Talk:Trick-taking game

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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...

Contents 1 control 2 Playing order 3 Taking tricks 4 Article section order 5 History

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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)