Tommy's Euchre

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Tommy's Toys

Tommy's Toys was a company that produced over 200 shareware games between 1985 and 1998. All of the games were written in QuickBasic and were designed to run in DOS. It was a one man operation where all the games were developed by T. L. Winslow who stopped making games in 1998 to start a new career as a novelist. The company was known for its tag line "Tommy's Toys - Programmed by Aliens from Outer Space".

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Euchre, a descendant of triomphe, was at one time called the national card game of the united states until its ouster by contract bridge after 1925-6. Some say the joker card was invented for this game (its use makes the game go a lot faster), or that the word Euchre is a corruption of the word joker. It is an easy game to learn, less demanding than bridge, but a good time for all.
Tommy's Euchre implements the classic 4-handed partnership version with and without a joker.
Euchre is played with only the 9 through ace, 24 cards in all. Note: many play with the 7 through the ace, but by discarding the 7s and 8s the players have more interesting hands and the game is more fun. Optionally, a joker may be added to the deck making 25 cards. Euchre is played by 4 players, with opposite players being partners.