Pig it Hog it
[QUOTE=thrums;4803206]My sister-in-law and I have been looking for the rules to a card game she played as a kid but we can't seem to find it online. It may have been one of those regional games that never made it to "official" card game status.
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Set up as teams same as Euchre. Play with Euchre deck, deal out all cards - 6 to each player. Person left of dealer bids # of tricks he can take going high, low, or with a trump suit (again, same as euchre). Next player must bid higher # (but can be different tack - if first player bids 2 high, 2nd can bid 3 hearts), or pass. Dealer gets last call. Winning bidder leads and he and his partner must take the bid number of tricks. A pig it means the bidder can take all tricks without his partner, but exchanges one card with partner (e.g. pig it high, pig it low, pig it clubs). Hog it means the player will take all tricks without his partner and no cards are exchanged. If one player bids "pig" next player(s) must either bid 'hog' or pass.
Pig it = 12 points, hog it = 24 pts. Play to 50. Deal passes to player on left.
Scoring, each trick = a point for each teams, bidding team is NOT the only team to get points. If you do not make your bid (e.g. 5 clubs or 4 low) you lose the bid amount. Opponents always get points for tricks they take. Lose a pig, lose 12 points. Lose a hog, lose 24 points. Ideal low hand is 4 9s and 2 10s. Ideal high hand is 4 aces and 2 kings. By bidding low, you are bidding how many tricks you will take with the goal to have lowest cards - if you have 4 9s and 2 aces, you would bid "4 low." 9, 10, j, q of one suit would also be "4 low." Vise versa for "high" and euchre rules apply when bidding a suit.
Write down who deals b/c we have found it is very easy to lose track of who dealt.