Such a system is used in many trick-taking games, such as contract bridge.
Four of the five contracts are trick-taking games in which the aim is to avoid taking tricks, or particular cards.
Nines is a trick-taking game played with a standard deck of 52 playing cards.
In that case, any card other than the leading suit played has no value, in most trick-taking games.
Pinochle is a trick-taking game played with a 48-card deck.
Rook is a trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
Unlike in most trick-taking games, it is not the winner of a trick who leads to the next one.
There are trick-taking games played with Domino tiles instead of playing cards.
This method is still followed by a number of modern trick-taking games that do not involve an auction.
The game is played like most other trick-taking games.