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HOW TO PLAY SOME OTHER WHIST CARD GAMES

DUMMY WHIST

This is an adaptation of the game to 3 players. Four hands are dealt as usual, the extra hand or "dummy" being dealt opposite the dealer. The latter plays the dummy as well as his own hand against the two live opponents. Of course, dealer must be careful to play from his two hands in proper turn. He has a great advantage over his opponents, since he sees all 26 cards on his side. The fairest scoring is to play 3, 6, or 9 deals—each player having the same number of turns to deal—then the player with highest cumulative score is declared the winner.

BRIDGE WHIST

This is the same as basic Whist in the play, but has a number of complications arising from a different way of deciding trumps. No trump card is turned. The dealer may name trumps, if he wishes, or he may pass. If he does pass, his partner must name the trump. Any of the four suits may be named trumps, or the player may call "no trumps," meaning that the hand will be played without a trump suit. After the trump (or no trump) is named, either opponent may declare "I double." After such a double, either member of dealer's side may declare "I redouble" or "I double back." The sides may redouble alternately without limit, until one side quits. Then the cards are played. After the opening lead, by the player at left of the dealer, dealer's partner puts his hand face up on the table. The dealer then plays the "dummy" and his own hand, just as in Dummy Whist. The side winning a majority of the tricks scores each odd trick as follows:

If trumps were ________ sp   cl     dia   he    NT

Each odd trick counts______ 2     4      6      8     10

Each double or redouble that was made multiplies by 2 the score of the winners. Points are scored also for honors, but are kept separate from points for odd tricks. The side that first reaches 30 in odd tricks wins a game. The side that wins 2 out of 3 games wins a rubber, and earns a bonus of 100. The honor count is considerably "gingered up" over that of Whist. At a trump declaration, the honors are the 5 top trumps. They are scored thus: Side with 3 honors or chicane,

Multiply odd-trick value by 2 4 honors, divided between partners,

Multiply odd-trick value by 4 4 honors in one hand,

Multiply odd-trick value by    8

4  honors in one hand, 5th in partner's,

Multiply odd-trick value by   9

5  honors in one hand,

Multiply odd-trick value by 10

(The direction "Multiply odd-trick value by ..." gives the amount scored for the honors, which do not affect the scoring of the odd tricks.) Chicane is a hand without a trump. At no trump, the honors are the 4 Aces. They are scored:

Side with 3 Aces __________  30

4 Aces, divided__________ 40

4 Aces in one hand______ 100

If one side wins all 13 tricks, it scores a bonus of 40 for grand slam. For winning 12 tricks, a little slam, there is a bonus of 20. The score is kept on paper. The scoresheet is divided into two halves by a vertical line. All the scores for one side (WE) are entered in the left column, and the scores of the other (THEY) in the right. The sheet is also divided by a horizontal line, somewhat below the middle. Only odd-trick scores are entered "below the line," and they are accumulated to determine when a game (30) has been won. All other scores go "above the line." When the table breaks up, each column is added up to determine the grand total won by each side—for odd tricks, honors, slams, rubbers.

Related terms include kids card games and grass card game.