Taash Khelसीप स्कोरिंग
Seep card game scoring
A capture game, not a trick game. You take cards off the floor by matching a number or adding up to it — and the spades carry almost all the points.
Thirteen points are on the table every hand. Each ace is one, each ten is one, the ten of diamonds is two, the two of spades is one, and all eight spades score one each.
A seep — clearing the whole table in one capture — is fifty points on its own, which is why the scoring sheet below counts them separately.
The seep card game scoring table
| Card | Points | How many exist |
|---|---|---|
| Each ace | 1 | 4 |
| Each ten | 1 | 4 |
| Ten of diamonds | 2 (not 1) | 1 |
| Two of spades | 1 | 1 |
| Each spade | 1 | 8 scoring spades |
| A seep | 50 | Unlimited per hand |
Thirteen points are in the deck each hand, before any seep. A partnership taking more than half has won the hand; at exactly six and a half the hand is drawn and replayed.
What counts as a seep
A seep is capturing every card on the table in one move and leaving it empty for the next player. Fifty points, and it can happen more than once in a hand.
The catch: a seep does not count if it happens on the last card of a player's hand, because there is nothing left to leave the next player. Some tables allow it; agree before dealing.
Keeping a sweep score sheet
The game is spelled sweep as often as seep. A paper sheet needs two columns, one per partnership, and three rows per hand: cards captured, seeps, and the hand total.
Write the seeps separately. Fifty points swamps the thirteen on the table, and totalling them together at the end is how disputes start.
Play continues to a target, usually a hundred points or nine hands, whichever your table agreed. The seep card game rules page covers the capture mechanics in full.
A worked hand
A partnership captures two aces, the ten of diamonds, three spades and the two of spades. That is 1+1 for the aces, 2 for the ten of diamonds, 3 for the spades, 1 for the two of spades — eight points.
Their opponents took the remaining five. Eight against five wins the hand. Had either side also scored a seep, the fifty would decide it regardless of the thirteen.
This is why seeps matter more than card capture. One seep is worth nearly four hands of ordinary scoring.
For a game with no scoring sheet at all, see Bluff card game rules in Hindi.
Common questions
How is the seep card game scored?
Each ace and ten scores one, the ten of diamonds scores two, the two of spades scores one, and each of the eight scoring spades scores one. Thirteen points per hand.
How many points is a seep worth?
Fifty. Clearing every card from the table in one capture scores fifty points, which is almost four times the thirteen points available from the cards themselves.
What is the ten of diamonds worth in seep?
Two points, not one. It is the only card in the deck worth more than a single point, apart from a seep itself.
Does a seep count on the last card?
Usually not, because there is nothing left to leave the next player. Some tables allow it, so agree the rule before the first deal.
Is seep the same as sweep?
Yes. The game is spelled both ways and the rules are identical. Seep is the more common spelling in India, sweep in English descriptions.
The app totals the thirteen and the seeps separately. A free card game download for Android.
the Adda Callbreak appReferences
- Card games of India at Pagat, the card-game rules archive maintained by John McLeod