Classic Bid Whist 4+
Partnership Bid Whist
Coppercod Ltd
Designed for iPad
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- 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 2.5.1
Thank you for playing Classic Bid Whist! This version includes:
- Stability and performance improvements
Ratings and Reviews
Sporting the Kitty
I have never seen an online Bid Whist game where you show what is in the kitty like many people do in real games. This is the best one so far however I am not sure why it doesn’t start pulling trump first. It is hard to win when your partner gets cut with a trump card they didn’t pull.
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!
Beautiful but missing some rules
Paid 3 bucks to remove ads and support the dev since it’s a great app.
Bid whist has been a tradition in my family for generations so it is awesome to play this for practice.
Fantastic visuals and sound effects. Reminds me of KOTOR!
I was pleased to see these rules that we play with:
- No jokers
- Sporting the kitty
However, some other rules that we play with are missing:
- forced four: someone must bid at least 4, which may be forced to the last bidder
- point only bids: uptown/downtown/no trump is not part of the bid
- dealer steals kitty: the dealer may take the kitty at the highest bid
- follow the leader: kitty recipient chooses uptown/downtown/no trump after the discard and plays the first card
- setting team scores: if the setting team sets, they score the bid plus 1 point for every 2 extra books won
- win target: 21
- negative scoring: off
It would be awesome if these could be implemented!
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Information
- Seller
- Coppercod Ltd
- Size
- 49.2 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2021 Coppercod Ltd
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Classic Bid Whist Premium $2.99