Sergeant Major
BGG rank
BGG #26,118
BGG rating
5.6

Sergeant Major

Rules assistance for Sergeant Major

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 3 players
  • 60 min
  • Complexity 1.9/5

For 3 players

Rules assistant for Sergeant Major

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Sergeant Major is a board game for 3 players and 60 minutes per game. Its main mechanics are Trick-taking.

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About the game

Sergeant Major is a trick-taking traditional card game for 3 players using a standard 52 card deck. It takes its name from its popularity among members of Britain's Royal Air Force. Multiple variations of the game exist. The two most common are the 9-5-2 (also known as the Canadian version) and the 8-5-3 (the British, Indian and Near-East Version). 8-5-3 versionn: as per Pagat.com The aim is to win as many tricks as possible. If a player succeeds in winning 12 or more tricks in one hand, the game ends and that player wins. The player to dealer's left leads any card to the first trick. It is compulsory to follow suit if able to; a player holding no card of the suit led may play any card. Each trick is won by the highest trump it contains, or if there are no trumps in it, by the highest card of the suit led. The winner of each trick leads to the next. End of the Game The game ends when any player succeeds in winning 12 or more tricks in one hand, thereby winning the game.

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  • (Public Domain)

Questions and answers

Sergeant Major supports 3 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.