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The Cajun trick-taking card game

Bourré on the porch, after the sun goes down.

Booray Bayou deals the trick-taking game of Cajun country at a lantern-lit table over the bayou. Ten painted critters take the other seats, and each plays its own way: Boudreaux the crawfish stays in on almost anything, and Pearl the possum sits out unless her hand is sure.

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Up to four critters, Short and Classic games and today's deal are free. No ads, no account, and it plays offline.

The title screen of Booray Bayou: a porch over the bayou at dusk

How a hand goes

  1. Five cards and a trump

    Everyone gets five cards. The next card is turned face up, and its suit is trump for the hand.

  2. Stay in or sit out

    Look at your hand and decide. Sitting out scores nothing for the hand and costs nothing either.

  3. Swap

    If you stayed in, trade any of your cards for new ones from the stock.

  4. Take your tricks

    Follow suit, beat the card on the table if you can, trump when you can't. Stay in and take none, and that's a booray.

The most tricks earns the hand bonus. Games are a points race to 15, 25 or 35, and the first to reach the target with the lead wins.

Who's at the table

Ten critters, from the boldest to the most careful. You pick who sits down.

  • BoudreauxCrawfishStays in on almost anything.
  • RemyRaccoonStays in more often than the cards say to.
  • BeauGatorPlays bold, and in more often than not.
  • TiboBullfrogLeans bold.
  • DillyArmadilloPlays it down the middle.
  • MamouPelicanIn when it's good, out when it isn't.
  • CelesteOwlA shade careful.
  • OdileHeronWaits for a good hand.
  • GusSnapperSlow, careful, and out a lot.
  • PearlPossumSits out unless her hand is sure.

On the porch

The title screen on the porch at dusk Deciding to stay in or sit out, with a read on the hand A trick in play A booray: no tricks taken The scorecard after six hands A six-critter table

While you learn

  • A guided hand teaches the game by playing it
  • Cards you can't play are dimmed, and a tap says why
  • An optional read on your hand while you learn when to stay in
  • A scorecard, a look back at the tricks, and everyone's hands after each hand
  • Big cards, adjustable text size, VoiceOver and keyboard play

Every day

  • Today's deal: one deal a day, the same for everyone, with your result to share
  • Your record: wins, streaks, how often you stay in, boorays, rivals and daily runs
  • iPhone and iPad, in ten languages, with iCloud to carry your games between them
  • Plays offline, with no account and no ads

What's free

Free

Up to four critters at the table, Short and Classic games, today's deal and the Quick deal house rule.

Full Porch, one purchase

Five- and six-critter tables, Long games, the Trump lock, Top trump and Cinch house rules, and more table finishes and card backs. Family Sharing included.

There's no subscription and nothing else for sale.

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