Whist

Whist (a trick-taking game) is a classic game which was played widely in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was derived from the older game Ruff and Honours, and in the twentieth century, Bridge has displaced whist as the most popular card game internationally among serious card players. Nevertheless, whist continues to be played in Britain, often in local tournaments called "whist drives".

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Nowadays there are many other games called whist - the name has become attached to a wide variety of games based on classic whist, but often with some kind of bidding added, for example:

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• Knockout whist (a children's game in which a player who wins no trick is eliminated)
• Solo whist (played in Britain; a game where individuals can bid to win 5, 9 or 13 tricks or to lose every trick)
• Colour whist or Kleurwiezen (a Belgian game similar to Solo Whist, but more elaborate)
• Bid whist (a partnership game with bidding, played in the USA)
• Minnesota whist (in which there are no trumps, and hands can be played to win tricks or to lose tricks - also the very similar game of Norwegian Whist)
• Romanian whist (a game in which players try to predict the exact number of tricks they will take - similar to Oh Hell)
• Israeli whist (another game somewhat related to Oh Hell, in which one tries to bid the exact number of tricks one will take)
• German Whist (a British two-player adaptation of Whist without bidding)
• Boston (played in 19th century Europe, favored by Count Rostov in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace)
• Three-Handed "Widow" Whist (or Three-Handed Whist, an extra hand that is dealt just to the left of the dealer)
• Oh Hell (players bid on exactly how many tricks they will take going too high or too low is penalized

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