BASRAباصرة
2 TO 4 PLAYERS · OR 2 VS 2
The Egyptian fishing game. Take cards by matching or adding up, sweep the table clean for a basra. The jack takes everything; the seven of diamonds is el komi.
كوتشينة
MASRY CARDS
FROM THE STREETS OF MASRY ROADBasra, Konkan, Tarneeb, Estimation, El Shayeb and Presidents, at one table with everyone from Masry Road. Play the bots, or bring up to five friends online. Knock on the table for your partner, and don't get stuck with the old man.
FREE · NO DOWNLOAD · COMPUTER OR PHONE (SIDEWAYS)
THE TEA IS ON THE HOUSE
الألعاب
SIX GAMES
The games every Egyptian family argues over, with the rules people actually play by. Pick how many are playing, the rules your table likes and how sharp the bots are. Hover any rule (or tap it on a phone) and the game explains it, and every game has a step-by-step tutorial at the table.
KONKANكونكان
2 TO 6 PLAYERS · ONE DECK OR TWO
Rummy, the Egyptian way. Lay down 51 to open, then sets and runs until your hand is empty. Jokers are wild, and the lowest score wins.
TARNEEBطرنيب
2 VS 2 · PARTNERS SIT ACROSS
Bid for tricks, name the trumps and make your contract with your partner. Knock on the table to ask them for a suit back.
ESTIMATIONاستيميشن
4 PLAYERS · EVERYONE FOR THEMSELVES
Call the trumps, then everyone says exactly how many tricks they'll take. One too many is as bad as one too few. Dash calls, risks and all.
EL SHAYEBالشايب
2 TO 6 PLAYERS
Pair off your cards, draw blind from your neighbour, and don't get stuck with the old man. Push a card up to tempt whoever's drawing from you.
PRESIDENTSالرئيس
3 TO 8 PLAYERS · TWO DECKS FROM 6
Get rid of your cards first: 2s are the highest. The first out is President, the last the Bum, and the Bum hands over their best cards next hand. With Sherif's Rules, matches and 2s clear the pile, and three in order lets you burn a card.
مع صحابك
PLAY WITH FRIENDS
- MAKE A ROOMOpen the game, press PLAY WITH FRIENDS and pick who you are (you go by your character's name). Then MAKE A ROOM.
- SEND THE LINKCopy the room's link (or read out its 5-letter code) and send it on WhatsApp. Up to six people in a room.
- PICK A CHAIR, THEN DEALEveryone sits where they like (partners sit across). The host picks the game, the rules and the place, and deals. Bots take the empty chairs.
- NOBODY WAITS FOREVERIf someone's line drops, a bot plays their hand until they're back. Take too long on your turn and a bot makes that one move for you.
EVERYONE SEES ONLY THEIR OWN HANDالكوتشينة
THE DECK
The Pharaoh is the king (el shayeb), Nefertiti the queen (el bent) and Anubis the jack (el walad). The jokers are 3ankaboot and El Gorilla, in their tarbooshes.
فين
THREE TABLES
إزاي تلعب
HOW TO PLAY
ON A COMPUTER
- Click a card to play it. The line above your hand always says what you can do.
- Hover over a pile or a set on the table and it opens up so you can see every card.
- New to a game? The TUTORIAL button under it walks you through it step by step, at the table.
- HOW TO PLAY in the menu explains all six games. In the setup, hover any rule for what it means.
- Music and sound effects have their own volume in SETTINGS, with the table talk and the game speed.
- SETTINGS also has bigger text, bigger cards in your hand, four-colour suits, high contrast and less motion.
- The whole game speaks Egyptian Arabic too: LANGUAGE in SETTINGS, عربي مصري.
ON YOUR PHONE
- Turn your phone sideways. The table only plays in landscape.
- Tap a card to play it. Press and hold a pile or a set on the table to open it up.
- Tap a rule's name in the setup and the game explains it, or tap TUTORIAL under a game to learn it step by step.
- For the full screen, add it to your home screen: Share, then Add to Home Screen on an iPhone, or the menu, then Install app on Android.