How to Play Chkobba

🃏 The Deck

Chkobba uses a 40-card deck — a standard French deck with all 8s, 9s, and 10s removed. The four suits are ♥ Hearts, ♦ Diamonds, ♣ Clubs, and ♠ Spades.

🔢 Card Values

🎮 Gameplay

1. Each player is dealt 3 cards, and 4 cards are placed face-up on the table.
2. On your turn, play one card from your hand.
3. Capture: If your card matches a table card's value — or the sum of multiple cards — you capture them!
4. No match: Your card stays on the table.
5. When all hands are empty, deal 3 more cards (no new table cards).
6. The round ends when the deck runs out and all hands are empty.
7. The last player to capture takes any remaining table cards.

🌟 The CHKOBBA!

If you capture ALL cards from the table in one move, that's a Chkobba! Each Chkobba earns a bonus point.

Note: You cannot score a Chkobba with the very last card of the round.

🏆 Scoring (per round)

🎯 Winning

The game continues through multiple rounds. The first player to reach the target score (11, 21, or 31 points) wins the game!