The BeloZ™ card game
A Modern Reimagining of a Classic Family Card Game
For more than a century, the card game of Belote has been one of the most popular family card games in France, Eastern Europe and the Middle-East.
BeloZ reimagines and simplifies the classic game of Belote with an exciting setting: the African savanna. Two teams of two players compete to rescue as many animals as possible from approaching floods.
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Discover BeloZ
The game of BeloZ is set in Africa. The BeloZ river in the African savanna divides the territory of BeloZ in four plains prone to flooding.
The plains of BeloZ are home to wild animals with a well-established hierarchy. The lion and the leopard dominate the dry land, while the crocodile and the water snake control flooded plains.
Two teams of two players compete to rescue as many animals before the entire territory is flooded. At the start of each round, one team selects a flooded plain where animals gain special powers, adding strategy and surprise to the game.
Gameplay
Players from the same team sit on opposite sides of the table.
Form two teams
Players form two teams. Players deal, bid and play in turn in a counterclockwise rotation.
Choose a flooded plain
At the start of each round, players are dealt 5 cards representing the animals from all plains. On their turn, a player with a strong hand has an opportunity to decide which plain is flooded and commits their team to scoring more points than the other team.
A strong hand to pick red (South) as a the flooded plain.
A hand with a three-card straight flush.
Earn bonus points
The remaining cards of the deck are dealt. Each player has 8 cards and may declare straight flushes and quads to earn bonus points for their team.
Launch rescue expeditions
A round is made of eight rescue expeditions. Each expedition has a target plain set by the first card played at the start of the expedition. Other players play one card from the target plain. At the end of the expedition, the team who has played the most powerful animal collects all the cards.
The lion wins the expedition.
The rhinoceros from the flooded plain intercepts the expedition and wins.
Intercept expeditions
Players who do not have a card from the target plain can intercept the expedition with an animal from the flooded plain and collect all the cards.
Score points
At the end of the round, teams add the value of the animals they have rescued plus any bonus points. The team who chose the flooded plain must have more points than the other team to score points.
Strategy, teamwork and a bit of luck will decide the winning team. The first team to reach 1000 points wins.
In each round, teams share 163 points before any bonus point.
The BeloZ Web App helps keep score during games of BeloZ and provides tips and assistance for beginners. The BeloZ Web App can be configured to be used in a traditional game of Belote.
BeloZ: Coming soon on Kickstarter
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