Declare: Yaniv-Style Card Game

Declare: Card Game is a low-hand card game of courage and low numbers, for fans of Yaniv and Least Count. Get your hand low, then declare before anyone else does. But be careful: if anyone at the table ties you or beats you, you take everyone's points!

Declare is its own game, close to Yaniv and Least Count, with rules you can set yourself: sets of the same rank, a new zero-value joker every round, a declare limit of under 5, 7 or 10, and 2 to 20 players, online or on your own against bots.

Every turn is one simple choice: throw a card and draw a card, or declare and end the round. Simple to learn in two minutes, hard to master.

HOW IT PLAYS
• Throw a card. Every card of the same rank goes with it, so pairs and sets clear out fast.
• Pick up the top of the draw pile, or take a card from the pile the last player threw.
• The joker changes every round: the dealer picks one of two cards, and that rank is worth zero for the whole round.
• Declare when your hand total is under the table's limit. Get it right and you score zero while everyone else adds their hand. Get it wrong and you pay for the whole table.
• Lowest total at the end of the match wins.

PLAY ONLINE
• Host a private table for friends with a room code, up to 20 players, and choose the rules, including how long each turn lasts.
• Or join an open table from the table list.
• Add friends with a friend code, react with quick emotes, and see everyone's cards revealed when a round ends.
• Earn a title and climb the nobility ranks as you play.
• Collect Crowns from the daily Puck Drop and your first online win of the day. Online rounds cost 10 Crowns; Crowns are earned in the game and cannot be bought.
• Lost your connection? Come back and rejoin your seat.

PLAY YOUR WAY
• Practice against Easy, Medium and Hard bots, offline and free to play. The hardest bot counts cards and knows when you are close.
• Choose your starting hand from 4 to 10 cards, and up to 10 decks for big tables.
• Set how many turns everyone must play before anyone can declare, from 0 to 20.
• Pick the declare limit: under 5, under 7, or under 10.
• Fixed number of rounds, or play on until everyone agrees to stop.
• Change the rules between rounds.

MADE TO FEEL GOOD
• A real card-table feel: the deal, throws and draws are animated, and a turn marker and a dealer button move around the table as you play.
• Big, clear cards and controls that fit one hand.
• An Auto button that plays a turn for you, when you just want to watch the table.
• A 2 minute tutorial plays one hand with you, and a clear rules page is always one tap away.
• Your game is saved automatically, so you can leave and pick up right where you were.

SAFE AND SIMPLE
• No account needed: play as a guest. Signing in with Google is optional and lets you restore your progress on another phone.
• This version has no ads. No real-money play, no betting, no purchases.
• Report or block any player from the table or your friends list.
• Practice matches are played on your phone. When you play online, Declare stores your display name, your play statistics and your Crowns, and you can delete everything at any time in Settings. Anonymous usage statistics (never names or messages) can be switched off in Settings.

Deal in, keep your hand low, and declare at the right moment. Good luck at the table!

Recent changes:
New: Hindi. The app follows your phone's language, or choose English or Hindi in Settings. Friends tables: if you say nothing when a vote to end the match goes to "Stay or leave?", you sit out one round and are asked "Are you still there?". Answer, or you are taken off the table when that round ends. A vote can no longer remove players by accident, and a player who left now sees it. Clearer wording in many places.