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Barbu

Barbu 1930

Design (Uncredited) Publisher (Public Domain)
6.6 /10
BGG rating
#11727
BGG rank
2.1
Weight
4
Players
4
Best at
180
Minutes
10
Age

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About the Game

Barbu (or Barbuda) is a four-player trick-taking card game of French origin. Each of the four players in turn becomes declarer. The declarer picks one of seven contracts for each hand. No contract is repeated until all seven have been played. Many variants of Barbu are played which include different contracts and point schedules, but seven common contracts are:

Barbu (don't take king of hearts) Hearts (don't take hearts) Last Two (don't take last two tricks) Nullo (don't take tricks) Queens (don't take queens) Trumps (take tricks) Fan Tan (be first out of cards)

See also Coup d'État, Dragonmaster and Guillotine. See also The Dwarf King, Indulgence, and Phobos Infection: The Lost Journey of X27

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Mechanics
Also known as
Le Barbu · Barbuda · Jeu de Barbu · Tafferan
BGG ratings
157 · geek rating 5.57
BGG data
refreshed Sep 7, 2026

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