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Sunflower CallbreakCall your tricks, then prove it.

  • 4 players
  • 8–12 min
  • Medium

Callbreak is huge in Nepal and parts of India, and it's catching on everywhere else because it's easy to learn and surprisingly deep. You get 13 cards, you guess how many tricks you'll win, and then you spend the round trying to make that guess come true.

It's a thinking game, but not a slow one. Five rounds usually wrap up in about ten minutes, and there's always a moment where one card decides whether someone makes their call or breaks it.

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Sunflower Callbreak game with four players, spade trump cards and bid counters displayed on the table
Rules

How to play Sunflower Callbreak

  1. 01

    Deal 13 cards each

    The full 52-card deck is dealt between four players, so everyone holds 13 cards.

  2. 02

    Make your call

    Look at your hand and bid how many tricks (hands) you think you'll win, from 1 to 8. That number is your 'call'.

  3. 03

    Follow the suit

    The first player leads a card. Everyone else must follow the same suit if they can. If they can't, they must play a spade (trump) if they have one.

  4. 04

    Win the trick

    The highest spade wins the trick. If no spade is played, the highest card of the led suit wins. The winner leads the next trick.

  5. 05

    Score after five rounds

    Hit or beat your call and you score it (plus 0.1 for each extra trick). Fall short and your call is subtracted. After five rounds, the highest total wins.

Understanding Callbreak scoring

Say you call 4. If you win exactly 4 tricks, you score 4.0. If you win 5, you score 4.1 — the extra trick is only worth a tenth of a point. If you only win 3, you lose 4 points. That imbalance is what makes Callbreak interesting: underbidding is safe but slow, overbidding is dangerous but can pay off.

Why spades matter so much

Spades are always trump in Callbreak. Any spade beats any card of another suit, which is why holding the A♠ or K♠ feels like holding a free trick. The catch is that you have to follow suit when you can, so you won't always get to play them when you want.

Sunflower Callbreak highlights the cards you're allowed to play on each turn, which saves a lot of beginner mistakes. You can also see the running bid and trick count for every player at the top of the screen.

FAQ

Sunflower Callbreak questions

How many players do you need for Callbreak?

Exactly four. If you don't have four friends online, the app fills empty seats with other players from the lobby.

What is the minimum call in Callbreak?

The minimum call is 1. Most tables cap the maximum at 8, since winning more than that is extremely rare.

Do I have to play a spade if I can't follow suit?

Yes, if you have one. Only when you have neither the led suit nor a spade can you throw any other card.

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Version 1.0.0 · 48 MB · Android 6.0 or higher