Is Thousand free to play?

Yes. Every game here is free, runs in the browser, and needs no download, no payment and no account — you pick a nickname and start playing.

Do I need to create an account?

No. You choose a nickname when you arrive and that is the whole sign-up. Nothing is emailed to you and no password is stored.

Can I play Thousand on my own?

Yes. The host can fill any empty seat with a bot, so you can play a full 3- or 4-player game solo. The bots bid, sell, remember which cards have gone and play tricks competently.

How do I play with friends?

Create a game and share the six-character invite code that appears in the waiting room. Anyone who enters that code joins your table. You can mix friends and bots in the same game.

What happens if I lose my connection mid-game?

Your seat is held for you. Reopen the page and you are dropped back into the same game with your hand intact — the other players see a reconnecting notice while you are away.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. The table layout adapts to small screens, so you can play in a mobile browser as well as on a desktop.

Free Browser Card Games — Play Thousand (1000) Online

What is Thousand?

Thousand — also written 1000, and known as Tysiacha, Tysiąc or Тысяча depending on where you learned it — is a bidding-and-trick-taking card game played across Poland, Ukraine, Russia and the Baltics. You bid for the right to name the contract, take the face-down talon in exchange for that right, and then have to actually win the points you promised.

What gives the game its character is the marriage. Holding the King and Queen of the same suit and declaring them on your own lead both scores a bonus and flips the trump suit mid-hand — so trumps are not decided once at the start, they move as the hand unfolds. That single rule turns every hand into a question of timing: declare early for the trump, or hold the pair and hope you still have the lead later.

This version runs entirely in the browser. There is nothing to download and no account to make — pick a nickname, create a table or join one with an invite code, and play.

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How to play Thousand

The goal

Be the first player to reach 1000 points. A game runs over as many rounds as that takes, with the deal rotating each round and scores carrying over.

The deal

Three players use a 24-card deck (9 up to Ace); four players use a 32-card deck (7 up to Ace). Everyone is dealt seven cards and the rest go face-down into the talon — three cards in the 3-player game, four in the 4-player game.

Bidding

Players bid the number of points they expect to score, from 100 to 300 in steps of 5. The highest bidder becomes the declarer, takes the talon, and then passes one card to each opponent — leaving everyone with eight cards and eight tricks to play.

Selling

If the declarer looks at the talon and decides the contract is not makeable, the hand can be sold to another player instead — a minimum of 105, and up to three attempts to find a buyer.

Card values

11 Ace
10 Ten
4 King
3 Queen
2 Jack
0 Nine

Tricks rank the same way, high to low: Ace, Ten, King, Queen, Jack, Nine. Note that the Ten beats the King and Queen — the detail that most often catches out players arriving from other trick-taking games.

Trick play

Follow the led suit if you can. If you cannot follow, you must play a trump if you hold one. The highest card wins the trick, and trumps beat every plain suit.

Marriages

A King and Queen of the same suit, declared on your lead, sets that suit as trump and scores a bonus: 100 for clubs, 80 for spades, 60 for hearts, 40 for diamonds.

Scoring

The declarer scores plus their bid if they make the contract and minus their bid if they miss it. Everyone else scores the card points in the tricks they captured, rounded to the nearest 10.

The barrel, and other special rules

Once your score reaches 880 you are on the barrel. If you fail to climb past 1000 within three rounds on the barrel, you are penalised 120 points and drop back down — so the last stretch is the hardest part of the game. Being dealt all four nines scores an immediate 100-point bonus, and scoring zero three rounds in a row costs you 120.

Questions

Is Thousand free to play?: Yes. Every game here is free, runs in the browser, and needs no download, no payment and no account — you pick a nickname and start playing.
Do I need to create an account?: No. You choose a nickname when you arrive and that is the whole sign-up. Nothing is emailed to you and no password is stored.
Can I play Thousand on my own?: Yes. The host can fill any empty seat with a bot, so you can play a full 3- or 4-player game solo. The bots bid, sell, remember which cards have gone and play tricks competently.
How do I play with friends?: Create a game and share the six-character invite code that appears in the waiting room. Anyone who enters that code joins your table. You can mix friends and bots in the same game.
What happens if I lose my connection mid-game?: Your seat is held for you. Reopen the page and you are dropped back into the same game with your hand intact — the other players see a reconnecting notice while you are away.
Does it work on a phone?: Yes. The table layout adapts to small screens, so you can play in a mobile browser as well as on a desktop.
What languages is it available in?: English and Russian. The language toggle sits in the header, and switching mid-game keeps your game exactly where it was.