Tappaz Games

Classic card game for Android

Manille Card Game

Manille Card Game puts you at a table of four: you and your partner against two opponents, and the other three players are bots. You choose Belgian or French rules, and the game explains every score.

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  • Manille table on a phone: your hand at the bottom, your partner at the top and the score of both teams
  • The Why? button after a partner's move: the partner explains that they had to follow suit
  • End of a hand: 34 points minus 30 leaves 4, which the team writes down

Who is it for?

For anyone who knows Manille from the family table and wants a game on the phone, and for anyone who wants to learn it. The rules are on a How to play screen, a card that breaks the rules is refused with the reason, and a hint is one tap away.

All three other seats at the table are bots, so a game is ready whenever you are: you and your bot partner play against two bot opponents, at one of three levels, easy, normal or hard.

Belgian or French rules

Manille is played by different rules in Belgium and in France, and the game has both. The Belgian game goes clockwise, the dealer chooses trump or plays without it, the points can be doubled, and the match goes to 101 points. The French game goes counter-clockwise, the last card the dealer receives names the trump, nothing is doubled, and a match is played in sets to 34 points.

You choose the rules the first time you start the game and can change them in the settings for your next game. A phone set to Belgium is offered the Belgian rules and a phone set to France the French rules. The full rules are on the Manille card game rules page.

Help at the table

You can ask for a hint, undo a move and look at the last trick. Hints and undos are limited, and watching a video adds more. When your partner has played, tap Why? to see in one sentence why they chose that card.

At the end of each hand the game shows how the points were counted, step by step. Afterwards you can show everyone's cards and see what each player held, so nothing stays hidden.

Comfortable to play

The cards are big and clear. There are two card decks to choose from, Casual and Modern, and statistics show the games you have played and won at each level. A game you leave half way is saved, so you can continue later.

Sound and vibration can be switched off separately, and the Less motion setting turns off bounces and flashes. The game is always in portrait, comes in 27 languages and needs no account.

Manille rules in five languages