Arabic card games online: choose a game for your group
Arabic card games online: choose a g: free browser games on JAWNA, friends and voice rooms. Read guides and find the iPhone and Android app options.
Open JAWNAWhat is the best Arabic card game for our group?
The best choice depends on your group size, available time and whether you prefer partners or individual play. JAWNA combines games and conversation in one place. Choose by the actual rules rather than the name alone.
Four players who enjoy partnerships
Baloot seats four in two opposite partnerships, with a 152-point target in the classic variant. Tarneeb also seats four and revolves around bidding, tricks and trump. For a sequence of different contracts, read the Trix guide before choosing a variant.
A different group size?
Kout supports four or six players, Jackaroo two or four, and Hand two, three, four or five. Jackaroo is a board game driven by playing cards, so it offers a change from trick-taking. Each linked game guide explains its supported counts and rules.
Arrange the session
Open jawna.app, go to Games and choose the game. Create a private table and share its link with friends, or try Quick match to meet new players. Agree on the variant first and check How to play: small scoring differences can change your decisions.
Game guides
What to consider in Tarneeb
Before bidding, separate likely ace winners from tricks that depend on retaining trump. A long trump suit with low cards does not guarantee a contract. Track played trumps and avoid drawing your partner’s last trump without a reason. If the contract needs one more trick, consider creating an entry for your partner instead of spending every high card immediately. Review which predicted trick failed after the hand.
Batak: everyone for themselves, five rounds. Bid 5–13 (everyone passes: the dealer takes it at 4); the winner names trump and leads. Follow suit and beat the highest card if you can; with none of the suit you must trump. Trump can’t be led until it has been played. The bidder scores their tricks if they made it, or loses the bid; the others score their tricks, and anyone with no tricks loses the bid.
Supported sizes are 4 players. The game page separates the turn rules from the result. Check its rules section if the group disagrees about a move before playing.
What to consider in Trix
In penalty contracts, track which suits each player has exhausted before leading a high card. Emptying a suit may let you discard a penalty later, but forcing that plan can cost a trick now. In the sequence contract, consider whose cards your play unlocks. Opening a new run can help opponents more than you. A plan for avoiding penalty cards is different from a plan for finishing a sequence.
Highest total after 20 deals wins.
Supported sizes are 4 players. The game page separates the turn rules from the result. Check its rules section if the group disagrees about a move before playing.
What to consider in Konkan
Organize runs and sets before drawing, then check both the required sequence and the opening threshold for the selected mode. Taking the discard requires a new meld; extending an existing meld alone is insufficient. Keep a final card to discard. If aiming for Konkan, count the long run, the short meld and the jokers together. Going out in one turn does not automatically satisfy the special Konkan pattern.
With four players in teams, partners sit opposite and share one score. When one of them goes out, the team takes the −30 (or −60).
Supported sizes are 2, 3, 4 or 5 players. The game page separates the turn rules from the result. Check its rules section if the group disagrees about a move before playing.