LOVE4EUCHRE VARIATIONS *~**~* Absolute Spades *~**~* SPADES will be the ONLY suit called the entire game. If a SPADE is turned up at the start of the game, then the DEALER MUST pick it up. If a SPADE is not turned up, then EVERYONE must pass until the card is down..... THEN LEFT OF DEALER MUST call the trump SPADES. *~**~*Regular Table Settings*~**~* *~*~*Aces Rule!!!*~*~* YOU CANNOT TRUMP an ACE that is EITHER LED or PLAYED BEFORE you,... ...UNLESS all you have is trump. THE ACE of TRUMP DOES NOT count. If someone has nothing but trump and overrides the ace... ...then it's open game....Anyone at that point can overtrump! *~*~*Regular Table Settings with TRAM OFF!!*~*~* ~*~*~Aggravation~*~*~ The upcard CANNOT be bid by ANY player. All players MUST pass on the first round of bids. From there, any player can bid. ~*~*~Regular Table Settings~*~*~ ~*~All Shook Up~*~ Everyone must bid Red until their team reaches 5 points. Once your team reaches 5 points, for the rest of the game, you MUST bid Black. If everyone passes on the 2nd time around, the Dealer (STD) MUST go alone! ***Regular Table Settings*** ~*~Alone at Five~*~ This is regular Euchre. Once your team reaches 5 points, You MUST GO ALONE whenever you bid. ~*~Regular table settings~*~ ~*~Beauty and the Beast~*~ **If the dealer turns up the QUEEN of DIAMONDS, the game is over... ...and the Dealer's team wins. **If the dealer turns up the KING of DIAMONDS, the game is over... ...and the Dealer's team loses. **If any other card is turned up, game is played as regular STD. ~*~Regular Table Settings~*~ ~*~Black Only~*~ You may ONLY call SPADES or CLUBS throughout the game. If red is turned up, everyone MUST pass until it's turned down. Then anyone may call BLACK. Regular Table Settings. *~*~*Bots Rule*~*~* Both players will have a bot for their partner. ONLY BOTS can call trump. If a player orders trump, that counts as an error. ~*~Reg Table Settings with STD OFF~*~ ~*~*~BURY YOU~*~*~ If the JACK of SPADES is the upcard, the DEALER'S TEAM loses! Otherwise played as Regular STD. ~*~Reg Table Settings~*~ ~*~*Canadian Euchre~*~*~ If the dealers partner orders the upcard, they MUST go alone Otherwise reg std euchre applies ~*~Regular Table Settings w/ DEALER'S PARTNER CAN ONLY ORDER UP ALONE CHECKED~*~ *~*~*~*CHEATER! CHEATER!*~*~*~* In this game, you may HINT to your partner what suit you would like them to call each round. Saying things like "I Love You" for hearts, "I need to dig in the garden" for spades. "Nice day for Golf" for clubs, etc. You CANNOT say an actual SUIT or what KIND of card you have at ANYTIME while you are sitting at the table. This will count as an error. **Please Note: After trump is called, you may no longer CHEAT!** ~*~Reg Table Settings~*~ ~**~Chocolate & Strawberry Milkshake~**~ Table setting team bids black (Chocolate) until they reach 5 points. Then they must bid red (Strawberry) the rest of the game. The opposing team (not the setting team) bids red (Strawberry) until they reach 5 points. Then they must bid black (Chocolate) the rest of the game. **Regular Table Settings** ~*~Club the Dealer~*~ **If a CLUB is turned up, the dealer MUST pick it up and GO ALONE. **If any other suit is turned up, play as regular STD. **Regular Table Settings ~*~*COUNTER CLOCKWISE~*~ The DEALERS PARTNER orders the UPCARD to the DEALER ALONE. LEFT OF DEALER MUST DEFEND ALONE. **ALL ERRORS 4 PTS.** ~*~Regular Table Settings with DEFEND ALONE ON~*~ *~*CYBER SEX*~* Females call ONLY RED. Men call ONLY BLACK. You will use bots as your partners. Regular Table Settings **Dealer Is Boss** The upcard is always passed and the dealer tells LEFT of DEALER what to make as trump. This is the only call!!! NO LONERS ALLOWED **Regular Table Settings** ~*~*~Dealers Only~*~*~ ONLY THE DEALER MAY CALL Either the 1st or 2nd time around. ~*~Reg Table Settings~*~ ~*~*DIRTY CLUBS*~*~ If the 'upcard' is a CLUB, the dealer must pick it up!! (No one can order it up) If any other card is up, play continues as a regular game. **Regular Table Settings** ~*~DIRTY DIAMONDS~*~ If the 'upcard' is a DIAMOND, the dealer must pick it up!! (No one can order it up) If any other card is up, play continues as a regular game. **Regular Table Settings** ~*~*DIRTY HEARTS*~*~ If the 'upcard' is a HEART, the dealer must pick it up!! (No one can order it up) If any other card is up, play continues as a regular game. **Regular Table Settings** ~*~Dirty Spades~*~ If the 'upcard' is a SPADE, the dealer must pick it up!! (No one can order it up) If any other card is up, play continues as a regular game. **Regular Table Settings** ~*~Dirty Switch~*~ **Trump starts out as SPADES, and the DEALER MUST make it spades. **Trump stays SPADES with the DEALER ALWAYS making it... ...unless or until a JACK turns UP as the UP CARD. **Whenever a JACK is the UPCARD, the DEALER MUST take it up,... ...and trump will SWITCH to that Jack's suit. (Example: So if Jack of Clubs is turned up,... ...trump changes to CLUBS, until a different Jack turns up.) **Trump will be determined by the LAST UP JACK, and will ALWAYS be called by the DEALER. **Regular Table Settings **Double Trouble** Dealer must take the upcard ALONE. Left of Dealer must DEFEND ALONE. **ALL ERRORS WILL COST YOUR TEAM 4 POINTS** ~*Regular Table Settings with DEFEND ALONE ON*~ ~*~*~DUCK!! DUCK!! GOOSE!!!~*~*~ The player who takes the last trick MUST make trump the next hand. The dealer will start off by calling trump the first hand. Regular Table Settings with TRAM OFF ~*~ELVIS!!!!~*~ Played as Reg STD except if at any time the KING OF SPADES is the up card, the DEALER'S TEAM automatically wins!!! ~*~No Love Me Tender or Love Me Do...it's over! Regular Table Settings ~*~ELVIS & HIS LADY~*~ Played like Reg STD EXCEPT if at any time the KING of SPADES (ELVIS) or ANY QUEEN is the up card, the game is over. ~*~If the KING of SPADES is the up card, DEALER'S TEAM automatically wins!!! ~*~If ANY QUEEN is turned up by the dealer, the Team with the most points wins. If game is tied, the hand is played out to determine the winner. Regular Table Settings ~*~ESP~*~ **Anyone may call trump, but must go alone. **The person that calls trump, must say in chat who they wish to defend alone. **The person chosen, will then click 'YES' to Defend Alone. **ALL ERRORS WILL COST YOUR TEAM 4 POINTS** *Regular Table Settings with Defend Alone On ~*ESP'ing With ACES*~ Anyone may call trump, but must go alone. **The person that calls trump, must say in chat who they wish to defend alone.** **The person chosen, will then click 'YES' to Defend Alone.** ***Remember, YOU CANNOT TRUMP an ACE that is PLAYED BEFORE you, UNLESS all you have is trump.*** THE ACE of TRUMP DOES NOT count. ~*~Regular Table Settings with DEFEND ALONE ON & TRAM OFF~*~ ~*~ESP - REVERSE~*~ **You must get euchred, so the first team to ten loses! **You must have one natural trump (not the left) to call or order up. **The dealer does not have to have trump to take it up. **Whatever card is ordered up or taken up, must be kept, but, any other trump may be discarded. **If everyone turns the upcard down, then everyone has to have at least one natural trump to call a suit. **Anyone may call trump, but must go ALONE. **The person that calls trump, must say in chat who they wish to defend alone. **The person chosen, will then click 'YES' to Defend Alone. **ALL ERRORS WILL COST YOUR TEAM 4 POINTS** *Regular Table Settings with Defend Alone On and Tram Off ~*~Felix & Oscar - The Odd Couple~*~ ~*Game is played like regular euchre, except with a twist. ~*The first player to call trump on each team, will play reg std. ~*Their partner will play loners only for the rest of the game. ~*Regular Table Settings*~ ~*~FIREMAN!!!!~*~ Dealer may only call BLACK trump. All other players may only call RED trump. Regular Table Settings ~*~*~FIREWOMAN~*~*~ Dealer may only call RED trump. All other players may only call BLACK trump. Regular Table Settings ~*~Full House~*~ Played as Regular STD except, if at ANYTIME a player has a FULL HOUSE, (3 of a Kind with a Pair) Please announce immediately in table chat, the cards that make up your FULL HOUSE. The person with the Full House and his partner, will be declared the winner after the hand is played out!! (You may get a Full House by PICKING UP or DISCARDING ANY CARD) **In the event of a tie (2 or more people with a Full House at the same time), the person with the HIGHER 3 OF A KIND WINS!! ***Loners Allowed*** Regular Table Settings with TRAM OFF ~*~*FULL HOUSE w/ A TWIST*~*~ Played as Regular STD except, if at ANYTIME a player has a FULL HOUSE, (3 of a Kind with a Pair) Please announce immediately in table chat, the cards that make up your FULL HOUSE. The person with the Full House and his partner, will be declared the winner after the hand is played out!! (You may get a Full House by PICKING UP or DISCARDING ANY CARD) **In the event of a tie (2 or more people with a Full House at the same time), the person with the HIGHER 3 OF A KIND WINS!! ~*~*~Now here's the TWIST~*~*~ If a Full House is called, another player can call "Four of a Kind" (if they have one) to beat the Full House. (BUT, ONLY if a FULL HOUSE has been called!!) In the event of a tie (2 or more people with 'Four of a Kind'), the higher cards win! ***Loners Allowed*** Regular Table Settings with TRAM OFF *+*+*+*HALF 'N' HALF*+*+*+* **Everyone MUST bid RED until their team reaches 5 points. **Once your team reaches 5 points,... the rest of the game, you MUST bid BLACK. Regular Table Settings *+**+*Hint Hint*+**+* DEALER ONLY calls trump, BUT the DEALERS PARTNER MAY GIVE 1 HINT about the turned up card. THE HINT IS ONLY THE WORDS YES or NO!!!....NO MORE....NO LESS Any more is an error!! DEALER DOES NOT HAVE TO TAKE THE HINT DEALER CAN PICK UP OR PASS AND CALL ON NEXT ROUND *+**+*Regular Table Settings*+**+* ~*~*~INSANITY~*~*~ HAND #1 ~ "RED ONLY" (you may only call RED trump) HAND #2 ~ "BLACK ONLY" (you may only call BLACK trump) HAND #3 ~ "DEALER'S ONLY" (only DEALER can call trump) HAND #4 ~ "LONER'S ONLY" (you may only call loner's) THEN AFTER THE 4TH HAND, START BACK AT THE BEGINNING... Regular Table Settings ~*~JACKS~*~ **Whoever has the JACK that MATCHES the SUIT of the UPCARD,... ...MUST ORDER UP THE UPCARD. **If a JACK IS the UPCARD, DEALER MUST pick it up. **If no one has the JACK that matches the upcard,... ...then all pass including the dealer, and the first player to have a JACK... ...calls trump the suit of that JACK. **(If more than one JACK, it's their choice what to call trump) **Regular Table Settings with TRAM OFF** ~*~*JACK OF ALL TRADES*~*~ If you are dealt ALL 4 JACKS (or pick up the upcard Jack to give you 4), you and your partner will win the game. Please announce in chat when you have ALL 4 JACKS. However, if you've announced you have ALL 4 JACKS in your hand and you don't, your team automatically loses!! ~*~Regular Table Settings with TRAM OFF~*~ ~*~Jacks the Boss~*~ Regular Euchre, except, if a JACK is turned up, the Dealer MUST pick it up and go ALONE. ~*~Regular Table Settings~*~ ~*Lonely Aces*~ Anyone may make trump, but they MUST go ALONE. **Remember, YOU CANNOT TRUMP an ACE that is PLAYED BEFORE you, UNLESS all you have is trump.** THE ACE of TRUMP DOES NOT count. ~*Regular Table Settings with TRAM OFF*~ ~*~LONELY DEALER~*~ The dealer MUST pick up the upcard and go alone!! The dealer CANNOT pass the upcard. Defenders can choose to defend alone. ~*~Regular Table Settings with Defend Alone On~*~ ~*~LONELY PARTNER!!!!~*~ Only the DEALER'S PARTNER can and MUST call trump. You can pass it the first time but MUST call the 2nd trip around. Regular Table Settings ~*~LONERS ONLY!!!!!~*~ Anyone may make trump, but they MUST go ALONE. Regular Table Settings ~*~LONERS SUICIDE~*~ LEFT OF DEALER ORDERS UPCARD ALONE. DEFENDERS MAY DEFEND ALONE. Regular Table Settings with Defend Alone On ~*~*~MADNESS~*~*~ Each round there will be a suit that MAY NOT be called as TRUMP!! Host will name the suit BEFORE each round starts. Regular Table Settings ~*~MURDER~*~ Each player must choose a suit and announce it in the lobby for the HOST... ...and at the table before play begins. Suit stays the same for each hand of a round. (If you go on to the next round, you may change your mind and pick another suit.) Players may have the same suit as others at their table. ONLY the DEALER CAN and MUST make trump. Trump is the suit chosen prior to tables being set. If the card turned up is the suit of the dealer, they must take it up. Regular Table Settings with Defend Alone On. ~*~Name Your Game~*~ If you are asked to set the table, YOU get to choose any game you want. Table Settings depend on the game chosen!! ~*~Name Your Game - Race to Set~*~ The TD will say the pairings. The 1st player to the table will set for their choice of game. The player that set, will tell the TD what their choice is. If after the TD checks the table settings and they're wrong, the player that sets, forfeits their choice of game. The 2nd player to sit, then chooses the game to be played and the table is reset accordingly. ~*~Table Settings vary according to game chosen~*~ *~**~*9's Have It*~**~* If the 9 of (declared trump) is turned up on the deal, either team can make it trump. If the team that ordered the 9 takes 3 tricks... ...the game is over and they win. However, if they get EUCHRED, the game is over and the opponents win. If everyone passes the 9 (of possible trump), game is played as Regular STD. Regular Table Settings ~*~No Baggers~*~ If you have 3 of a suit in your hand, you MUST call trump. You may call with 0-2 trump in your hand, but you MUST call if you have 3. Starting with the Left of the Dealer, if you have 3 of the Upcard Suit, you MUST order the Dealer up. If you are the dealer and the upcard would give you 3 of the same suit, you MUST pick it up. In this game, the LEFT BOWER counts as one trump. If ALL pass and the dealer turns down the upcard, then the first player around the table that has 3 of any one suit, MUST call trump. If no one has 3 of any one suit, and it gets back to the dealer, then it is the dealer's choice for what to call trump. Regular Table Settings with Tram Off ~*~Old Maid~*~ ** Played just like Regular STD** **BUT if the QUEEN of HEARTS comes up, the team dealing, automatically loses** ~*~Regular Table Settings~*~ ~*~Once Around The Block~*~ ~*~In this game, you will only play 4 hands of regular STD euchre. ~*~Everyone gets 1 deal. ~*~The dealer MUST choose trump each hand, either the 1st time or 2nd time around. ~*~Whomever has the highest score after 4 hands is the winner. ~*~If there is a tie, one more hand will be played to determine the winner and anyone may call trump. ~*~Loner's allowed~*~ ~*~Regular Table Settings~*~ ~*~PRETTY DIAMONDS~*~ ~*~Women MAY ONLY call/order DIAMONDS as trump. ~*~Men may call/order anything BUT DIAMONDS. ~*~If a woman turns up a diamond and no one else orders it, she MUST pick it up. ~*~Regular Table Settings w/ TRAM OFF~*~ *~*QUEEN SPANKING*~* Played as REGULAR std. HOWEVER, if ANY QUEEN is turned up by the dealer, the game is OVER. Team with MOST points wins. If game is tied, play out last hand. Regular Table Settings *~*Race to 5 - Euchre*~* GAMES TO 5 POINTS 1st team to reach 5 points is the winner for that round. Please be considerate of your opponents ~ NO loners after reaching 4 points!!! Table Settings to be determined upon naming of game. ~*~Red Only~*~ You may ONLY call Hearts or Diamonds throughout the game. If a black is turned up, everyone MUST pass until it's turned down. Then anyone may call RED. ~*~Regular Table Settings~*~ *~*Regular Euchre*~* **Games are non-rated** **Games to 10 points** **STD is on** **Allow watchers to see the game, but don't allow watchers to see your cards** **Table is private - pw love** **Loner on 9 is a 2 pt penalty** **Tram is on** *~**~*REVERSE!!!!*~**~* You must get euchred, so the first team to ten loses! You must have one natural trump (not the left) to call or order up. The dealer does not have to have trump to take it up. Whatever card is ordered up or taken up, must be kept, but, any other trump may be discarded. If everyone turns the upcard down, then everyone has to have at least one natural trump to call a suit. No Loners are allowed at all. *~*Regular Table Settings with TRAM OFF*~* ~*~*REVERSE w/ LONERS*~*~ The point of Reverse is to get euchred!! First team to 10 points loses!! You MUST have 1 NATURAL trump to call or pick up. (The left is not considered 'Natural'.) You may throw away trump, but not the one that was ordered or picked up. If you are the dealer and you pick up, you MUST have 2 trump in your hand AFTER you discard. (The one you picked up and the one you called trump on) ***You may also go alone!!*** **Regular Table Settings with TRAM OFF** ~*~REVERSE - SUICIDE STYLE~*~ *The person sitting LEFT of dealer MUST order up the turned up card. NO 2nd CHANCE. *The point of REVERSE euchre is to get euchred!!! *First team to 10 loses. *You may throw away trump, but not the one that was picked up. *YOU MAY ALSO GO ALONE *~*Regular Table Settings with TRAM OFF*~* ~**~REVOLUTION~**~ If you have 4 9's and a 10, type in chat the word, 'REVOLUTION'. (This can be achieved on deal or by picking up the upcard) You and your partner win after the hand is played out (if you have 4 9's & a 10). ~*~Regular Table Settings with TRAM OFF~*~ *+*+*+*ROYAL FAMILY*+*+*+* If a face card - KING, QUEEN, or JACK is the upcard, the dealer MUST pick it up. **No one else can order up a King, Queen, or Jack!!** Otherwise played as reg std. Regular Table Settings *~**~*Sexxxxx!!!!!*~**~* Males may only call BLACK trump and Females may only call RED trump. And if you WANT, if there are two of same sex on a team... ...one MAY declare themselves opposite sex! Regular Table Settings ~*~SPEED EUCHRE~*~ Speed Euchre is played as REG STD, except the game is timed!! The first team to reach 10 points wins OR the team leading after 10 minutes wins!! Whichever comes first! Once the pairings are given, the teams must sit immediately!! Any player from the pairings given, may set table! The player that sets the table, is the Table Host AND MUST watch the lobby for instructions from the T.D. After the tables and pairings have been given and the players given the chance to sit, the T.D. will give the START TIME of the round. If you are NOT at your table at this time, bots will be used immediately!! NO SUBS allowed at any time!! NO 10 min boot rule!! If you are NOT in your seat after the 10 mins is up, you are DQ'd. NO brb's are allowed!! If you must leave for any reason, you MUST stand and let a bot play and you MUST be back in your seat at the end of 10 mins or at 10 points (whichever comes first) or you are DQ'd. The table host MUST watch the lobby for the "STOP" at the end of 10 mins! Your table finishes the hand you are playing and whomever is ahead wins!! If the score is tied, tell the host and you will then play 1 more hand. ***Regular Table Settings with Allow Players to Replace Bots UNCHECKED and Mute All Watchers CHECKED*** ~***~STRAIGHT TO THE HEART~***~ If you have a straight flush of hearts, (A,K,Q,J,10 or K,Q,J,10,9), (either dealt to you or after picking up the upcard), announce it at the table. Your team will automatically win after the hand is played out!! **The left bower DOES NOT count!!** ~*~Regular Table Settings with TRAM OFF~*~ *~*SUDDEN DEATH*~* Played as REGULAR std. HOWEVER, if at anytime the QUEEN OF SPADES is turned up by the dealer, the game is OVER. Team with MOST points wins. If game is tied, play out last hand. Regular Table Settings ~*~SUICIDE!!!!~*~ The player sitting left of the dealer MUST order up the turned up card. NO 2nd CHANCE. NO LONERS ALLOWED Regular Table Settings ~*~*~SWISS - "Regular"~*~*~ Everyone will play every round... ...until there is 1 undefeated person - or the person with the most wins is declared the winner. If you need to leave at any time you may withdraw without forfeiting - as long as your round is finished an the next round has not yet begun. Table Settings & Rules depend on the Game (Regular, Reverse, Etc.) ^^Remember - Everyone with a win, WILL win bux^^ ~*~*~SWISS - "True"~*~*~ Everyone will play every round!! The number of rounds is preset before the tournament starts. After all the rounds are completed, the player with the most points wins. If there is no conclusive point leader, there is no winner of the tournament. If you need to leave at any time you may withdraw without forfeiting - as long as your round is finished an the next round has not yet begun. Table Settings & Rules depend on the Game (Regular, Reverse, Etc.) ^^Remember - Everyone with a win, WILL win bux^^ *~*~*SWITCH CALL*~*~* 1st hand can either be red or black trump. 2nd hand MUST be the opposite of what was called the first hand. This will repeat so each hand is opposite of the prior hand. (IT IS NOT TABLE TALK TO ASK WHAT SUIT WAS PLAYED LAST HAND.) Regular Table Settings ~*~*TWISTED LONERS*~*~ LONERS ONLY with a twist!! LONERS ONLY MUST be called, but ANYONE may call!! Anyone can defend alone. Regular Table Settings with Defend Alone On ~*~UP IS UP~*~ ONLY the UP card can be bid as trump by any player. There will be no passing around to the second round of bids. If no one takes the up card, then the dealer MUST take the card! Regular Table Settings ~*~*~VALENTINE'S~*~*~ **HEARTS will be the ONLY suit called the entire game.** **If a HEART is turned up at the start of the game, then the DEALER MUST pick it up.** **If a HEART is not turned up, then EVERYONE must pass until the card is down..... THEN LEFT OF DEALER MUST call the trump HEARTS.** ~*~Regular Table Settings~*~ ~*~WACKY SUITS!!!~*~ The Dealer can only call Hearts as trump. Player to Dealer's left can only call Diamonds as trump. Dealer's Partner can only call Clubs as trump. Player to Dealers right can only call Spades as trump. If your suit is upcard, you must order/pick it up. You cannot pass your suit. (PLEASE WRITE THESE SUITS DOWN AS THEY CHANGE EVERY HAND) Errors will be in force for wrong suit called. Regular Table Settings ~*~Whoopsie~*~ Any player may call trump during this tourney. However, if a player gets euchred........ they MUST STAND for the remainder of the game and a Bot will replace the player. (The player is NOT DQ'd) The game continues until either one team wins or only one player is remaining seated. Both players of the winning team advance to the next round. Regular Table Settings ~~*~~ WHO SAYS SO??~~*~~ {submitted by: torag_} The DEALER decides who goes alone! (This can be himself, his partner, or one of his opponents) The person chosen then decides what is trump But MUST go alone!!! Regular Table Settings