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PlayOK, also known as kurnik ('chicken coop'), is a website of classic board and card games to play online against live opponents in real-time. It was created in 2001 by Marek Futrega, and was initially a Polish-only website. As of early 2005 it supported over 30 board and card games, and the site is available in 33 languages so far.

History[edit]

It is the most popular on-line board game website in Poland.

Since 7 October 2004 all game rules at Kurnik's web pages are available under the Creative Commons attribution-noncommercial licence.

Other interesting technical solutions:

• Since 2012 all games are HTML5-based with support for mobile devices after migrating from Java applets^[2]
• The service collects extensive player statistics and maintains a complete archive of games played in the last 6 months. Games can be replayed or downloaded in popular formats (PGN, PBN, SGF and others).
• Fully automated online tournaments including private ones (organised by users).
• Guest mode for playing or observing games.

According to a gemiusTraffic research, in December 2004 the website was visited by 1.2 million unique users. The Polish version has about 100.000 registered users and, as of January 2007, an Alexa Internet ranking of around 1,200.^[3]

Until 1 May 2002 Scrabble was also available at Kurnik, under the name Szkrable. After a threat of legal action from Cronix, the company with the rights to Internet versions of the game, Kurnik developed a similar game called 'Literaxx' (Literaki ;-) in Polish), which differed from Scrabble only because of a different board, but Cronix considered these changes too minor for it not to be a copyright violation. Marek Futrega then developed Literaki ;-) into a new word-based game with different rules than Scrabble. The Literaki ;-) rules are public domain. Similarly, a free equivalent of Monopoly, 'Blogpoly' (Netopol in Polish) is also available in the Polish version.

As of April 5, 2008 Kurnik.org changed its name to playok.com.

Games available[edit]

Dictionary[edit]

Kurnik is also a host for the biggest free software dictionary available for the Polish language. Collaboratively developed, it was initially meant to be just a tool to help validate moves in word-based games, but it subsequently replaced basically all other freely available dictionaries used in free software projects. The dictionary is dual-licensed under cc-sa and the GPL.

References[edit]

1. ^'PlayOK.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools'. WHOIS. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
2. ^Kurnik w HTML5
3. ^Alexa ranking

External links[edit]

• PlayOK - international website
• Kurnik.pl - Polish website
• On-Line Checker Play Sites - includes a short review of the game of checkers on Kurnik

Euchre is one of the most beloved and easiest Whist family card games and it is a perfect entry to the trick-taking genre.

If you are a new player just scroll below to learn the rules and get some interesting details about the game.

You can play Euchre online for free in the practice room and participate in games with live adversaries.

Game Popularity

Once regarded as the national card game of the United States, Euchre’s popularity is not as strong as it once was, but it still has a strong following in many regions across the USA. The game is also popular in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.

A descendant of the Whist family and similar to other trick-taking card games such as Hearts and Spades, Euchre is a simplified version of the two, which makes it a lot more accessible.

The cards used during the play are fewer and the gameplay is quicker, making the sessions really enjoyable. The Euchre rules can be learned in a matter of minutes and players can expect to avoid being discouraged, as they can influence the outcome of the game straight away.

To play Euchre you would need four players split into two teams and 24 cards. The cards used are Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten, Nine of each of the four suits. The gameplay is fairly easy, as players simply name a trump and then try to win the majority of tricks.

The main objective of the game is to win more tricks than the other team by playing a higher card. Players are obliged to follow suit but can play any other card if they do not have anything in the lead suit. The trump beats suit and lead suit beats other suits. The first team to reach 10 points is declared the winner.

The game begins with the dealer, chosen at random, dealing 5 cards to each player, beginning with 3 and then dealing 2 more. The game is played in a clockwise manner.

Having dealt 20 cards to everyone, a card is taken by the dealer from the 4 that are left and is turned up, being visible to every player. This card initiates the bidding phase.

At this point, every player can either pass or choose the face-up card, making it the trump for this round. Whichever team chooses the trump is now known as the “Makers”. The objective of the “Makers” is to win more tricks (3 or more) than the “Defenders”.

The player who starts the first trick is determined as follows:

– If no player is playing alone then the player to the dealer’s left plays first.
– If one player is playing alone then the person to that player’s left plays first.
– If two players are playing alone (only possible in custom games), then the defender plays first.

Whoever chooses the trump for the round has the option to play alone. If a player decides to “go alone” his partner instantly ends his participation in the round, making his cards obsolete. Whether to go alone or not is perhaps one of the most exciting euchre strategy aspects.

• Going alone allows the team who named trump to potentially increase the points won, from 2 to 4.
• To consider going alone a success, all 5 tricks must be won.

The player who starts the first trick is determined as follows:

• If no player is playing alone then the player to the dealer’s left plays first.
• If one player is playing alone then the person to that player’s left plays first.
• If two players are playing alone (only possible in custom games), then the defender plays first.

What makes Euchre exciting is the difference in the ranking of trump cards. The two of the strongest two cards depend on the suit of the chosen trump. For example, let’s say that a card with a diamond suit is named as trump. That makes the Jack of diamonds the strongest card, also called the “Right Bower”. The interesting part is that the Jack of the same colored suit (hearts) is the second strongest card, called the “Left Bower”.

In the example given above, the cards in the trump suit are ranked as follows:

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• Jack of Diamonds (Right Bower)
• Jack of Hearts (Left Bower)
• Ace of Diamonds
• King of Diamonds
• Queen of Diamonds
• 10 of Diamonds
• 9 of Diamonds

The team that named the trump is called the “Makers”, while the other team is called the “Defenders”. Whoever wins 3 or more tricks wins the hand and receives points. More points can be won when a player decides to play alone. Scoring in Euchre is as follows:

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