Call Your Tricks for Seniors
Cards and Boards
Call Your Tricks is a board game on ElderWit.com, made for older adults with large print and big buttons. Before each hand, say how many tricks you will take. You score ten extra only if you take exactly that many. Three hands.
Play nowWorks on phone, tablet and computer. Nothing to install.
How to play Call Your Tricks
- Tap Play now. Call Your Tricks opens right here in your web browser.
- Choose a level: Easy, Medium or Harder.
- Follow the line at the top of the screen. To begin, it says: “How many tricks will you take this hand?”
- Take your time. There is no clock and no rush.
- When you finish, try the same level again or move up a level.
Three levels
- Easy: Three cards each. Follow suit when you can.
- Medium: Four cards each.
- Harder: Five cards each, and one suit is trumps.
Why people enjoy it
People come back to Call Your Tricks because each game is a little different, and a good move feels just as satisfying today as it did years ago. It asks for a little planning a move or two ahead, and nothing more.
Questions
Is Call Your Tricks easy to learn?
Yes. Start on Easy: Three cards each. Follow suit when you can. When that feels comfortable, move up. On Harder: Five cards each, and one suit is trumps.
Can I play Call Your Tricks on a phone or tablet?
Yes. It works in the web browser on a phone, tablet or computer, with large text and big buttons. There is nothing to download.
What else is on ElderWit.com besides Call Your Tricks?
Call Your Tricks is one of 1,000+ games on ElderWit.com: word games, cards, trivia, puzzles, memory games and more, all with large print, calm screens and no ads.
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