Whist is a trick taking standard deck playing card game that was played widely in the 18th and 19th centuries and is often mentioned in literature from that time period. The most basic …

Mar 4, 2019 · BGG description: "[…] The game is a quick to learn, easy to arrange, and fast-playing introduction to trick-taking games and serves as a good first step to learning to play …

A Very Civil Whist is a Strategic level historical board-wargame that puts you in the middle of one of the most turbulent periods in English history. In this game, you'll play as either the Royalists …

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A two-player derivative of Whist where players spend the first half of the game playing tricks to improve their hand, then the second half playing out that hand. Only half the deck is dealt, and …

Feb 8, 2012 · Bid Whist retains the majority of that classicality while adding two new common attributes of card gaming: bidding and alternate trick-taking. In bidding games, learning both to …

Whist-like card game where each hand is played high or low, and alway without trumps.

Apr 28, 2015 · Whist is an old game that was once much more popular than it is now. However, in the opinion of many, despite its many virtues, Whist suffered from one particularly glaring …

Apr 30, 2024 · Here is the place to find two-player variants of whist, or 2p card games which are fundamentally based on whist but departs a little or more. Also include are multi-player whist …

Dec 2, 2025 · Jeff takes a first look at the upcoming trick taking wargame A Very Civil Whist from Phalanx Games. Focusing on the first English Civil War, the game is based on German Whist …