Tarneeb is one of the most popular card games in the region. It is played by 4 players in two teams, with a bidding round for tricks and a trump suit (the tarneeb). The goal is to reach the number of tricks you committed to. It rewards memory, reading your partner, and smart bidding.
Track how many have fallen, so you know who still holds them and when your high cards are safe.
Count your sure tricks (aces, kings, long trumps) and don't lean too hard on your partner.
Their first card usually shows their strength, so return that suit when you can.
If your partner is winning it, throw a low card and save your trumps.
41 is the most common, but some tables play to 31 or 61.
At many tables, a hand with no jack, queen, king or ace can ask for a redeal.
Some tables count a made 13 bid as winning the whole game on the spot.
Called Tarneeb across Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Jordan. Its closest Western relative is Spades.
Exactly 4, in two teams with partners sitting opposite. Missing a fourth? Kemlet finds you a player nearby.
Tarneeb is a team game with bidding and a trump suit, where you aim to make your bid. In Trix everyone plays alone, and the contracts are about avoiding certain cards.
In Tarneeb the bid winner picks the trump suit. In 400 each player bids alone, and hearts are always trump.
A game to 41 usually takes 30 minutes to an hour.
On Kemlet, post your table (game, place, time) and players near you see it and ask to join. Or fill a seat at a table that's one short.
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