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Coinche

👥 4 players ⏱️ 45–90 min 🎯 Highest score wins 🏁 Game ends at 1000 points

🎲 Play

Résumé express

Coinche is belote with bidding: instead of flipping a card, each team announces a contract (80 to 160 points, or capot) in the trump suit of its choice. The team that wins the auction must score at least its bid. The defense can coinche (double) a contract it believes will fail — and the attackers can surcoinche (redouble). First team to 1000 points.

Mise en place

  • 32 cards, 2 teams of 2, partners across. Same card values as belote (trump jack 20, trump 9 14).

🃏 Card ranking and values

In trump
V 209 14A 1110 10R 4D 38 07 0
Off trump
A 1110 10R 4D 3V 29 08 07 0
- Deal: **8 cards** each, all at once (3 + 3 + 2 by local habit). - **Bidding**: in turn, each player bids higher than the previous bid (**80, 90, 100… up to 160**, then **capot**) naming a trump suit, or passes. - **Coinche**: a defender may coinche the opponents' bid (×2). The attackers may then **surcoinche** (×4). Bidding ends after three passes.

Tour de jeu

Card play is identical to belote:

  • Follow suit, trump when you can’t follow (unless your partner is winning), overtrump on trump leads.
  • Belote-rebelote: trump king + queen = 20 unstealable points, which count toward the contract.
  • The last trick is worth 10 points (dix de der): 162 points per deal.

Fin de partie

Scoring as applied by the app:

  • Contract made (points + belote ≥ bid): the attackers score the contract value (× coinche if any) plus their belote. The defense only scores its belote.
  • Contract failed: the defense scores 160 + the bid (× coinche), plus its belote; the attackers keep only their belote.
  • Capot bid: 500 points if made, 500 to the defense otherwise (× coinche).
  • Unbid capot actually made: the base becomes 250 instead of the bid.
  • Game played to 1000 points.

FAQ

Why doesn’t overshooting the contract score more? “Contract value” scoring convention: you score what you bid, not what you made. Bidding accurately is the whole art — some tables score actual points instead; the app follows the contract convention.

Can the belote save a contract? Yes: 90 card points + belote = 110, so a 110 bid is made.

Who can coinche? Only the team that doesn’t hold the bid, when the announcement looks unbeatable. The surcoinche belongs to the attackers.

How high should I bid on a strong hand? Rule of thumb: an average hand makes 80-90, a very strong hand 120-130. Above 140 you need a near-perfect hand.

Variantes

  • All-trump / no-trump: playable at the table — just enter the attackers’ points scaled to 162, the app does the rest.
  • Générale (one single player takes every trick): not handled in v1.
  • Actual-points scoring: some tables add card points + bid; the app uses contract scoring, which is easier to read.