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This is two-handed Pinochle, the original Pinochle mini game. All another variants are derived from it. A 48-card Pinochle deck is used.The goal is to victory tricks, scoring the value of cards taken in on tricks, and to "meld" combinations of cards having values in points.RANK OF CARDSA Pinochle deck consists of: A (high), K, Q, J, 10, 9 (low) in each of the four suits, with two of each card.CARD VALUES/SCORINGYou can see the values for all the tricks and melds my clicking the face down deck on the mini game board.PLAYING THE GAMEOnce a mini game begins, the YOUR TURN notice will tell you when it is your turn to play. To start your turn, touch a card of your choice from your hand on the bottom panel or a card already on the mini game board and then touch the the mini game board. You can also drag the card to the board and release it or "fling" the cards to the board.Each trick consists of a lead and a play. The non-dealer leads (the dealer is the user that started the mini game); thereafter the champion of each trick leads next.When a trump is led, it wins the trick unless the enemy plays a higher trump. When any another suit is led, the card led wins unless the enemy plays a higher card of the same suit or a trump.The leader may lead any card, and the enemy may play any card. It is not important to follow suit until the Playoff phase of the game.MELDINGOn winning a trick, a user may meld any one of the combinations that have value (you can see the valid combinations by clicking the face down deck on the board).Meld by touching cards and then touching the board. You can also drag or "fling" the cards.1) Only one meld may be created in a turn.2) For each meld, at least one card must be taken from the hand.3) A card once melded may be melded once more, only in a various class, or in a higher-scoring meld of the same class. Eg. A user may not place down KS, QS, JD and score both for the marriage and for the Pinochle; only one meld may be created in any turn. The user may place down QS and JD for 40 points; and, after winning a later trick, they may reuse the QS, and add the KS and score for the marriage.If you can not or do not wish to meld, click the "done" icon ✔ on the action bar.Once a card has been melded, it may be played to a trick as though it were in the hand.Melding the dix (the 9 of trumps): If the dix (pronounced "deece") is the initial trump card, the dealer (mini game starter) scores 10 points immediately. Thereafter, a user holding a dix may score it by melding it on winning a trick. You can receive points for the dix and then can create other meld in the same turn. If you have a dix, you can exchange it, on winning a trick, for the trump card. Click the "dix" and then click the trump to receive the trump in your hand.THE PLAYOFFThe champion of the twelfth trick may meld if possible. Then they are dealt the latest face-down card of the deck which is placed in their play place. The enemy automatically receives the trump card (or the dix, if the exchange has been made).The latest trick champion now leads, and the guidelines are as follows: Each user must follow suit to the card led if possible, and must test to victory when a trump is led (by playing a higher trump).A user who cannot follow suit must trump if they have a trump.The latest 12 tricks are played and the champion is declared.You can review the card values by clicking the "trump" suit symbol on the board.WINNING THE GAMEThe user who scores the most points wins.