Proposal and Acceptance This is the most basic contract. The value of the suits in descending order is When two contracts are equal in value, it is the trump suit that determines the highest contract. The mutual value of the contracts is determined by the points table. The contracts each have mutual values and the general rule is that each bid must be valued higher than the highest bid to date. The opponents try to fail the contract.Įach player can pick from a number of possible contracts. The player or team that wins the bidding undertakes a contract to win a certain number of tricks, or in specific cases, to avoid taking tricks. The bidding determines the teams, the trump suit and the objective. The bidding continues for as much circuits as necessary until the final contract is decided. The bidding begins with the player to dealer's left and subsequently continues clockwise. The bidding is subject to a lot of regional variations. Therefore, the dealer is indicated with the icon during each game. It is always the player to the left of the dealer who will be the first on turn. Subsequently the cards are dealt according to the pattern 4-4-5.Īlthough dealing is done by the computer, each player in turn fulfills the role of dealer. As is usual, the cards are not shuffled between deals, but only cut. On Whisthub, the cards are dealt by the computer. Players win or lose points per deal and the player with the most points at the end is the winner. Usually players agree to play a certain number of deals in advance, the number being a multiple of 4. This means there are no fixed teams as opposed to, for example, Bridge or Manille.

During the game, however, alliances can be formed that vary per deal.

OverviewĬolour Whist is played with 4 players, each ultimately playing for themselves. This is the main reason why the rules were largely derived from it. This website is an authority in the field of card games around the world. This means that the rules on Whisthub will probably not fully match the rules you use yourself. There are no official rules for Colour Whist and players often use their own set of rules.

This page provides an overview of the rules of Colour Whist as they are used on Whisthub.

Whist 3 person card game