Parakeet™

"My favourite casual trick-taking game that anybody can pick up and play."

CONTENTS

• 54 bridge-sized Playing Cards:
  • 40 Cards in 4 suits: banana, cherry, kiwi, and orange
  • ○ 1 Parakeet card
  • ○ 13 Fruit Punch cards
• 6 Jumbo Cards
  • Rules for 6 games
  • 2 Score Tracks
• 19 Glass Gems
• 8 Score Cubes

UPDATE: Some gems are no longer available.

• 10 white gems replacing 10 blue gems
• 3 purple gems replacing 3 red gems

CARDS

The 40 card deck comes with 2 sets of point values marked on them that make this deck ideal for many favorite trick-taking games. All suits are simply 1 to 10 in order.

Rook/200 family game points

Parakeet uses 1-2-4 instead of 5-10-20 so you can easily keep score using the scoring track.

• Rook: 4 points
• 10's: 2 points
• 6's: 2 points
• 1's: 1 point

Briscola family game points

• 10's: 11 points
• 9's: 10 points
• 8's: 4 points
• 7's: 3 points
• 6's: 2 points

RULES

Including in the box are the rules for 6 great trick-taking games:

Parakeet™ ● 4 players

A perfectly balanced game for 4 players in 2 teams. You bid to choose the trump suit. Points are scored by capturing certain point cards.

Fruit Punch ● 3-6 players

A simple game for everbody. A random Fruit Punch card determines the trump suit and card value orders.

Fruit Punch Advanced ● 3-5 players

More sophisticated variation that can empower any hand. Players bid to select any trump suit and card value order.

Maraschino ● 3-4 players

An exciting game with hidden identities. This is a limited version of our original Galaxy Rise™ game. Get the full 5 player version here: Galaxy Rise

Briscola ● 2 players

A classic Italian game. The best 2 player trick-taking game we've played.

Briscola Bastarda ● 5 players

A great variation specifically for 5 players. The winning bidder announces a trump card and its owner becomes their secret partner.