Smear Schmier

Smear is the trick-taking card game your family argued about at the kitchen table — bids, trump, a joker that's always up to something — rebuilt for your phone, with the people you actually want to play with. Two teams of two. Seven cards each. Bid one to six, and if you win the bid you call trump — but now your team has to earn what you promised, and the other side is delighted to stop you. HOW A HAND PLAYS • Bid against the table, winner calls trump • Ditch your junk — discard and draw back to seven • Take tricks: the joker is always trump, and watch for the other jack of trump's color — it's trump too • Six points on the line every hand: High, Low, Jack, Off-Jack, Joker, and Game. Make your bid and keep them; fall short and go set • First team to 21 that's ahead wins PLAY WITH REAL PEOPLE • Add friends with a six-letter code — no contacts access, no accounts to hunt down • Invite…