Talk:Trick-taking game

Basic Structure section

 * The player sitting one seat after the declarer

In the third paragraph the term declarer is introduced, but no explanation of what this means or how it is decided. Perhaps there is something missing between paragraph two and three? I'm not sure what needs added, maybe text from later in the article could be moved?  — M3TA  info  (  view  )  12:40, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Untitled
There's a better title for this surely? Unfortunately I'm too stupid to think of one. Mintguy

How are the linked games ordered ? Bridge, Whist, ... -- clearly not alphabetical :) -- ll

There's definitely a statement made by someone in the ordering...

control
I pulled this section because I couldn't find any examples other than Ambition. If it is the only example, then it doesn't deserve its own category.

UninvitedCompany 19:27, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

I removed it again. Here is the text in question for us to discuss:


 * Control games are trick-taking games which require control of some other aspect of the game. As this is a relatively new species of game, most of these are invented card games. One such game is  Ambition, a point-trick (see below) game wherein it is actually best to take the second-largest number of points. Other control games are point-trick-like games rewarding certain combinations of cards and punishing others.

UninvitedCompany 20:50, 10 May 2004 (UTC)

Playing order
The text seems to imply that everywhere outside the US, playing order is counterclockwise. Certainly this is not the case in, e.g., Sweden. Perhaps an actual example of a country with counterclockwise order would be better, if someone has such an example. -- Jao 15:06, 12 May 2004 (UTC)


 * Counterclockwise play is common in much of Asia, including China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam. I cannot comment on anywhere else in the world.  --EngineerScotty 00:04, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Taking tricks
Speaking as someone who has never played, or seen played, a trick-taking card game, what happens if two players play the same rank? E.g. I play three of hearts and you play three of diamonds? Also, is there a convention for whether aces are high or low?

The highest card of the suit led takes the trick. Aces are high in the games I know. So 3♥ (played first) takes the trick assuming no one plays a higher heart.

Article section order
In the Variations section there are was a peculiarity: The word trump is used in the Trick structure and Winning the trick sections before it is defined in the Trump section. I corrected the mistake by moving the trump section before the Trick structure section. Feel free to revert if there is a specific reason for the original order.

History
Article should include a section about the history of trick-taking games. (I don't know anything about it, though.) Azazell0 16:01, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Well it should, and did at one point. Dewatf 11:19, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Trump article
Currently trump directs to a disambiguation page, but I feel it should go to the article on the term as used for card games. [That Trump (card game) article needs a lot of work by the way.] Please add your opinions: Talk:Trump --Parsa (talk) 04:10, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Trick picture
The trick in the image appears very artificial - too uniformly arranged and symmetrical. Perhaps the article should show and caption several trick scenarios: (1) a high card won by the leading hand; (2) a high card won in other than the leading hand, all following suit and (3) a low suit card lead being trumped by partner; and (4) a high suit card being trumped by an opponent. --Newwhist (talk) 17:13, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Merge in from Follow suit
Klbrain (talk) 22:09, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

Slough vs sluff
It seems that these are just two different spellings of the same word, but both are used interchangeably in the article. Slough is used 7 times but only in one section, while sluff is used only twice but in two sections. I'd suggest changing to use one spelling, but noting the alternate spelling the first time the word is used.

97.91.248.206 (talk) 04:52, 10 April 2020 (UTC)