WhistFun

Type of program: Card Game
Supported platforms: Windows
Author’s name: Malcolm Bain
Version: 1.5
Cost: $12
Installed size: 2MB

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Basically WhistFun is a mixture of Spades and Whist. In this game the trumps suit is not always spades, it changes with each hand dealt. You are also not penalized for gaining more tricks than you bid and you cannot bid zero tricks. Trumps may be played at any time when you cannot follow suit or are playing the lead card.

Each player is dealt 13 cards and trumps for that hand is shown in the top left hand corner of the screen. The dealer for each hand is decided at random and the player to the left of the dealer makes a bid on how many tricks he/she will make followed in a clockwise direction by the other players.

When it is your turn to make a bid you pick the number of tricks you expect to make.The bid of you and your pardner are added together same as the bids of the other team is. The player to the left of the dealer then leads a card. Any card at all can be played, including a trump. Others must then follow suit if they can. Otherwise they may trump to try and win the trick if they do not have the suit led.

The program will take care of scoring for you. The game is played to 300. You can change the speed the cards are played and change or add your name. You can find out which is the cleverest player after the game is registered. You can view your stats. In the demo you can play 10 runs, or times; then you must register this program.

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Reviewed by Stormy Strock

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