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Daifugō

大富豪 · Daihinmin · Japan

Japan’s favourite card game. Race to empty your hand and become the Grand Millionaire, start a revolution with four of a kind, and cut the pile with an 8.

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Revolution (革命) on · 8-stop (8切り) on · the 3♦ starts

Known in English as President (Scum)

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Daifugō (大富豪, “grand millionaire”), also called Daihinmin (大貧民, “grand pauper”), is one of the most played card games in Japan. You race to empty your hand, and the order you finish in decides who is rich and who is poor in the next round. Play it here free in your browser, with no download and no account.

This table plays the two Japanese rules everyone knows: the revolution (kakumei) and the 8-stop (hachigiri). Play against three computer players, or start a private table and send the link to friends.

How to play Daifugō

  1. Deal. The 52 cards (no jokers) are dealt, 13 to each of the four players. Suits do not matter: the 3 is the lowest card, then 4, 5 … K, A, and the 2 is the highest.
  2. Lead. In the first round the player holding the 3♦ starts. They may play a single card, or two, three or four cards of the same rank.
  3. Beat or pass. Each player must play the same number of cards of a stronger rank, or pass. When everyone else passes, the pile is cleared and the last player to play leads again.
  4. Finish. The first player out is the Daifugō (grand millionaire), then the Fugō (millionaire), the Hinmin (pauper) and the Daihinmin (grand pauper). The roles score 3, 2, 1 and 0 points.
  5. Exchange. Before the next round the Daihinmin hands their two strongest cards to the Daifugō, and the Hinmin one card to the Fugō; they get back the weakest cards in return. The Daihinmin leads. After three rounds the most points wins.

Revolution and the 8-stop

Revolution (革命, kakumei): play four cards of the same rank and the card order turns upside down. The 3 becomes the strongest card and the 2 the weakest, until someone else plays four of a kind (a counter-revolution, kakumei-gaeshi) or the round ends. A revolution can rescue a poor hand full of low cards.

8-stop (8切り, hachigiri): play one or more 8s and the pile is cleared at once. Nobody can answer, and you lead the next play. An 8 is the easiest way to take the lead back.

Local rules this table does not use

Daifugō has dozens of local rules, and every school and family plays a slightly different mix. This table keeps to the core game plus revolution and the 8-stop. It does not use jokers, miyako-ochi (the Daifugō dropping straight to Daihinmin if they fail to finish first), shibari (suit locks), 11-back, sequences (kaidan) or forbidden finishes. On the table screen the roles appear under their English names: President, Vice President, Vice Scum and Scum. Your games count towards your President stats.

Daifugō and President

Daifugō is the Japanese form of President (also called Scum or Capitalism). The President rules page covers the card swap, the roles and the house rules played around the world.

Read the President rules

Play in other languages: 日本語