Learn to play
Tutorials and rules for Spanish-deck card games
Pick a game and practise play by play in its tutorial, or read its rules in full: the deck and card values, the deal, how a round unfolds, scoring, strategy, regional variants and table vocabulary.
Practise
Playable, step-by-step tutorials
Cuatrola tutorial
Seven fixed plays to master forced follow, automatic cantes and the Solo and Cuatrola bets. Tap the card you'd play: if you get it wrong, we explain why.
Start the tutorialTute tutorial
Four plays to practise forced follow with the full deck: beating, following, trumping and placing the King-and-Knight cantes without breaking the pair.
Start the tutorialGuiñote tutorial
Three plays to get the feel of guiñote: testing the waters in the free phase, holding onto the King and Jack to call the forty, and standing firm through forced follow once the stock runs out.
Start the tutorialBrisca tutorial
The simplest trick-taking game with the Spanish deck: three cards, free play and the trump indicator tucked under the stock. Four plays to learn when to spend trump.
Start the tutorialChinchón tutorial
Chinchón isn't played in tricks, but by combining your hand. Here are the keys to drawing, discarding and closing; then practise a game against the bot.
Start the tutorialMentiroso tutorial
Mentiroso isn't played in tricks or combinations: it's won with a poker face. Practise three table situations for playing, believing and catching a bluff, review the key points, and then play against the bot.
Start the tutorialMus tutorial
Mus is played in pairs and isn't won by a single card, but by knowing when to bet and when to fold. Practise five table decisions — mus, discarding and betting — review the key points, and then play against the bot.
Start the tutorialPumba tutorial
Pumba is learned in one hand: play by suit or number and make the most of the special cards. Practise three real plays, review the key points, and then play against the bot.
Start the tutorialLa Escoba tutorial
Escoba (15-point escoba) is pure mental arithmetic: adding to fifteen with your card and those on the table. Practise three real plays, review the key points, and then play against the bot.
Start the tutorialSolitario tutorial
Solitaire is played alone with the Spanish deck, in three variants: Klondike, Spider and Pyramid. Practise three moves, review the key points of each variant, and sit down at the table.
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