When playing solo, you play against 2 automated opponents called Vancardians.

Vancardians take their place in the turn order, which goes top to bottom through the hands on the table, wrapping around from the bottom to the top.

Reminder: If the deck of playing cards runs out, shuffle the discard pile to make a new deck.

When playing cards into a trick, the Vancardians follow a specific set of instructions that differ when they lead a trick or follow a trick.

WHEN A VANCARDIAN LEADS

1. If you play villain and have no tricks, the Vancardian plays her lowest card.

2. Otherwise, she plays her highest card.

WHEN A VANCARDIAN FOLLOWS

1. Draw 2 playing cards:

a. For each of the drawn cards, discard it if its suit isn’t already in the Vancardian’s hand.

b. Discard, from the right end of her hand, as many cards as you kept in step a (if any). In the

last trick of a round, you’ll almost always only be able to discard 1 card, even if you keep 2.

c. Place the kept cards (if any) in the order drawn in the Vancardian’s hand, starting to the right of the row.

2. If you play villain and have no tricks:

a. She plays the lowest, non-love card she can legally play.

b. If love is the only legal option, she plays her lowest love card.

3. Otherwise, if she has cards of the lead suit:

a. If she has at least 1 lead suit card that beats all cards played so far in this trick, she plays the lowest of those.

b. If she doesn’t, she plays her lowest lead suit card.

4. Otherwise, she plays her lowest card of any suit.