Call-ace whist (Danish: Esmakker Whist) or Danish whist is a card game for four players playing in variable partnerships. It is the most popular form...
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known as Scotch whist) – two to eight players, 36 cards related to the ace–ten family. Danish whist or call-ace whist. Combines several whist variants, including...
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Bid whist is a partnership trick-taking variant of the classic card game whist. As indicated by the name, bid whist adds a bidding element to the game...
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the first 12 tricks is to add a particular card to your hand. Also called Chinese whist, it is probably of British origin. There are several variations of...
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Catch the ten (redirect from Scotch Whist)
Catch the ten, also called Scots whist or Scotch whist, is an 18th-century point-trick ace–ten card game that is recorded as being played only in Scotland...
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other team labeled as "Them". In this game, the ace is high. Minnesota whist is also known as Norwegian whist, as it was brought to the Upper Midwest by Norwegian...
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declarer, could choose a partner by calling an Ace. This principle has since been transferred to Call-Ace Whist (Esmakkerwhist). Skærvindsel came to Denmark...
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number of tricks taken, as in plain-trick games such as contract bridge, whist, and spades, or to the value of the cards contained in taken tricks, as...
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Oh hell (redirect from Crazy Whist)
originally called oh! well, but is often known as contract whist in Britain and, less commonly, as nomination whist, while American sources call it oh pshaw...
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Spades (card game) (redirect from Call Bridge)
descendant of the whist family of card games, which also includes bridge, hearts, and oh hell. Its major difference as compared to other whist variants is that...
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