5 Katesh

5 Katesh is a cards game with can be played between 3 or 4 people. In this game the standard french cards are used. The game has 5 rounds and the objective is to get as much points as possible. The game is pretty simple, whoever throws the card with the highest value (Ace is the highest) takes all the cards in the current hand and also starts the next hand. This continues until all cards are played. You must always play the same suit of cards, if you do not have a card that matches the starting hand suit you can play whatever you like.

Counting points

+2 for every 4 cards a player acquires
-4 for every Queen
-2 for every hearts (the Queen of hearts gets you -6 points !)
-16 for the King of Spades