Sedma, from the Czech word for seven, is a trick-taking card game for two players or for four players in fixed partnerships, played mainly in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It belongs to an unusual group of games found only in Eastern Europe in which a card can be beaten only by an equal card or by a seven. A 32-card German-suited pack is normally used, and aces and tens are worth ten points each, with ten more for the last trick, so each hand carries 90 points. After the first player leads, he may end the trick or keep it going by playing further cards equal to the lead or sevens, and the last player to match the lead or play a seven wins it. Players draw back up to four cards after each trick. The game is said to have reached Moravia and then Bohemia from Hungary or Slovakia in the 1960s, and several scoring variants are now played.
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Popular Czech game for 2 or 4 players
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Popular Czech game for 2 or 4 players in which tricks are won by playing a card equal to the lead or a seven.
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Sedma is most interesting for two players or four players in fixed partnerships, partners sitting opposite.
Introduction [origin-region]
Popular Czech game for 2 or 4 players
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