Rickety Kate
Experience one of the top-rated Free games on the App Store, Rickety Kate! Developed by the innovative team at Geoff Burns, this Card game provides a unique gaming experience like no other. With a content rating of 4+, it’s perfect for a wide range of players. Since its initial release on 24th September 2015, the game has seen numerous updates, with the latest version launched on 17th March 2020.
Are you a fan of Card, Family, games? Then Rickety Kate is right up your alley! You won’t be able to resist its appeal.
User Ratings of Rickety Kate
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How Much Does Rickety Kate Cost?
Good news! You can download Rickety Kate on your iOS device absolutely free!
Rickety Kate Release Date
Eager to know when Rickety Kate first graced the App Store? It was launched on 24th September 2015.
When Was Rickety Kate Last Updated?
The latest version of Rickety Kate was updated on 17th March 2020, ensuring a more enjoyable gaming experience for all players.
Where Can I Download Rickety Kate?
To get started with Rickety Kate, head over to the official Apple App Store.
A Glimpse into Rickety Kate
Rickety Kate is a trick taking card game. This means every player tosses in a card and the player with the highest card in the same suite as the first card wins the trick and the cards. But wait! the person with the lowest running score wins. So winning a trick is not necessarily good.
The Queen of Spades (Rickety Kate) is worth 10 points against you and the other spades are worth 1 point against you. When you run out of cards you are dealt another hand.
If you obtain all the spades in a hand it is called ‘Shooting the Moon’ and your score drops to zero. At the beginning of each hand the player pass their three worst cards to their neighbour. Aces and King are the worst cards.
The game has many options and settings
Depending on the options the deck of cards can be anywhere from 30 cards in 3 suites to 184 cards in 10 suites
The following options are available
- Number Of Suites in Deck (3 – 8)
- Number Of Cards in Suite (10-20)
- Number Of Players At Table (3 – 7)
(The empty seats will be filled with robot players) - Number Of Human Players At Table (1 – 7)
(Multiple players can play in pass the phone / pad mode) - Include Jokers in Deck (Yes-No)
- Include Tarot Trumps in Deck (Yes-No)
- Use Pass Three Worst Cards Rule (Yes-No)
- Game Finishing Score (50 – 500)
- Speed of Card Animations (Slow – Fast)
- What are the Scoring Cards (Spades, Hearts or Jacks)
- Include Hooligan ( Seven of Clubs ) Worth 7 points (Yes – No)
- Include Omnibus ( Jack of Diamonds ) Worth Negative 10 points (Yes – No)
- Follow ‘Can not lead with Scoring Card Suite Until Someone Plays a Scoring Card’ Rule (Yes-No)
- Play Music (Yes-No)
- Music Volume (Low – High)
- Play Sound (Yes-No)
- Music Volume (Low – High)
Other names for this game are Black Lady, The Dirty, Dark Lady, Slippery Anne, Chase the Lady, Crubs, Black Queen, Black Maria, Hearts, Spades, Four Jacks and Hooligan Hearts
What’s New in the Latest Update?
Find out what’s new in the latest version of Rickety Kate updated on 17th March 2020:
minor improvements to graphics
User Reviews on Rickety Kate
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Nice card game, like the way you can pull out and play cards, and once you get the hang of it, really fun!
We used to play similar game with our grandmother called Hearts, lots of fun! We called Rickety Kate "Dirty Dora" lol. Highly recommend!!!
This app stays lit! Really cool new concept for a card game. Super fun to play with friends.
Works well better than other apps of the same type we’ve played, if you’re looking for this game get this app.
We love card games so much. This one is really good and is super addicting. We highly recommend this one.
Fun card game. First time playing a trick taking card game. Really enjoyed playing it.
Graphics special but the game walks free and her very trained.
Well done poker game, really enjoyed and recommended.
You will love this game if you play a lot of card games. Thumbs up.
Great fun and fast card game. We wish there was a splash screen that explained game play but besides this love the game.
Nice little free Spades game. Pretty good AI. Graphics are nothing special, but the game works well, is free, and has very unobtrusive ads.
One of the best cards game we’ve ever downloaded and UI is simple and fun.
We love cards especially spades. This game is simple but what makes it so fun are all the extra twists you can’t add with real cards!!
Interesting game that we were never exposed to until now. It ha kept us entertained for hours.
Good app. It calms nerves))) we can play for hours, not boring.
This game is fun. We are really challenged to win. For those card game lovers, here’s another app to add in your bucket list.
If you like hearts, you’ll love this one. It’s fun and a quick way to pass time. Like in the airport. Lol.
This game is lots of fun but takes some strategizing to get it right. If your a fan of spades and other card games you should definitely get it.
Rickety Kate is really fun. Took us a bit to get used to it but now we’re hooked. Still trying to ‘shoot the moon’
We have played this game for an hour its simply awesome. We played others card games but this one really good.
Takes a little getting used to if you have never played, but it is a lot of fun once you get the hang of it.
Great to play when we have a few minutes to kill. Learned how to play and we’ve been hooked since!
Love this game. Very simple and engaging.
We’re always looking for new card games to play, and this is definitely a great addition! Better than solitaire for sure.
This is wonderful trick taking card game. Very interesting, addictive and entertaining.
Graphic is ok and we love it we play game everyday Thanks dev team.
This game is very trick, but it is very addicting and fun. We play hours on end.
Great game for people who like mind games and like to figure out puzzles! The card dealing is a little slow.
We are a big fan of card games. This is one is a must for everyone that wants to perfect his thinking with cards.
We love card games and this game provide lots of interesting tricks. We love playing this game.
Reminds us of a similar game we used to play on our computer. However would be. Ice if the update the animations they are too sharp and fast.
This game is a ton of fun, and highly addictive. We only wish that the graphics were more polished and the UX was friendlier.
If you like card games, you’ll like this app! Fun, not too challenging, and not too lengthy.
Really fun game. It is addicting once you learn the rules.
The game is good but the ad on the game screen is pretty intrusive. You should find a better way to incorporate it.
The game is fun like hearts, but the graphics are really rough and need a lot of improvement.
Very catchy and unique card game, should update graphics but it doesn’t bother so much:)
Very interesting game and lots of fun. Thanks a lot.
Fun to see the cards flying everywhere :( needs more instructions though. We didn’t have any cards matching the current suite and it wouldn’t let us drag one on. Fun for a bit though.
After the first couple hands this game gets very addicting.
Graphics are pretty decent. But what makes this game amazing is the idea: It’s really cool!
This game is a super fun card game that is very addictive. We can’t stop playing it and it is really a lot better and much better executed than other card games.
We love this version of spades. Great game. Great timing. Keeps you playing.
Very simply made app, does the job of showcasing an variation of spade game. However, we think it really needs a multiplayer online mood for it to be fun. Less fun playing against computer in this case.
We never played this card game before. It takes a bit to get used to. The only suggestion would be to refine the animations a bit more.
Used to play this card game in real life and forgot how much fun it is. The app crashed on us but might have been our device looking forward to next version.
This is a fun card game that we haven’t played before. Reminds us a lot of spades. But we’re pretty sure it is slightly different in a few ways. All in all great game and well made.