Updated Features

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Compete with Random Seats

We’ve added a requested “Random seats” rule you can choose for Compete games. It randomly mixes up seats at the start of each game (sometimes keeping them the same).

Find Compete games with this enabled by looking for a shuffle icon () between seats.

Turn it on for your own games in “More Games / Rules” under the “Limits” section.

Friday, December 6, 2024

Fullscreen for Amazon Fire

Amazon recently changed how our app works on Fire tablets. If you’re having trouble using our Amazon app, go to trickstercards.com/game in the Silk Browser (the “Internet” icon).

Next, sign in with your account’s email address and use the new “Fullscreen” menu option. Guests should first sign up for an account.

Players in browsers on other devices can use “Toggle Fullscreen” at the bottom of Settings.

Video for Amazon Fire

Amazon Fire devices can now use Video chat when playing in the Silk Browser.

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Public Club Directory

Club admins can now list their club in a new public directory. Trickster Cards’ users can view the directory and request membership in publicly listed clubs. Club admins then review and approve the requests.

To list your club, ensure the “Allow membership requests” club setting is Yes and then set “List in public directory” to Yes.

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Club Messaging

We’ve added chat messaging between club admins and members. Club admins can post announcements to the entire club membership, engage in an admins-only chat, and send messages to specific members. Members can send messages to admins. Finally, admins and VIP members can post in a club-wide chat room.

See the new commands on the Club Details page and in the Chat panel.

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Bid Euchre Challenges

By request, we’ve added daily challenges for Bid Euchre. One regular challenge with level-based bidding and a rotating challenge with level & suit bidding.

New Spades Challenge

We’ve also added a new regular daily challenge for Spades. This one is a Joker-Joker-Deuce-Deuce variation often played in person. Min bid (board) is 4, 10-for-200, no Nils, no Blinds.

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Spades Lessons

We’re excited to welcome Professor T from the World Series of Spades to teach Spades lessons!

Our first lessons cover Spades basics, letting you play out each scenario directly in Trickster Cards. They’re a great, low-pressure way for you or a friend to learn how to play.

Find the lessons in the Spades section below the Play, Join, Practice, and Compete buttons.

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Score Only Bid

We’ve added a “Score only bid” Bid Euchre option. When enabled, you don’t receive extra points for tricks you take beyond your bid.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

More Bid Euchre

Based on swift feedback, we’ve added more Bid Euchre rule options. The new options allow you to set bidding to auction-style (multi-round) and level & suit bidding (versus just level then suit). There’s also a new option for “Maker leads first.”

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Bid! Euchre

Today we add an often-requested feature: a Bid Euchre variation of Euchre. Bid Euchre differs from Euchre in two ways: bidding and scoring. See our Bid Euchre Basics help file for more info.

Create a Bid Euchre game in the Euchre section using the “More Games/Rules” button. Set “Variation” to “Bid Euchre” and adjust other rules as desired. Then use “Create” at the bottom of the form to start the game.

Friday, August 16, 2024

Thanks for Celebrating!

Thank you for celebrating our 10-year anniversary with us this past month. While the celebration is over, we hope to keep playing cards together for many years to come.

Thursday, August 8, 2024

Club Membership Requests

Turn on the new “Allow membership requests” club setting for a direct link you can post on your website, socials, etc.

The link opens your club’s details page, showing a “Request Membership” button to new players. Players who don’t yet have a Trickster Cards account will be prompted to sign-up.

Club admins can then review and approve pending requests to join the club.

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Confirm Cards Setting

We’ve added a setting to “Confirm Cards” when playing. Choose “Tap 2x” to require a second tap/click or “Popup” to ask you to confirm each card.

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Whist 1x for NT defense

In Bid Whist, normally when you have both the “2x for NT” and “Defensive scoring” rule options on, we credit double points for defense of an NT bid. With the new “1x for NT defense” option on, we don’t double the points.

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Club Event Tags

You may now tag club events with words or short phrases. You can then filter by these tags when viewing standings or exporting results.

Friday, July 19, 2024

Oh Hell Scoring Additions

Based on feedback, we’ve added scoring options to Oh Hell which can encourage higher bidding (Bid² + 10) or more accurate bidding (Minus 5 × Tricks Off Bid).

Limit Event Start

We’ve added an “only organizers may start event” option to club events. When enabled, only an admin or organizer can start the event. When disabled, anyone can start once everyone is present or the grace period has expired.

Monday, July 15, 2024

We’re Turning 10!

From now through August 15th, receive a matching gift from us with each purchase.

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Club Standings

You can now display Club Standings by time range. The page defaults to events in the last year.

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Video Chat Settings

You can now change which camera or microphone you want to use for our built-in chat.

After enabling video, click your player name and choose “Video Settings” to see a list of available devices. Pick what you want and we’ll remember your choices for next time.

Monday, July 8, 2024

Club-Level Partnerships

Club admins can now assign members to regular partnerships at the club level. These partnerships will be used by default for events created with “Same partners all rounds” unless changed for that specific event.

Confirm Event Start

Club event admins can now edit and confirm the final player list for an event before it starts. This enables admins to reserve seats for confirmed players who may not yet be present or exclude themselves from the event.

Friday, July 5, 2024

Group Event Results by Team

Club Events played with “Same partners all rounds” now group teams together under a single result instead of listing each partner separately.

Break Event Ties by Score

Club Event Results sorted by wins now break ties using the points for a player/team and results sorted by points break ties using wins.

Event Lobby Reservations

The lobby for a Club Event now shows temporarily reserved players using a clock icon (). These players will be included in the event if it starts before their reservation expires.

Thursday, June 13, 2024

Club Event Partnerships

We’ve made it easier to create Club events with fixed partnerships by extending “Same partners all rounds” to work with “Round Robin” and “Winners Move” seat assignments.

In particular, “Round Robin” events with “Same partners all rounds” will ensure each team plays every other team once before repeating.

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

New Bid Whist Rules

By request, we’ve added new house rules for Bid Whist. Limit games to 4, 5, or 6 hands, use positive scoring, or lose if set twice or 3x.

Set these rules in Club Events to keep rounds more in sync across tables. Or enable them in any game using “More Games/Rules.”

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Clubs

We’re excited to make Clubs publicly available! Clubs let you play multi-round and multi-table events with like-minded players.

Want to join a club? You’ll first need a free Trickster Cards account. Then ask a club owner/admin to invite you to their community.

Want to start your own club? Become a VIP to create and manage as many clubs as you’d like.

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Keep Join Games Moving

You can now remove players from untimed Join games who are idle (haven’t played for over a minute). When this happens you’ll get a prompt and see an hourglass next to their name.

Of course you can still choose to wait if you know they’re coming back.

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Bridge 2/1 Updates

The new bot in our 2/1 Preview now does a better job of respecting forcing bids and exploring slam.

Change “Bidding system” to “2/1” in your next Practice or Join game to try it out.

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

First Hand Bids Itself

Now you can play Spades where the first hand bids itself. This rule skips the first round of bidding, giving players 10 points for each trick/book they take unless they fail to make the min bid (board). Later hands are bid normally.

Try it out by going to “More Games/Rules” and enabling “1st hand bids itself” for your game.

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Clearer Notification Settings

We’ve simplified our notification settings by grouping them based on how you’re notified: when you’re online, on your device, or via email.

Check out the new experience in the main menu under Settings, Notifications.

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Invite All Online Friends

Based on feedback, you can now click “Select Online Friends” to select all of your currently playing friends to invite to a game.

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Rule Differences Highlighted

Players with favorite rules will now see differences highlighted between available games’ rules and their favorites. This helps you choose games with rules you prefer.

You can turn off this highlighting by changing the setting labeled “Highlight Rule Differences” to No.

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

2/1 Bid Explanations

We’ve added bid explanations when playing with our new Bridge bot using the 2/1 Preview. Hover over or press-and-hold your legal bids (or tap other players’ bids) to see an explanation.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

New Bridge Bot!

Our long-awaited new Bridge bot is available in preview. This new bot implements the 2-over-1 bidding system (with others planned for the future). Learn more at 2/1 Preview.

To use this new bot, create your next Bridge game using the “More Games/Rules” button and set bidding system to “2/1.” Available only in Join and Practice games.

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Stickier Menu

Our menu is now harder to accidentally close on pages where you’re entering information. You can always close the menu by clicking the “X” in its upper-right corner.

Thursday, February 8, 2024

More Chat Presets

Based on feedback, we’ve expanded the list of available chat presets. You can now edit your presets list to choose from the expanded set and remove unused items.

To change your presets, use the Edit button at the bottom of the presets panel or go to Settings and select the item labeled “Chat Presets.”

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Daily Challenge Results

Our new “Daily Challenges” button below Play, Join, Practice and Compete groups together today’s challenges while giving you quick access to check results throughout the day.

Check the count on the button to quickly see how many of today’s challenges you haven’t played yet, and check the “View Past Results” button in the Daily Challenges section to access your results from the past week.

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Renege in Spades

Spades games with friends now have the option to allow reneging, meaning players may play any card from their hand at any time.

Two penalty options are available for players caught not following suit: “Set” where the hand ends and the offending team is set and “Bid+3” where the offending team must take three additional tricks to make their bid.

Find it under “More Games / Rules” in the Join section. “Bid+3” only available when playing without Nil.

Time in Your Time Zone

We now show times in your time zone when sending invitations and reminders. Check or change your time zone in Settings, Notifications.

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Chat with Friends

With a VIP pass you can now chat with your friends when you’re not playing together—even if your friends aren’t VIPs. Learn More

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Board is 5

Based on feedback, we’ve expanded the “Min bid” rule in Spades games to include “5” as an option. Find it under “More Games / Rules” in the Play, Join, Practice, or Compete sections.

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