Tiến lên miền Nam
About Tiến Lên (Thirteen)
Tiến Lên, also called Thirteen, is a Vietnamese shedding card game played with a standard 52-card deck. The goal is simple: beat the table with legal singles, pairs, triples, sequences, or bombs and become the first player to empty all 13 cards.
- Players
- 4
- Deck
- 52 cards
- Starts with
- 3♠
- Goal
- Empty your hand
How to play
- 01 Deal the full deck so each player starts with 13 cards.
- 02 The player with the starting 3 leads the first trick under the selected ruleset.
- 03 Beat the current play with a stronger single, pair, sequence, or bomb, or pass.
- 04 The first player to play every card wins the round.
Controls
Click or tap cards to select them. Use Play to submit your combination, or Pass when you want to skip the current trick.
What makes it different
Tiến Lên places more emphasis on chops, bombs, and the timing of 2s. If you already know Big Two, the rhythm will feel familiar but the endgame threats are different.
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