When trump is led, you don't have to play Blackbird
South western Virginia rules
We play in that if someone leads off with trumps, and you have the bird and no other trumps, you do not have to play it. This completely changes the strategy and increases the challenge.
You should allow people to set this option for the bird when creating a game type
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