Oh Hell! - Contract Whist

Oh Hell! is the world’s most popular fast and fun variation of Contract Whist!

Oh Hell! is the one of the world’s most popular Whist-style card games, also known as Contract Whist, Oh Well!, German Bridge, Blackout or Up and Down the River. It is a fun, fast-paced game for card players of all skill levels.

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To win Oh Hell! you must score more points than your opponents. Points are scored by winning tricks, and by correctly predicting how many tricks you will win each round. The winner is the player with the highest points after a fixed number of rounds. There can be more than one winner.

Play standard rules, with options to make Oh Hell! the perfect card game for you:

● Choose between 3 and 7 players

● Set the 'Screw the Dealer' rule on or off

● Set the ‘Nil Bid Worth 5’ rule on or off

● Set the Trump suit to Alternate, Next Card or No Trumps

● Choose between four types of game: Up, Down, Up and Down or Down and Up

● Choose between easy, medium or hard mode

● Replay the round from either the bid or the play

● Review the previous hands in the round

● Choose normal or fast play

● Turn single click play on or off

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

Quickfire Rules

Oh Hell! follows the rules of standard trick-taking card games. A card is beaten either by a higher card of the same suit, or any trump card. Once a card is played, other players must play a card from the same suit. If they do not hold any cards from this suit, they may choose to Trump, playing any

trump card to win, or to Throw Away, playing any non-trump card to lose the trick.

Each trick scores one point, and correctly predicting how many tricks you will win at the bidding stage scores 10 points per round, or 5 if you bid 0 and the ‘Nil Bid Worth 5’ setting is switched on.

What's New in the Latest Version 4.3.1

Last updated on Jun 23, 2024

Thank you for playing Oh Hell! This version includes:
- Stability and performance improvements

Oh Hell! is a trick-taking card game for 3-6 players, where players bid on the number of tricks they believe they will take. The game is played with a standard 52-card deck.

Setup

* Players are dealt 10 cards each.

* The remaining cards are placed face down in a pile in the center of the table.

Bidding

* Starting with the player to the left of the dealer, each player bids on the number of tricks they believe they will take.

* Bids must be between 0 and 10.

* Players can pass if they do not believe they will take any tricks.

Gameplay

* The player to the left of the dealer leads with any card.

* Other players must follow suit if possible. If they cannot, they may play any card.

* The highest card of the suit led wins the trick. If a trump card is played, it wins the trick regardless of suit.

* The player who wins the trick leads the next card.

Scoring

* Players score points for each trick they take.

* If a player takes exactly the number of tricks they bid, they score 10 points.

* If a player takes more tricks than they bid, they score 1 point for each extra trick.

* If a player takes fewer tricks than they bid, they lose 1 point for each trick they missed.

* If a player bids 0 and takes no tricks, they score 10 points.

Winning

* The game is played over multiple rounds.

* The player with the highest score at the end of all rounds wins the game.

Variations

* Oh Hell! with Nil Bids: Players can bid "nil" if they believe they will not take any tricks. If they succeed, they score 10 points. If they fail, they lose 10 points.

* Oh Hell! with Trump: A trump suit is designated at the beginning of the game. Trump cards can win tricks regardless of suit.

* Oh Hell! with Penalties: Players who take more tricks than they bid are penalized by having to take the next trick.