German Whist
Whist for two. Win good cards from the stock, then win the tricks that count. 2 players.
How to play German Whist
- 1Whist for two. Each player gets 13 cards; the rest form a face-down stock with its top card turned up. That first turned-up card's suit is trump for the whole hand.
- 2The non-dealer leads. Follow suit if you can; if you can't, play anything. The highest trump wins the trick, or else the highest card of the suit led. Aces are high.
- 3While the stock lasts, the trick's winner takes the turned-up card and the loser takes the next card, face down, without showing it. Then the next card is turned up and the winner leads. Those first 13 tricks don't count: they're a fight for good cards.
- 4Once the stock is gone, the last 13 tricks are played with the cards you've built up, and these are the tricks that count. Everything played is in plain sight, so a sharp player knows exactly what the other holds.
- 5Whoever takes more of the last 13 tricks scores the difference (9 to 4 scores 5). The first to 10 points wins. If 8 hands go by first, the higher score wins.
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