Partnership Trump is the four-player team version of Trump: you and a partner sit opposite each other and take on another pair over thirteen tricks. Two fixed teams of two make every hand a team effort — and that's what makes it so good to play with family and friends.
Exactly four players · two teams of two · thirteen tricks · first to 7 tricks wins the roundIn most card games you play for yourself. In Partnership Trump, your partner sits directly across from you and your team scores together — first to 7 tricks wins the round, whether the tricks came from you or your partner. You never see each other's hands, so you play from memory, inference, and a little trust.
| Players | 4, in two fixed teams of 2; partners sit opposite each other |
|---|---|
| Deck | One standard 52-card deck (no jokers); Ace high, 2 low |
| Deal | 13 cards to each player, one at a time, clockwise |
| Trump | Player 1 names a suit as trump from their first five cards, mid-deal |
| Lead | Dealer leads the first trick; the winner of each trick leads the next |
| Goal | Your team takes 7 or more of the 13 tricks to win the round |
Sundial runs the real partnership rules in the browser, three ways:
Exactly four — you, your partner, and two opponents. On Sundial, empty seats are filled by bots, so you can start with just you and a friend.
Yes — the rules are identical. "Partnership Trump" is just the name used when the game is played in fixed teams of two, which is how it's most commonly played.
No. Top Trumps is a picture-card game. This is the classic four-player trick-taking game where one suit is named trump and beats every other suit.
Yes. You and a friend can sit across from each other as partners — Sundial fills the two empty seats with bots.