diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/card/trick/data/TrickCardCodes.java b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/card/trick/data/TrickCardCodes.java
index 742779817..66535ecf9 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/card/trick/data/TrickCardCodes.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/card/trick/data/TrickCardCodes.java
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ import com.threerings.parlor.card.data.CardCodes;
  */
 public interface TrickCardCodes extends CardCodes
 {
-    /** For four-player games, the top (opposite) player. */
-    public static final int TOP = 0;
-    
     /** For four-player games, the bottom (own) player. */
-    public static final int BOTTOM = 1;
+    public static final int BOTTOM = 0;
     
     /** For four-player games, the player on the left. */
-    public static final int LEFT = 2;
+    public static final int LEFT = 1;
+    
+    /** For four-player games, the top (opposite) player. */
+    public static final int TOP = 2;
     
     /** For four-player games, the player on the right. */
     public static final int RIGHT = 3;
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/card/trick/util/TrickCardGameUtil.java b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/card/trick/util/TrickCardGameUtil.java
index b2a28cb2b..02bfb859e 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/card/trick/util/TrickCardGameUtil.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/card/trick/util/TrickCardGameUtil.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class TrickCardGameUtil
      */
     public static int getTeamIndex (int pidx)
     {
-        return pidx / 2;
+        return pidx & 1;
     }
     
     /**
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class TrickCardGameUtil
      */
     public static int getOtherTeamIndex (int tidx)
     {
-        return 1 - tidx;
+        return tidx ^ 1;
     }
     
     /**
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class TrickCardGameUtil
      */
     public static int getPartnerIndex (int pidx)
     {
-        return pidx ^ 1;
+        return pidx ^ 2;
     }
     
     /**
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class TrickCardGameUtil
      */
     public static int getTeamMemberIndex (int tidx, int midx)
     {
-        return tidx * 2 + midx;
+        return (midx << 1) | tidx;
     }
     
     /**
@@ -82,15 +82,9 @@ public class TrickCardGameUtil
     public static int getNextInClockwiseSequence (int pidx)
     {
         //   0
-        // 2   3
-        //   1
-        switch (pidx) {
-            case 0: return 3;
-            case 1: return 2;
-            case 2: return 0;
-            case 3: return 1;
-            default: return -1;
-        }
+        // 3   1
+        //   2
+        return (pidx + 1) & 3;
     }
     
     /**
@@ -103,7 +97,7 @@ public class TrickCardGameUtil
      */
     public static int getRelativeLocation (int pidx1, int pidx2)
     {
-        return RELATIVE_LOCATIONS[pidx1][pidx2];
+        return (pidx2 - pidx1) & 3;
     }
     
     /**
@@ -112,7 +106,7 @@ public class TrickCardGameUtil
      */
     public static int getLeftIndex (int pidx)
     {
-        return getNextInClockwiseSequence(pidx);
+        return (pidx + 1) & 3;
     }
     
     /**
@@ -121,7 +115,7 @@ public class TrickCardGameUtil
      */
     public static int getRightIndex (int pidx)
     {
-        return getNextInClockwiseSequence(pidx) ^ 1;
+        return (pidx + 3) & 3;
     }
     
     /**
@@ -130,7 +124,7 @@ public class TrickCardGameUtil
      */
     public static int getOppositeIndex (int pidx)
     {
-        return pidx ^ 1;
+        return pidx ^ 2;
     }
     
     /**
@@ -198,9 +192,4 @@ public class TrickCardGameUtil
         }
         return highest;
     }
-    
-    /** The locations of the other players for each player index. */
-    protected static final int[][] RELATIVE_LOCATIONS = {
-        {BOTTOM, TOP, RIGHT, LEFT}, {TOP, BOTTOM, LEFT, RIGHT},
-        {LEFT, RIGHT, BOTTOM, TOP}, {RIGHT, LEFT, TOP, BOTTOM} };
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/TeamGameConfig.java b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/TeamGameConfig.java
index 72bd4c08f..7944d3648 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/TeamGameConfig.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/data/TeamGameConfig.java
@@ -24,15 +24,14 @@ package com.threerings.parlor.game.data;
 import com.threerings.parlor.data.TableConfig;
 
 /**
- * Provides additional information for games with fixed teams.
+ * Provides additional information for games with teams.
  */
 public interface TeamGameConfig extends TableConfig
 {
     /**
-     * Returns the number of players on the first n-1 of n teams.  For
-     * instance, a game with four players in two partnerships would
-     * return { 2 }, indicating that players 0 and 1 are partnered
-     * against players 2 and 3.
+     * Returns the members of each team.  For instance, a game with three
+     * players in two teams--players 0 and 2 versus player 1--would return
+     * { {0, 2}, {1} }.
      */
-    public int[] getTeamCounts ();
+    public int[][] getTeamMemberIndices();
 }