Playing tricks
Turn order
- The leader plays any legal card from their hand.
- Play continues clockwise.
- Each player plays one card.
- The trick winner leads the next trick.
Follow suit
When a suited card leads (including black trump):
- If you hold a card of the led suit, you must play one.
- You cannot play black trump if you hold the led standard suit (green, yellow, or purple).
- If you do not hold the led suit, you may play any card.
Special cards
Special cards (Escape, Pirates, characters, advanced) are not suit cards.
- You may play a special card even when you could follow suit.
- Exception: you still cannot play black trump when you hold the led standard suit.
Winning the trick
See Card ranks and Trick resolution.
Leading
What happens when a special card leads affects follow-suit rules. See Leading specials.