-by-step walkthrough of a single deal — dealing, bidding, the talon, marriages, trick-taking, and scoring.
Start with Setup →Forehand, middlehand, dealer, declarer, defenders. How positions and per-deal roles fit together at a 3-player table.
Players & roles →Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, 2-player, 4-player partnership rules, and the most common house-rule tweaks worth agreeing in advance.
Read the catalogue →Play it tonight.
An open-source desktop app written in Lua/Love2D. Three-player hot-seat today; algorithmic AI opponents and named-character chat in upcoming phases.
“Two tables in the same city will often disagree on details. Always agree the house rules before the first deal.”