Four players, two teams, a 32-card deck and one sharp decision between Hokum and Sun. Saudi Baloot the way it is actually played, running in your browser with nothing to install.
Completely free · runs in your browser, nothing to install
Baloot is a four-player partnership card game and the most widely played card game in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. It rewards two things at once: a good hand, and a correct read of what your partner and your opponents are holding based on how the tricks fall.
What sets it apart from other trick-taking games is that a card changes value with the bid. The Jack of trumps is the weakest card in Sun and the strongest in Hokum, so bidding is half the game and counting matters more than luck.
Yes, completely free. You open a table and play with no subscription and no payment. In-game coins are entertainment tokens with no monetary value and are never exchanged for money.
No. Balotk runs inside the browser on both phone and desktop, so you open the link and start playing.
Four, in two teams of two, with partners sitting opposite each other. If human players are missing, computer opponents fill the table right away.
In Hokum one suit becomes trump, its Jack jumps to 20 points and its Nine to 14. In Sun there is no trump, cards keep their natural ranking, and project bonuses are worth more.
A match is decided at 152 points, accumulated from trick points and project bonuses across several hands.
Yes. Create a private room, invite your friends into it, and the four of you play under the same rules.
Looking for the best site for online card and board games? Balotk brings six of them together: Saudi Baloot, Jackaroo, Ludo, dominoes, Uno and Kankan. Open it in your browser and play — no download, no waiting.
Play Baloot, dominoes and Uno with your friends in one place: open a table and invite whoever you like, or let matchmaking find players for you. And if you want to know how to play Jackaroo or Kankan online, every game has its full rules on its own page.
Open the game in your browser and the table starts immediately, with no waiting.