Euchre may be played either as a two-, three- or four-handed game, the
latter being the most popular form. For greater facility of explanation,
however, we will commence with the two-handed game.
Euchre is played with the "piquet" pack of thirty-two cards, consisting of
the ace, king, queen, knave, ten, nine, eight and seven of each suit. The
above is their rank in play, subject to the qualification that the knave of
the trump suit for the time being is known as the "Right Bower," and takes
temporary precedence of all other cards. The knave of _the opposite suit of
same colour_ (_e.g._ of diamonds when hearts, or of spades when clubs are
trumps) is known as the "Left Bower," and ranks next in value. The Left
Bower is considered for the time being to belong to the trump suit, so that
if this card is led, the trump suit, and not its own, must be played to
it.[24]
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