Rules
Serbian whist is a game for 4 players (but rules can be modified for 5 or 6). Each player plays alone.
From a standard deck use 13 cards for every player, in the first hand. Every hand after first, one card less is dealt, until only one card is dealt. Then for the next 4 hands (in the case of 4 player game), including the first one, only 1 card is dealt so every player gets a chance to be a dealer.
After those 4 hands, number of cards dealt starts to rise again by one card each hand until it hits 13 again, after which the game ends.
Each hand different suit acts as a trump. On the first hand, Spades are the trump suit, then Diamonds, then Hearts and lastly - Clubs. Consequent hand is called 'Sans', and on that hand there are no trumps. Trump suit sequence continues until the end of the game.
(Spades - Diamonds - Hearts - Clubs - Sans)
The cards rank as follows: A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. They have no value, because it is a game for tricks only.
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