How to play the game?

  • Register and login to the site.
  • Join a table.
  • Wait for all players to join.
  • Your cards will be shown in the 'player view' window.
  • Do bidding using an audio/video conferencing.
  • 'Starting player' will be promoted to set the final bid, so the bidding will start from starting player.
  • Note that bidding and card playing is done in anti-clockwise direction(player sitting on your right side is next).
  • Starting player to set the accepted bid, once bidding is complete.
  • Start playing card, follow the instruction/prompt.
  • You can double-click on a card to play that card, when it is your turn. A single-click will take to a next page where you can confirm your selection.

Why do you need audio/video conferencing assist to play the game?

The main goal of this site is to help and encourage social interactions between friends/relatives during this time of 'social distancing'.

Doing bidding and discussions in the context of a game is a great way achieve it.

Also basic text chatting feature can be used to do bidding in the absence of video conferencing.


How to abort a game?

If you want to abort the current game and go to a new game, select 'Settings' -> 'Abort Game' option


How to reset the table?

Resetting the table will force logout all players on the table and set the table to initial stategame number, score etc will reset. select 'Settings' -> 'Reset Table' option


How to submit issues or feedback?

Select "Help" -> "Submit an issue"


Are there other games available?

We are working on making more card games like 28, 40 etc. These games should be available soon on our site.


Are there Apple or Androids apps available for 56 card game?

We are also working on developing mobile apps. However current game plays reasonably well on android/iphone mobile phone browsers


Is this game available in different languages?

Not yet.


Is there a charge for playing this game?

This game is available for free of charge.


What are the rules of the game 56

The following external link provides a great summary

56 game rule

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