Question 1

What is Pixel Card Club?

Accepted Answer

A collection of classic card games for iPhone and iPad, drawn in pixel art: two from each of Switzerland, Italy, France, Germany and Austria. You play against the computer, with friends around one table, or with friends online.

Question 2

Which games are in it?

Accepted Answer

Schieber and Gämsch from Switzerland, Scopa and Briscola from Italy, Belote and Tarot from France, Mau-Mau and Schwimmen from Germany, and Schnapsen and Watten from Austria. Each is played with its own deck: Swiss Jass cards, Neapolitan cards, French cards, the 78-card tarot, and the German-suited deck with the Weli.

Question 3

What's free?

Accepted Answer

When you first open the app, you pick one game. That game is yours to keep: deal it against the computer, host it for friends nearby or invite them online. The other games can be added one by one, or all at once with the All Games pass, which also includes every game added later.

Question 4

Do my friends have to buy the game too?

Accepted Answer

No. Only the host's games count. Friends with the app can always join your table for free, whichever game you deal.

Question 5

Do we need internet to play together?

Accepted Answer

Not around one table. Host a table nearby and your friends join from their own iPhones over the local network, without an internet connection. To play with friends elsewhere, invite them online through Game Center.

Question 6

What if we're not enough players?

Accepted Answer

Empty seats are played by the computer. Each country brings its own players: Ueli, Vreni and Sepp deal the Swiss games, Giulia, Luca and Sofia the Italian ones.

Question 7

Which Jass is it?

Accepted Answer

Schieber, the Swiss classic: four players in two teams, trumps chosen or pushed to your partner, Weis and Stöck, optional multipliers, and the score chalked on a slate. Play to 1000, 1500 or 2500.

Question 8

Do I need to know the rules?

Accepted Answer

No. Every game has its rules inside the app, one tap away when you set up a table: the deck, how a hand goes and how it's scored.

Question 9

Does the app collect my data?

Accepted Answer

No. There's no account and no analytics, and nothing is sent to the developer. Games nearby run directly between the phones at the table; online games and purchases are handled by Apple.

Pull up
a chair.

Pick a card, any card.

Schieber

No deck? Bring your phones.

Host a table

Friends join

Deal

Before you deal.

Deal me in.

Pull upa chair.