Pitch: Setback Card Game

Pitch, the classic American card game also called Setback or High-Low-Jack, with opponents that bid like people. HOW PITCH PLAYS Everyone gets six cards and one chance to bid. Win the auction and you pitch: the first card you lead is trump. Four points are up for grabs every hand - High, Low, Jack and Game - and the side that won the bid has to make it. Come up short and you're set back the whole bid. Yes, scores go below zero. First to 11 wins. - Bid 2, 3 or 4, or pass - Dealer steal: the dealer, bidding last, can take the bid by matching it - Stuck dealer: if everyone passes, the dealer has to bid - High and Low go to whoever was dealt them, the Jack of trump to whoever captures it, and Game to the side that wins the most card points (tens count ten) EVERY WAY PITCH IS PLAYED - Partnership Pitch: you and a partner against two opponents - Cutthroat Pitch for three, four or five players, everyone for themselves - Call your partner at five: name a card, and whoever holds it is secretly on your side - Joker Pitch, with a fifth point for capturing the joker - Ten-Point Pitch: two jokers, the jick, the three of trump worth three points, bids up to ten - An optional three-card kitty for the pitcher - House rules, on or off: dealer steal, stuck dealer, low to the capturer, smudge wins the game, and the score you play to OPPONENTS WORTH BEATING The computer players see only their own hand and the cards on the table, the same as you, and never peek at the deal. They bid on what they hold and where they sit, pitch the suit that earns it, lead trump to strip the defenders, hold back high trump to catch the Jack, smear tens onto a partner's winning trick, and keep count of what has been played to fight for Game at the end. They were tuned by playing each other for hundreds of thousands of hands, keeping only the changes that won more games. - Casual: plays a clean, straightforward game - Aggressive: bids sharper and plays the odds - Ruthless: counts cards and picks its moments PLAY OFFLINE, ON YOUR SCHEDULE Pitch plays offline against the computer, with no account to make and no waiting for a fourth player. Games save themselves mid-hand, so a phone call never costs you the deal. MAKE IT YOURS Level up, unlock a roster of opponents with their own lines and earning bonuses, and earn card backs, table cloths and card faces as you go. Career stats keep count of your bids made, times set, jacks captured and the sets you put on the other side. BUILT TO BE READABLE A large-card setting with big-print markings for anyone who has squinted at a phone-sized deck. Tap any player's trick pile to see the tricks they have taken this hand, and turn on auto-play to have your card played for you whenever only one is legal. FREE TO PLAY Pitch is free, with ads between hands. Everything else is optional: watch a short video for Flux when you want it, buy Crystals, or remove the between-hand ads for good. Flux also buys items for the table, like a Rewind that takes back the last card you played. The Mystery Box shows the odds of every prize before you open it.