How to Play Tute
Description
A Spanish trick-taking game related to Briscola. Collect kings and knights to form Tutes — the most valuable combinations in the game.
Also known as: Tute Cabrero
Objective
Team up with the player across from you and score the most points across the hand, by winning valuable cards and declaring special combinations.
Setup
Four players in fixed partnerships, using a 40-card Spanish-style deck (or a standard deck with 8s, 9s, and 10s removed).
Deal all ten cards to each player, then reveal the dealer's last card to set the trump suit.
Rules
Follow suit if you can, beating the highest card played so far if you're able to — using trump if you can't follow suit.
Cards rank Ace highest, then 3, King, Queen, Jack, then 7 down to 2.
Once you or your partner have won a trick, you can declare bonus combinations — holding the King and Queen of a suit together ("the 20s," or "the 40s" if it's the trump suit) scores extra points when announced.
Holding all four Kings or all four Queens (called a Tute) wins the hand outright.
Winning
Add up card points and declared bonuses at the end of the hand — Aces and 3s are worth the most, face cards less.
Higher total wins the hand; play to an agreed number of hands to decide the match.