Sixty Six is a four player trick taking card game. This game uses German card ordering, where the 10 is stronger than the King. The deck is made of 24 cards, 9, 10, jack, queen, king, and ace. A deck can be made with the cards 8 and below removed from a standard playing card deck. Black sixes and red fours are commonly used for scoring. This game is played in by two, three or four--two teams of two. Team members sit across from each other.
Each team gets a black 6 and a red 4, used for scoring.
There are 30 points per suit, for a total of 120 points in the deck. Points are distributed amongst the cards as such:
In addition, points are awarded to players who have a marriage (King and Queen of the same suit). In order to get the points for the marriage, the king or queen must be led (i.e. the first card played in the trick) and the other card must be in the same player's hand. It is not necessary to take the trick, just to lead. 40 points are awarded for a Marriage in trump, 20...
