Published card games
Knock-out Whist
Knock-out Whist is a card game released in 1800. It is played with 2 to 7 players, from age 6 and in about 15 minutes.
- players
- 2–7
- minutes
- 15
- years
- 6+
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The box
- Year of release
- 1800
- Also known as
- Knockout Whist
About the game
Knock-out whist or knockout whist is a member of the whist family known by a variety of names including trumps in Britain, reduction whist, diminishing whist (from the way one fewer card is dealt each hand) and rat. It is often simply called whist by players who are unfamiliar with the game formally known as whist. It is a basic trick-taking game and is a good way to teach the concept of tricks to children.Information from Marquoir’s game database, which cross-checks several open sources. Spotted a mistake? Write to us from the Contact page.