How to play
Make your call. Play your cards. Enjoy the surprise.
Kachuful is a friendly trick-taking game. Before every round, predict how many tricks you'll win. Follow suit when possible, use trump wisely, and score by making an accurate bid.
Choose how your game unfolds
The host makes three choices, one at a time. Later choices appear only after the previous one is selected.
For example, select 4. Four cards per player is the longest round. The card limit depends on how many people sit at the table: 2–5 players allow 10 cards; 6 allow 8; 7 allow 7; 8 allow 6.
1 → 4 starts with one card each, then increases to four. 4 → 1 starts with four cards each, then decreases to one. These choices appear after you select 4.
Enable a return trip to play the same round sizes again in reverse order. Both legs are scored together as one game. The turning round is repeated at the start of the second leg.
Invite your table
Host a private room and share its six-character code. Seat 2–8 players, including Easy, Medium or Hard bots added by the host before the match starts.
Study your hand
Every player receives the number of cards shown for that round. Your hand is organized by suit and rank; no other player can see your cards.
Make your bid
Predict how many tricks you will win. The final bidder may not choose a number that makes all bids add up to the total tricks. The forbidden number stays visible but disabled.
Follow the lead
The first card establishes the lead suit. Everyone must play that suit if they can. If you cannot follow it, you may play any card. The trick winner leads the next trick. Cards appear beside the player who threw them, angled into the felt, so you can follow whose card is whose.
Watch the trump
Each round has a trump suit. Any trump beats a non-trump; otherwise, the highest card in the lead suit wins. A crown shows which card is currently winning the trick; it moves whenever a stronger card is played.
Score accurately
Match your bid exactly to earn 10 points plus the bid. Miss the bid and score zero that round. Every leg of a return-trip game contributes to the same total.
Review and celebrate
After the final card, the completed trick stays visible briefly before the winner appears. At the end of every round, the scorecard appears. The highest total wins the entire game.
See who's connected
A green dot beside an avatar means connected (bots also show green). A pulsing red dot indicates a disconnected player. Connection lights are outside the hexagon so they remain visible.
Meet the four suits
Trump rotates from round to round.
Immersive landscape play
Turn your phone sideways for a larger table and a slim turn indicator. The main navigation is hidden during landscape gameplay; turn back to portrait to access Home and account controls.
Play offline on your phone
In the installed iOS or Android app, you can play against computer players without internet. Choose the round limit first, then a direction, then an optional return trip. Offline matches are saved on that device only.