Call Break Game - Rules & Multiplayer Apps

Call Break or Call Bridge game is a card game that is popular in India and Nepal. It is a strategy game of tricks, trumps and bidding, and is played among four players. You can play call break in both single player and multiplayers options online.

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A. How to play call break?

1. Dealer in call break
2. The call
3. Objective of call break game
4. The play
5. Evaluation of points
6. Other call break rules

B. Online call break apps and websites

A. How to play call break?

Call break is played with 52 cards distributed among four players, dealing one card at a time. The direction of the play is counter-clockwise. Call break game starts with picking a dealer who distributes the cards.

Dealer in call break

In every bet, one of the players is the dealer. The first dealer is chosen at random. After that, the turn to deal keeps passing to the next player on the right of the dealer. The cards are dealt anti-clockwise and one at a time by the dealer until all the players have 13 cards each.

Trum Suit: Spade is the trump suit in every game. This doesn’t change in call break card games.

The Call

Calling begins with the player sitting on the right side of the dealer and it continues anti-clockwise. Each player calls a number (minimum 2). This number corresponds to the number of tricks a player predicts to win in a game. Therefore, the maximum number that can be called is 12. Some variations of the game limit this to 8.

Objective of call break game

The objective for each player in each game is to win the exact number or a number higher of the tricks (bets) they called in the beginning. For example, if a player called 4 before the game started, then they will have to win 4 or 5 tricks or bets in the game to win 4 points (points equal to their call). If they get less than four or more than five tricks, then they will score -4 or lose 4 points.

The play - Call break card game

The player to the right of the dealer leads the first bet with any card of their choice. The players after that can top previous cards by throwing a higher card of the same suit (the suit of the lead card). If a player doesn’t have a higher card of that suit, they can throw a smaller card, too. Alternatively, they can throw a trump card, i.e. any spade. A trump card of any value tops a card of any rank from any other suit.

For example, the first player played 10 of hearts and the second player played queen of hearts to trump it, but the third player played 3 of spades to top the cards before, as spade is the trump suit. A trump card can be topped by another trum card of a higher value, e.g. a 3 of spades can be topped by 4 of spades or higher.

If a player doesn’t have a lead suit card or a trump card, they can play any other card they wish, but they won’t win the bet or trick with it.

The player who wins starts the next bet.

Evaluation of points in call break

When all the cards in each player’s hands are finished, that game is complete. Then the points of each player are evaluated depending upon the calls they made in the beginning of the game. Winning players get points equivalent to the calls they made. Losing players lose the number of points they called.

However a player who calls 8 or more gets 13 points, if they win, but lose only 8 or the number of points they called (not 13).

When a round or game is complete and its points are evaluated, the next game is started. There are no fixed number of rounds, so the call break game continues as long as the players want. When the game comes to end, the final scores of all the players from all the rounds are calculated to determine the winner.

Many online platforms limit a game of call break to 5 rounds before determining the winner.

Other Call break card game Rules

• A player who has a card from the same suit as the lead card is not obligated to play it.
• A player who has no card from the lead suit, but has a trump card is not obligated to play the trump card.
• In some variations of call break, there is no penalty for winning more tricks than you call, and each extra trick won earns 0.1 extra point to the player.
• In some variations, if any player has no trump card, then cards in the hands of all the players are shuffled and redistributed.
• In some variations, if the sum of the four cards played by four players in a bet is less than ten, then the cards of all the players are shuffled and redistributed. This helps prevent players from hiding or holding top or trump cards to prevent winning tricks.
• In some variations, players can’t call more than 8, as 8 or more number of tricks won will earn them 13 points anyway. This variation is generally possible when there is no negative marking for more tricks won than called.

B. Online call break apps and websites

1. Callbreak Multiplayer by Teslatech: This call break game online app can be used to play multiplayer and single player games. Single player games are against AI bots, and multiplayer games can be played with random players online or one’s facebook friends.
2. Call Break Card Game by Call Break: This version of the app allows call break to be played in Single player, Private Multiplayer, Random Multiplayer, and LAN/HOTSPOT modes.
3. Call Break by DroidVeda: This is a call break multiplayer game, which can be enjoyed for free. This app limits a game of call break to 5 rounds.
4. CallBreak.com: CallBreak is a simple online call break game, which can be played in Single player and Random online player versions. You can play this game on the web or download it on Android, iOS and Mac.
5. Games2Master: This platform offers a nice user experience and design for call break games. You can easily play on their website. They have 5 rounds in each game, after which the points are evaluated to determine the winner.