56

Wink Technology

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About this game

56 card game comes with awesome visuals and sound effect which is something of a standard for games coming from the Feathersoft stables. Game developers at Feathersoft has ensured not just a smooth gameplay but also successfully brought in the right ambience with the gaming table and color scheme which is evocative of poker tables and casinos with the right sound effect to compete the portrayal.

56 consists of 4 players with 2 players facing each other forming a team or 6 players with 3 players forming a team. 48 cards selected from 2 packs of standard 56 card deck is used to play. Each player has a hand of 12 cards in a 4 player game, 8 cards in 6 player game in each of the usual "French" suits: hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades. The aim is to win tricks with valuable cards. Jack and Nine being the highest value cards at 3 and 2 points respectively followed by aces and tens at 1 point and K and Q with 0 points. '56' is played with double cards. For example there are two jacks of diamond. The player who plays the first jack has precedence over the player playing the 2nd jack in the same trick. The total value of all the cards adds up to 56 which gives the game its name..