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Oh hell or contract whist is a trick-taking card game of British origin in which the object is to take exactly the number of tricks bid. [a] It was first described by B. C. Westall around 1930 and originally called oh! well. [1] It was said to have been introduced into America via the New York clubs in 1931. [2]
The game is played in rounds, with each round having a different number of cards per hand [citation needed] and a different trump suit, progressing through spades, diamonds, clubs and hearts. The game's name, which means "raw flower" serves a mnemonic for the sequence in Gujarati ( kari , chukat , falli , lal ).
The following games are played with German-suited packs of 32, 33 or 36 cards. Some are played with shortened packs e.g. Schnapsen . German-suited packs are common, not just in Germany, but in Austria and Eastern Europe.
In a few games, the contract is fixed, normally a simple majority, less often based on certain cards captured during play, and players' bids are a wager of game points to be won or lost. In others, the bid is a number of tricks or card points the bidder is confident that they or their partnership will take.
Wizard is a trick-taking card game for three to six players designed by Ken Fisher of Toronto, Ontario in 1984. [7] The game was first printed commercially in June 1986. [1] [9] The game is based on oh hell.
JioPhone is a feature phone marketed by Jio which runs the KaiOS operating system. It supports 4G LTE network and comes with KaiOS.It was announced on 21 July 2017 during Reliance Industries' annual general meeting of that year [1] and released in August 2017.
PlayOK, also known as kurnik ("chicken coop"), is a website of classic board and card games to play online against live opponents in real-time. It was created in 2001 by Marek Futrega, and was initially a Polish-only website. As of early 2005 it supported over 30 board and card games, and the site is available in 33 languages so far.
Clag is a trick-taking card game using a standard pack of 52 French-suited playing cards. It is similar to oh hell, and can be played by three to seven players. Clag originated in the Royal Air Force and started as an acronym for Clouds Low Aircraft Grounded. [1] [2]