Belote, four players, against the computer
32 cards, 4 players in two teams, a trump suit and declarations. This site explains belote the way the Belote app plays it, with tricks and scores calculated by the app itself. You play South, with North as your partner, against two opponents, at Beginner or Experienced level.
Three ways to play
When you start a game, the app offers three variants: Trump, classic belote with its turned-up card; No-trump, where no suit can be trumped; Coinche, where you bid a numbered contract. The Declarations setting turns declarations on or off; the Rules setting chooses between House and Official.
Where to start?
The rules
The cards and their values, the teams, the deal, how a trick works, belote-rebelote.
Taking and bidding
Taking or passing, the two rounds of bidding, the Coinche contracts.
Playing the cards
Following suit, overtrumping, trumping, over-trumping: which cards are allowed, trick by trick.
Counting points
Contract made, going down, dispute, capot, coinche: deals scored by the app.
Variants and declarations
No-trump, Coinche, sequences and four-of-a-kind, House or Official rules.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers to the questions that come up at the table.
Belote in a few lines
Each player is dealt 8 cards. One player takes: they choose the trump suit, and their team must score more points than the other. Then 8 tricks are played: you must follow suit, or otherwise trump.
At the end of the deal, each team counts its cards. The Jack and the nine of trump are worth the most. The first team to reach the chosen target, 1000 points by default, wins the game.