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Card games in Syria

This page is part of the National and Regional Card Games Index of the Card Games Web Site.

The standard 52 card pack is used for 41 - a plain-trick game for four players ibn partnership with hearts as a permanent trump suit.

Trex (also known as Tricks or Trix) is a compendium game in which the five contracts are No Tricks, No Queens, No Diamonds, No King of Hearts and Dominoes from the Jack.

Oochlee is played by the Christian minority community in north Syria. It is a point trick game for six players (two teams of three) using a 48 card pack made by removing the fours from a standard 52 cards pack. The cards in each suit rank 3-A-2-K-Q-J-10-9-8-7-6-5; the threes are worth three points, and the twos and aces one points each. Three cards are dealt to in which the aim is to win valuable cards. Three cards are dealt to each player, and replacement cards are drawn from the stock after each trick.