Support

Email hello@kingbomb.app — a human reads every message, usually within a day. Tell us your device model and what you were doing when something went wrong.

Blocking and reporting

Open a chat and tap the ⋯ button at the top right to block that player (they can no longer message or invite you) or to report them; a report sends us the recent messages so we can act, usually within 24 hours. To remove a friend, use the × next to their name in Friends. To delete your account and everything on our servers, tap your name in the lobby → Delete account.

Rules reference

Combinations, weakest to strongest shape

• Single, Pair, Three of a kind
• Full house — three of a kind plus a pair
• Straight — exactly five cards in a row; A plays low (A-2-3-4-5) or high (10-J-Q-K-A), no wrap-around
• Stairs — three consecutive pairs (e.g. 5-5-6-6-7-7)
• Plate — two consecutive trios (e.g. 8-8-8-9-9-9)

You can only beat a play with the same shape and the same number of cards, higher. Bombs are the exception.

Bombs

• Four or more cards of the same rank. More cards beats fewer; same count, higher rank wins.
• A straight flush (five in a row, one suit) beats any 5-card bomb and loses to any 6-card bomb.
• Four jokers beat everything.

The level rank and the wild

Each hand is played at a level (2 through A). Cards of the level rank outrank the Ace and lose only to jokers. The ♥ of the level rank is wild: it can stand in for any card except a joker — in straights, bombs, anything. It cannot be used as a joker.

Order of play

The first player leads anything. Play goes clockwise; each player beats the last play or passes. When everyone else passes, the last player to play leads again. If the player who would lead has already finished, their partner leads instead.

Scoring

The hand ends when both members of a team are out, or when three players are out. The team of the first player out wins the hand and climbs: 3 levels if their partner was second, 2 if third, 1 if last. To win the match a team must win a hand at the target level (10 in Quick, A in Classic) with their partner not finishing last.

Tribute

At the start of the next hand the last-place player gives their highest card (the wild heart excepted) to the first-place player, who returns any card of 10 or lower. If both members of a team finished last and second-to-last, both pay. If the paying side holds two Big Jokers between them, no tribute is paid.

FAQ

How do I select cards?

Tap any card to select just that card. Tap the fully visible bottom card of a column to select the whole column (a bomb in one tap); tap it again to clear the column. Swipe across the bottom row to pick one card per rank (a straight), or across the second row for pairs. Tap the empty table to clear your selection.

What do the buttons do?

Pass appears only when you are following. Play lights up only when your selection is a legal play that beats the table. Hint first shows what the computer would do (a play, or “pass”). Tap again to browse every legal play: whole columns first, then plays that split a column, bombs last and weakest first. If nothing in your hand can beat the last play, the game passes for you after a moment.

What do Group and Sort do?

Sort switches between two layouts: By rank (one column per rank, bombs on the left) and Smart (one column per combination — bombs, plates, stairs, straights, trios, pairs, singles). Select cards and tap Group to keep them together as their own column in either layout.

What are the suit buttons at the bottom?

They light up when you hold a straight flush in that suit. Tap to select it; tap again to cycle if you have more than one.

What is the 123 button?

The card counter: how many of each rank are still in the other three hands.

I ran out of time.

Each turn has 20 seconds. If time runs out the game passes for you (or plays a safe card if you must lead). Tap Auto to let the game play for you until you touch a card.

Is there real-money play?

No, and there never will be.

Delete my data

KingBomb stores nothing about you on our servers. Deleting the App from your device removes all saved matches and settings.