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points in his hand and in the crib. If you beat your opponent before he reaches the last leg of the board, you “skunk” him and score twice as many points. If you beat your opponent before he makes his first trip around the board, you “double-skunk” him and can receive triple or quadruple points, depending on which variation you choose to play.
Cribbage with Four Players
    If four people are playing, the players form two teams, with partners sitting across from each other. The dealer deals five cards to each player, who each discard one card into the crib. Play is the same as earlier, except if you say, “Go,” the three remaining players can play if able. The player who said, “Go,” is the first to lead the next card after all players have played. Teams score points as above, and team members peg their points sharing the same pegs. When scoring a hand, the dealer’s opponents count first, followed by the dealer and his partner.

Euchre
    NUMBER OF PLAYERS: Four
    EQUIPMENT: Twenty-four card deck (A, K, Q, J, 10, 9 of each suit)
    TIME: One hour
    PARTNERSHIP: Yes
    COMPLEXITY: Medium
    Euchre is a popular trick-taking game that is played with multiple players in a group setting. It uses a smaller deck of cards than the standard deck of fifty-two, making play a bit speedier.
History of the Game
    Euchre is a classic card game with a disputed history. There are arguments that euchre is a descendant of the Spanish game Triumph, the German game Jucker, the French game Triomphe, or the game Écarté that was popularized by the Pennsylvania Dutch. Regardless of its origins, euchre was very popular in Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and found its way to the United States in the early nineteenth century. Euchre remains very popular in the U.S. Navy, and in fact may have been initiated in the United States and other countries through this venue. Euchre was the game of choice until bridge appeared on the scene and gained more popularity.  
Bid Euchre
    Bid euchre introduces an element of bidding in which you dictate the number of tricks you are attempting to take in that hand. You’ll typically play with four players forming two teams with partners sitting opposite one another. In this section you’ll see rules of play for using two decks of twenty-four cards each, consisting of the ace, king, queen, jack, ten, and nine of each suit. You can also play with just one deck of thirty-two or thirty-six cards and vary the minimum or maximum bid. The trump suit has eight cards ranking from high to low as: Benny, Right Bower (jack of the trump suit), Left Bower (jack of the same color as the trump suit), ace, king, queen, ten, and nine. Each of the other suits has five or six cards ranking as normal. There will be two of each card since two decks are used. The objective in each hand is for you to bid the correct number of tricks and win that amount or more.
BIDDING THE HAND
    The first dealer is selected at random and deals the entire deck clockwise. You each have one opportunity to bid, starting with the player on the dealer’s left. You bid by naming a number of tricks plus the trump suit you wish to have, or no trumps (e.g., “four, hearts” or “five, no trump”). When it’s your turn, you can pass or bid an amount higher than the previous bid. The player with the highest bid becomes the declarer, and the suit named in the bid becomes trump. The minimum bid is three tricks, and if the first three players do not bid, the dealer must bid three tricks and call a trump suit.
PLAYING THE TRICKS
    The high bidder lays his first trick by playing any one card out of his hand face up on the table. Play continues clockwise around the table. When it’s your turn, you must follow suit, if you can, by playing one card of the same suit that was led. If you cannot follow suit, you may play any card in your hand. The trick is won by whoever played the highest card of the suit led or the highest trump if a trump was