Solo Whist
Interest Group leader: Margaret Morrison
Meeting information (frequency, dates / times): Meets on Thursday evenings.
Meeting venue: Ruislip.
Solo Whist is a plain trick game with trumps and bidding, closely related to the more elaborate and now obsolete game of Boston. Solo Whist is mainly played in Britain, having been introduced from the low countries in the late nineteenth century; it is also played to some extent in Australia and New Zealand.
There are four players, each ultimately playing for themselves, though they form temporary alliances - one against three or two against two - for each hand.
A standard 52 card pack is used, the cards in each suit ranking from high to low: A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2.
Suitable for all levels.