Shelem

Infobox CardGame
title = Shelem
subtitle =
image_link =
image_caption = The game of "Shelem"
type = trick-taking
players = 2-4
play = Counter-clockwise
card_rank = A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
ages = 14+
num_cards = 52-card
deck = Anglo-American
origin = Persia
related = Hokm, Spade, Rook
setup_time= less than a minute
playing_time= 20-120 minutes
complexity=Medium
playing_time =
random_chance = Low - high depending on variant played
skills = Memory, Tactics, Communication
footnotes =

Shelem(PerB|شلم "Shělěm") is a trick-taking card game, created in south of Iran, with four players in groups of two, bidding and competing against each other. It is similar to Spades and Hokm but there is a bidding and trump is declared every hand by the bidding winner. Both the name and the point structure of this game are similar to the American game Rook that there must be a connection between the two games. It is not clear as how this came about or which game is derived from the other. [ [http://www.pagat.com/national/iran.html National and regional card games: Iran ] ]

Cheating

Any cheating caught from each team results to deduct the bid from the cheating team total score. Some cheating examples are:

1.Calling a specific card

Mistake

Depending on the type of mistake, the different treatment is applied:

Glossary

Khâli kardan
The term is given to the situation were the claiming team doesn't succeed to get their bid value.
Hole
It is a suit or sometimes suits which are the bid winner-player weak points.
Hole-Free
When the bid winner-player has no weakness in its hand. His hand is called "Hole-Free" hand.Molali Koor
Literally means: Blind Clergy Ali's Hand It is a hand that Shelems no matter what your team-mate has. This hand is hole-free and usually happens couple of times in a 1200-point tournament.

Jozve Khaan
Literally means: Booklet readerAlso known as, refers to players who have read the booklet of Shelem.

Poisson distribution of hands
Refers to the equally distributed hands by means of their power.

5-year dorm player
Refers to players who either dream about having 5-year experiences in playing "Shelem" or actually played "Shelem" with kids under 6 for five years.

Head-Shelem
Made up by 5-year dorm players to fool kids. This term is absolutely obsolete in professional "Shelem" tournaments.

Zamin
Literally means: GroundThe initially four cards which is being set aside by the dealer.

ee also

* Rook
* Hokm
* Spades

Comments

Regarding: Châghz
It means to do Châgh. It is believed that it has been first used by a Metallurgical Engineer in Iran around 2003. I believe that not to be true. I'm playing shelem for about 10 years and long before 2003 we used Châghidan or Châgh kardan in our playing, meaning to do Châgh. This game is one of the popular card games in Iran, specially among students.

Response: Regarding Châgh, you are right! In Châghz, The letter "Z" represents what my friend used to add at the end. I understand that the article that I started contains some non-serious parts and it is somehow confusing for other people to understand some funny terms.

References

External links

* [http://www.pagat.com/national/iran.html] National and Regional Card Games Index of the Card Games Web Site
* [http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/GrandSlam.asp] You can download game from here. "(Note: .Net Framework1.0 is neccessory to execute.)"