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we actually call this Whist, with the 1 carded part cards on forehead.
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Posted 2008-July-17, 18:05
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2008-July-17, 20:34
I know something similar called German Bridge, which we used to play after lessons in high school....
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Posted 2008-July-18, 00:05
I also know this game under different names, Farmer Bridge is the most usual (I learned is as Selbu Whist in my youth - Selbu is a small place close to Trondheim).
With one card I'm used to putting this face up on your forehead, so anyone else might see your card.
All make their bids simultaneously in our version.
With one card I'm used to putting this face up on your forehead, so anyone else might see your card.
All make their bids simultaneously in our version.
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Posted 2008-July-24, 02:52
We used to play the round of one so that everyone was dealer for this round once, so for 5 players that would b 5 rounds of one in a row before going back up.
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Posted 2008-July-24, 03:00
In the variation I played, there were 10 rounds, with each player getting dealt the number of cards equal to the round number, and trumps alternating sequentially. I can't remember the exact order, but it was something like ♦s, ♥s, ♣s, ♠s, NT for the 1st 5, and the same order again for the next 5.
I had a quick look through the wikipedia article and didn't see that variation being described there. Nor did I see 'Misere' as one of the game's names. Strange.
I had a quick look through the wikipedia article and didn't see that variation being described there. Nor did I see 'Misere' as one of the game's names. Strange.
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Posted 2008-July-24, 05:02
brianshark, on Jul 24 2008, 10:00 AM, said:
In the variation I played, there were 10 rounds, with each player getting dealt the number of cards equal to the round number, and trumps alternating sequentially. I can't remember the exact order, but it was something like ♦s, ♥s, ♣s, ♠s, NT for the 1st 5, and the same order again for the next 5.
Yeah, that's what our family plays too (♥-♣-♦-♠-NT), except that the number of cards decreases from 10 to 1. We call it "contract whist".
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Posted 2008-July-24, 10:01
Mr. Dodgy, on Jul 17 2008, 07:09 AM, said:
A variation we use applies when there is only one card dealt to each player, whereby the player shows their card to all the other players by placing it face-out on their forehead without seeing it themselves until after having made their bid.
Do you still require dealer to change his bid if the total bids are one?