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Bridge City Poker is the climbing card game by Lee Gianou, published by Portland Game Collective, for two to four players. Its four suits are four of Portland's bridges — Tilikum, Hawthorne, Fremont and Saint John's. This is the free browser version: play against computer opponents in three levels, learn it in a guided tutorial round, or meet friends online with a room code, in English or German.
The leader plays a meld — a single, a pair, a triple, a full house, a run of three to five or a five-card flush. Everyone after gets one action: beat it with a higher meld of the same type, play a power card, discard power cards, or pass. The highest meld wins the trick and the winner leads the next one; the losers draw, and passing costs the most cards. Empty your hand and you end the round with a bonus of −5.
Five power cards are shuffled into the deck each game, picked from 25: Wild acts as any card, Halt stops all drawing, Follow forces the suit, Upside Down turns the climb downhill, Steal Lead takes the next lead. Every power you play scores against you at the end, so each one is a trade.
When the round ends, everyone who did not shed burns one bridge — throws away every card of one suit — and counts the rest of the hand plus the powers they played. After three rounds (four with four players) the lowest total wins. Four players can also play as two teams.
How to play Bridge City Poker — the full rules
Bridge City Poker © Lee Gianou / Portland Game Collective. This is a licensed digital adaptation; the card art is the publisher's.
