Krypkille information

Krypkille

Kille cards manufactured in 1897 in Stockholm by A Boman. From the collection of the Hallwyl Museum
Origin	Sweden
Players	3 – 7
Cards	42 cards
Deck	Kille cards

Krypkille ("Creepy Kille") is a Swedish card game that is played with a Kille pack. The game is similar to the game of Cucumber played with regular French-suited cards.

The dealer deals an equal number of cards to all players, as many as possible. Odd cards are put aside. In games with three, six or seven players—in which there are no odd cards because the number of cards in the deck is divisible with the number of players—the last card to each player is sometimes skipped and put aside, so that there are some unknown cards in the deal.

Krypkille is a trick-taking game. Players can either head the trick, i.e. play a higher card than the previous ones, or 'creep' (krypa, lit.: "crawl"), by playing their very lowest card. If two equally high cards are played, the second one beats the first except in the last trick when they are regarded as equal. The cards have the same ranking as in One-Card Kille, except that the Harlequin is always the highest card.

The player or players with the highest card at the end of a deal are eliminated and may not participate in the following deals. The game continues until only one player is left, who then becomes the winner.