Bid Whist Challenge
Players are dealt a total of 12 cards. The remaining 6 cards are dealt face down into the 'Kitty'. Each player will bid starting clockwise from the dealer (dealer bids last). The bid consists of a bid number and description. The bid number is the number of tricks (books) a player believes his partnership can achieve over 6. For example, a bid of 4 = 10 books.
The bid description indicates a bid direction (High or Low) or whether the bid is a 'No' trump. A bid direction of High (Uptown) indicates A,K,Q... are the highest value cards. A bid direction of Low (Downtown, Special) indicates A,2,3... are the highest value cards. A 'No' trump bid indicates that each suit has equal weight and the lead card can not be 'cut'. The bid direction of a 'No' bid is specified after winning the bid.Bid numbers can range from 3
- 7. The Option screen gives the player the option of playing with a minimum of 3 or 4.Bid descriptions have the following weights: 'No' > 'Low' > 'High'. The Option screen allows the player to play make 'Low' and 'High' equal in weight: 'No' > 'Low' = 'High'.
The highest bidder indicates a 'trump' suit or in the case of a 'No' bid indicates the direction (High/Low). The jokers become the highest value cards in the indicated 'trump' suit. For example, if Diamonds were called as 'trump' the highest value cards for a 'High' direction would be: Big Joker, Little Joker, A, K,... In the case of a 'No' bid, the Big Joker and Little Joker have no value and should be discarded as soon as possible.
The bid winner will start play as the lead player. The remaining players must play a card in the same suit as the lead card if available. If the player does not have a card in that suit they may play another suit. The highest value card in the lead suit wins the sequence unless a trump card is played in which case the highest trump card wins the sequence. The winner of the sequence will be the lead player in the following sequence.
Game Options
Practice Mode: The computer will not bid. Allowing the player to always win bid and practice different plays.Scoring
- Conventional and Progressive: With Conventional scoring the bid winner may go into negatives if the bid is not acheived. Progressive scoring will award points to the opposition team if the bid is not achieved.
Category : Card
Reviews (27)
Awesome. Only downside is playing entire game whether you have won or lost. Maybe an option to quit after a win or lost. Love that it is obviously by an African American. AWESOME
The maker is not a true bid whist player. Picks up partner's trumps unnecessarily. Doest play winning cards to allow partner to throw off. Very frustrating sometimes. Makes unnecessary bids. Will bid 5 and barely have a 4 hand.
Pretty good game but your partner does some of the dumbass moves that will make you lose, makes me want to slap them. my partner has gotten worst loses every bid.
This is one of the worst playing bid games I have tried. Your partner does not read signals. It plays like spades and any true bid player would dislike this game.
Bossman best game I've ever played in my whole entire life! Stop hating!
want to bid lower than the minimun of 4 want to bid 3
This is the closest app I've found that really knows how Bid Whist is played.
Great fun it you liked player card
Great way to occupy time.
Deals are not truly random.
Have fun. I do!
I like the game ! My Friends when seeing the celibration after winning all the tricks went immediately to the play store to order it! Please update!
This game is mediocre. If you LOVE Bidwhist or even Whist, RUN to the play/app store & download Bid Whist Plus! It's the best! 😊
Entirely too many ads. Partner algorhythym is innefective.
Don't like the ads rather pay for the game
Love this app
Very Challenging!!! Addictive, I Love It!!!
GET RID OF THE ADS!!!! Great app otherwise.
Best game i ever see recently in android. I would say this doveloper should re-design all android Apps
Great game have been playing this game of bid whist since I was 13 years old
It cheats ...plays cards already played
Plays like I do... Like the celebrations!
Players made some realistic moves. I'm gonna get better with this
Unable to tell who is my partner but nice game,would b nice to b recognize for a Boston
If you like bid whist give this one a try. Fun for both beginners and polished players.
The game was a lot of fun. You have to play it.
I agree. The "them," side work well together, but my partner seems to try to sabotage our turn when it appears we are winning. This game has been revamped because it wasn't like this before. The remake is terrible. My partner will bid a "no trump" and throw out a card that is guaranteed to lose just so the other side can catch up. The old version would never have done that. Also, for NO Trumps, my partner would throw out the succeeding card that I need to run a train or suit without me having to wonder who has the next card in my suit. This version, my partner holds on and then throws off to another suit which can cause you to lose the Trump. So studpid. Bring back the old version!