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Oh hell or contract whist is a trick-taking card game of British origin in which the object is to take exactly the number of tricks bid. [ a ] It was first described by B. C. Westall around 1930 and originally called oh! well . [ 1 ]
The game's name, which means "raw flower" serves a mnemonic for the sequence in Gujarati (kari, chukat, falli, lal). [1] The game continues for as many rounds as possible according to the number of players, i.e. for 6 players 8 rounds can be played before running out of cards. Each player is dealt the designated number of cards for the round.
In many games such as hearts and oh hell, all players play individually against each other. In many four-player games such as bridge, euchre and spades, the players sitting opposite to each other form a fixed partnership. Some games such as pinochle are commonly played with or without partnerships, depending on the number of players.
The following games are played with German-suited packs of 32, 33 or 36 cards. Some are played with shortened packs e.g. Schnapsen. German-suited packs are common, not just in Germany, but in Austria and Eastern Europe.
Oh hell, oh pshaw, or nomination whist – game for three to seven players in which the number of cards dealt is usually increased or decreased by one in each successive deal. Israeli whist – game related to oh hell, in which one tries to bid the exact number of tricks one will take. [18]
Wizard is a trick-taking card game for three to six players designed by Ken Fisher of Toronto, Ontario in 1984. [7] The game was first printed commercially in June 1986. [1] [9] The game is based on oh hell.
Romanian whist is a game for 3 to 6 players (best for 4). Each player plays alone. From a standard deck use 8 cards for every player (24 for 3 players, 32 for 4 players and so on, to 48 for 6 players).
Clag Scottish rules scoresheet. Note bids in smaller text. Clag is a trick-taking card game using a standard pack of 52 French-suited playing cards.It is similar to oh hell, and can be played by three to seven players.