Classic Bid Whist 4+

Partnership Bid Whist

Coppercod Ltd

Designed for iPad

    • 4.6 • 554 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Team up with one of our partner AIs to beat your opponents in Coppercod’s take on this classic card game.

One of Coppercod’s most requested games, Bid Whist is a classic quick-fire card game for four players playing in two teams.

Play now on your smartphone or tablet! Free to play. Track your stats and play with smart AIs.

Team up with one of our partner AIs to beat your opponents in Coppercod’s take on this classic card game.

Test your brain while you play and have fun!

To win, you and your partner must be the first pair to reach 7 points, or push your partners to fall to -7. Points are scored by the team that wins the bid, and they score one point per book they take over 6 if they meet or better their contract, but lose 1 point per bid over 6 tricks if they fail.

Bid Whist is a little more complex to learn, but rewarding as you improve your strategy over time to defeat your opponents. Uptown, downtown and 'no trump' bid types keep the landscape different every session. Choose between easy, medium and hard mode and make sure to track your all time and session stats to follow your improvement as you learn!

Make Bid Whist the perfect game for you with our customisable features!
● Turn the Boston bonus on or off
● Turn the No Trump bonus on or off
● Set to always sport the kitty, when a trump is set, or never sport the kitty
● Set the AI level to easy, medium or hard
● Set the number of jokers in play
● Choose normal or fast play
● Play in landscape or portrait mode
● Turn single click play on or off
● Replay the hand from either the bidding or the play
● Review each trick taken during the round

You can also customise your color themes and card decks to choose from to keep the landscape interesting!

Quickfire rules:
After the cards are dealt evenly between four players; the players, in turn, can pass or bid the number of books they believe their team can win above 6 (uptown for high cards, downtown for low cards or 'no trumps'). The winning bidder then decides which suit shall be trumps if an uptown/downtown bid was made, or which direction if a 'no trump' bid was made. The winning bidder then takes the kitty into their hand, which may be sported (turned face up) depending on your setting, and discards the number of cards contained in the kitty. The winning bidders are awarded the first book for taking the kitty.

Each player then plays one card in turn, following suit if they can. If they cannot follow suit they may play any other card in their hand, including a trump card. The aim for the winning bidding team is to take as many books as to at least win their contract. The other team is trying to win enough books to stop them.

At the end of each round, the winning bidders score either 1 point for every book they won over six if they met or bettered their contract, or lose their bid size in points if they failed to make their contract. The game is won when the first team reaches the win target of 7, or forces the opponents to drop to or below -7.

What’s New

Version 2.0.9

Thank you for playing Bid Whist! This version includes:
- A fix for cards not being drawn correctly after switching between apps
- Stability and performance improvements

Ratings and Reviews

4.6 out of 5
554 Ratings

554 Ratings

Unpredictable$ ,

More competitive

My parents played the game in tournaments. I refresh myself playing this game, but the simulated partner is predictable. I hate outbidding my partner to modify this problem probably will make the game a lot better thanks for the crash course.

issieT ,

No-Trump Blunders

This app is fun and I enjoy many stress-free hours of play. However, my partner doesn’t seem to know not to introduce new suits, especially when I obviously don’t have that suit and have thrown off on it. My partner has lost me many a game that way. If the partner cannot come back in the suit I introduced, I will play another suit to come back in. The programming should be engineered to recognize that. Also, I will look for gap cards in all my suits first so if I’m looking for the king of spades for instance, PLAY IT! Don’t let me lose the trick or you get to the point that you cannot come back in spades and make me lose the hand. Bottom line, I think the programmer needs a refresher in no-trump play rules!

Developer Response ,

Hi, thanks for the feedback!

The AI logic for No-Trump rounds is being worked on for the next update. We are currently collecting feedback on how it plays. If you could email more information about gaps in the AI logic to hello@coppercod.games it will really help us to improve the game. Thanks!

MsArcEteK ,

Some Bad Moves

I love playing this game but the owner really need to have the computer players make smarter moves. Some of the moves of my partner are just just really bad bid whist moves which have resulted in the loss of a book or even the game. That get frustrating because it is the same bad move all the time.

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