Ulti

This table needs all three seats before the first card is dealt, so the host has two links to send and picks how long the match is: 6, 9 or 12 deals. Nothing happens until the other two arrive.

Twelve cards go to the opener and ten to each of the others. The other two hands show as backs and a number, because you can see how many cards they hold but not which ones, until an open bid turns every hand face up after the first trick. The talon is two backs too, and only the seat that last put cards into it can see them.

Bid in turn: pass, take the talon, or bid higher. The builder builds a bid from its parts and switches off a part that cannot reach a legal bid, with the reason. Three passes in a row end the auction, and the last bidder plays alone against the other two, naming the trump first after a minor-suit bid: a hearts bid and a bid without trumps fix it.

On your turn in play, the cards you can play are the bright ones. Follow suit if you can, then play a trump if you have one, and beat the best card when you can. A card the rules will not take is dimmed and says why when you press it. The defenders may say kontra before their first card, and the doubling can go on after the first trick.

At the count the table lists each part, what was paid and each seat's total, and all three of you press Next deal to go on. Chat is always on at the table, and voice only if the host switched it on when they made it.