Femkort
Femkort ("Five Cards") is a classic Swedish card game for 3 to 10 players "with an unusual object",[1] known since the 17th century. It is traditionally played with some kind of bet.
The game is played with a standard 52-card French-suited pack usually of the Modern Swedish pattern.
The players receive five cards each and then play for tricks. There are no trumps. Players must follow suit if they can and head the trick if able. The trick is taken by the highest card of the led suit and the winner of a trick leads to the next. Those who win any of the first four tricks play to the last. The winner of the fifth and final trick sweeps the pot. [1]
Before the last trick is played, any of the players can request "better cards", and if all agree to this, the cards are redealt.
References
- Parlett 2008, p. 121.
Literature
- Lek med en kortlek. Stockholm: B. Wahlström. 1993. pp. 44–45. ISBN 91-32-31783-2.
- Glimne, Dan. Kortspelshandboken (3rd improved and expanded ed.). Stockholm: Känguru. ISBN 978-91-7663-115-7.
- Lundell, Hans (2010). Familjens bästa spel för kort och tärning (new ed.). Sundbyberg: Semic. p. 53. ISBN 978-91-552-5564-0.
- Parlett, David (2008). The Penguin Book of Card Games, Penguin, London. ISBN 978-0-141-03787-5
- Sevedsdotter, Åsa (1991). Lagt kort ligger. Stockholm: Info Books. p. 38. ISBN 91-7003-097-9.
