Minnesota Whist
No trump and no bidding. Lay a card face down: one black card makes it a hand for taking tricks, all red makes it a race to dodge them. 4 players, in partnerships.
How to play Minnesota Whist
- 1Four players in two partnerships; partners sit across from each other. Everyone gets 13 cards. There is no trump, and aces are high.
- 2To start each hand, everyone secretly picks one card and lays it face down. A black card means you'd like to play high (take tricks); a red card means you'd like to play low (avoid them).
- 3The cards are turned over one at a time, starting left of the dealer. The first black card to appear makes the hand high, and its owner is the caller; any cards after it stay hidden. If all four are red, the hand is played low. Everyone then picks their card back up.
- 4In a high hand, the player left of the caller leads first. In a low hand, the player left of the dealer leads. Follow the suit that was led if you can; if not, play anything. The highest card of the suit led wins, and the winner leads next.
- 5High hand: if the caller's side takes 7 or more tricks, they score 1 point for each trick past 6. If they fall short, the other side scores 2 points for each trick past 6.
- 6Low hand: the side that takes 7 or more tricks gives the other side 1 point for each trick past 6.
- 7The deal moves to the left each hand. The first side to reach 13 points wins.
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