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Gongor Whist box art
2008 Ranked #17,792

Gongor Whist

A solo trick-taking game where players bid against a dummy hand while trump can change randomly from trick to trick. The challenge is completing every possible bid without repeating one.

Card Game Print & Play Trick-taking Players: Games with Solitaire Rules

Players

1-2

Play time

Not listed

Age

?+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

6.31

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Gongor Whist is a solitaire trick-taking game in which you try to win tricks against a dummy hand. The trump is randomly determined by flipping over an Ace, but with every trick you have the option of randomly determining a new trump.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Trick-taking

Play one card each and award the trick according to suit and rank rules.
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Gongor Whist is a solitaire trick-taking game in which you try to win tricks against a dummy hand. The trump is randomly determined by flipping over an Ace, but with every trick you have the option of randomly determining a new trump. Each pass through the deck is two hands; each hand uses about half the cards. The goal is to successfully make all the possible bids without repeating any of them. Rules at the Decktet Wiki

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Category

2
Card Game Print & Play

Mechanism

1
Trick-taking

Family

3
Players: Games with Solitaire Rules Players: Solitaire Only Games Series: Decktet Games

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Game and edition data

All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
2
Play time
10 min
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
P. D. Magnus

Artists

1
P. D. Magnus

Publishers

1
(Web published)

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