Murlan Card Game

The name Murlan means “storm”. It is played by three or more players.

All the cards are dealt to the players, the aim being to get rid of them as soon as possible. In order for cards to be played to the table, they must be of higher value within the kind of “combination” played last. The order of combinations is single card, pairs, triples, fours, five in a row and within the same combination, rank gives priority. If a player has no better combination, or if he so prefers, he passes. If everybody passes, the combination to be played again begins from singles.

The aim is to give away one’s cards: as soon as a player is left without cards, he scores the maximum of points, corresponding to the number of the players less 1; lower and lower points, down to zero are scored by the other players ordered according to the number of cards still in hand.