Belote

Belote and Coinche offline, the French card game, with partners who can play.

Live

A café table, not a casino.

What it does

A zinc top and a slate

The game is drawn as a French café table: a zinc top, the score chalked on a slate in two columns, us and them, the total rubbed out and written again after each deal, a failed contract struck through in red chalk. No coins, no chips, no timers, nothing flashing. Dark mode is the café after closing.

Two games

Classic Belote: five cards each and one turned up — take it or pass, then a second round to name another suit. Coinche: eight cards each and an auction from 80 to 160 and capot; coinche the other side's contract for double, surcoinche for four times.

The real rules

Card points, not tricks: 162 in a deal with the ten for the last trick. Follow suit, go over in trump even on your partner, no need to trump when your partner holds the trick. Tierce, fifty, hundred and four of a kind; belote-rebelote; dedans, capot and litige. The house rules French tables argue about are yours to set: announcements, the obligation to under-trump, the 81–81 tie, rounding, no trump and all trump.

The Paris deck

The court cards every French player knows — Charles with his sword, David with his harp, the queens with their flowers — with R, D and V in the corners.

Partners who can play

Three levels. The hard bot plays out hundreds of possible deals before each card and measures its take before it bids; it loads your trick with points when you hold it and draws trumps when it took. Your partner bids a simple, readable way, written down on the rules page.

A fair model

Both games and every rule are free. An advert appears only between deals, never during play, and there are no rewarded videos or banners. One purchase removes the adverts and adds the Paris deck in its original colours and in two inks. Nothing that wins a trick is for sale.

Details

Platform: Android phone
Games: 2: classic Belote, Coinche
Opponents: 3 levels, the hard one plays out deals
Languages: French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Turkish
Internet: Not needed
Price: Free, one purchase removes the adverts
Version: 0.1.1 · 2 Oct 2026

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