Playcard games

Play Tute online

Tute in the browser, for nothing: open a table, send the code to whoever is playing, and let a bot take any chair nobody fills.

  • 2 players
  • Bots for empty seats
  • Free
  • Nothing to download
Open a table

How Tute is played here

The rules this table deals by. Everybody at the table sees the same lines before the first hand.

  • Forty cards, eight each. The order is ace, three, king, horse, jack, then seven down to two. Ace 11, three 10, king 4, horse 3, jack 2, and ten for the last trick — a hundred and thirty in a deal.
  • While the stock lasts you may play anything, and both draw after each trick. Once it is gone you must follow suit, must beat the card if you can, and must trump if you cannot follow.
  • King and horse of a suit, declared after winning a trick and before leading the next: 20, or 40 in trumps. The two cards stay in your hand — so everybody now knows two cards you are holding. Holding the seven of trumps you may swap it for the turned card.
  • All four kings, or all four horses, wins the deal outright whatever the score. That is where the game gets its name, and why nobody throws a king away.

How it works

  1. Open a table. It gets a short code of its own.
  2. Read the code out, or send the link. Anyone you send it to sits down as a guest, without an account.
  3. Deal once everyone is seated — or give each empty chair a bot and start now.

Questions about playing Tute online

How many can play Tute online here?
2 at one table. A bot can take any seat nobody fills, so a game never has to wait for somebody to turn up.
Can I play Tute against the computer?
Yes. Give any empty seat a bot and it plays like anyone else at the table, seeing only its own cards.
Does it cost anything?
No. Every table here is free, there are no ads, and nothing about you is sold or handed on.
Do I need an account?
Only to open a table. Joining one never needs an account — anyone you send the code to sits down as a guest.
Does Tute work on a phone?
Yes. It runs in the browser on a phone, a tablet or a computer, and there is nothing to install.