THE ULTIMATE TARABISH CHEAT SHEET
- Non Trump
- card=pts
- A=11
- 10=10
- K=4
- Q=3
- J=2
- Trump
- card=pts
- J=20
- 9=14
- A=11
- 10=10
- K=4
- Q=3
- Any card lower than a six is omitted from the deck before the cards are dealt.
- Cards are dealt as such: 3 card groups (containing 3 cards per group), 1st group dealt and may be picked up, 2nd group dealt and
may be picked up, 3rd group "kitty" dealt and not picked up until the player passes or trump is
called.
- The calling of trump (the suit that beats everything non-trump) starts with the first person to
the left of the dealer before the "kitty" is picked up.
- Every player except the dealer may chose to pass rather than call trump.
- When a player makes his/her call of "pass" or calls trump, that player may pick up his/her "kitty".
- Once trump is called, all players may pick up their "kitty".
- "bait"=the team who called trump getting less than 1/2 of the total points of the hand. The non-calling team in this case gets all the points for the hand.
- "split-bait"=the team who called trump getting exactly 1/2 of the total points of the hand. The calling team gets no points in the cases of "bait" and "split-bait", and the non-calling team gets 1/2 the total points in the hand in the case of "split-bait".
- The team who has the 9 of trump at the time of counting gets the points
for it.
- Last play=10pts
- K+Q of Trump = "Bella" = 20pts. "Bella" is to be called ONLY when the final card of the pair is played. If it is not called, the points are not counted.
- Twenties and Fifties: A twenty is 3 cards in a row of the same suit. A fifty is 4 cards in a row of the same suit.
- Twenties and Fifties are to be called on the player's turn before the player
lays his/her first card. They are to be shown the next turn for the player before he/she plays his card.
- In the event of multiple twenties/fifties called, the player whose turn comes first who has a twenty/fifty asks the other twenty/fifty holders how high their high card is.
- Fifties beat twenties.
- Highest card wins (ie K high non-trump beats J high trump, K high trump beats K high non-trump, A high non-trump beats K high non-trump)).
- In the case of a tie, trump wins.
- If none of the tied runs are trump, they cancel each other out.
- The typical hand with nothing out totals 162 pts.
- The first team to 500 pts wins the game.
- If both teams cross 500pts at the same time, the team with the higher score wins.
- If this is still a tie, the team with the highest points in the final
hand wins.
RULES:
- You must follow suit.
- If you can't follow suit, you must play trump.
- If you have no trump, you can junk any card in your hand.
- When playing trump, you must beat the highest trump card laid.
- If you cannot, you can play any trump card in your hand.
- If you have no trump, you can play any card in your hand.
- There is really only one rule in Tarabish:
THOU SHALT NOT MISPLAY!!!!!!
- If a misplay occurs and is pointed out by the opposite team, the team that did not commit the misplay gets all the points for the hand. It has the same effect as a bait.
- If "Bella" is called while showing a twenty/fifty containing the K&Q of trump, it is considered a misplay, though some players are more tolerant than others in this case.
- If "Bella" is called on the first card of the pair played, this is a misplay. Again, some are more tolerant than others in this case.
- If you do not follow suit when you have that suit in your hand, it is a misplay.
- If you do not play a trump when you can't follow suit, and you have trump in your hand, it is a misplay.
- If you do not beat the highest trump card laid, and you can, it is a misplay.
- If the dealer does not cut the cards, this is a misdeal and results in the cards having to be re-shuffled and dealt again.