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- **Ultimate Bid Whist**
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- **by**
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- **Arthur Crump**
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- **Table of Contents**
- **=================**
- 1. Getting Started
- a. How to Play Bid Whist
- b. Requirements
- c. Installation & Setup
- d. Starting Ultimate Bid Whist
- 2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support
- 3. How to Contact Us
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- **1. Getting Started**
- **==================**
-
- **a. How to Play Bid Whist**
- **------------------------**
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- There are many variations of the game of Bid Whist,
- Ultimate Bid Whist is one variation. While classical
- Bid Whist is played with four players, this is a two
- handed version with a human player playing against a
- computer opponent.
-
- Each player is dealt 12 cards. The Human player is
- allowed the first bid, or pass. The player who wins
- the bid, also wins the six card 'kitty'. The player
- then chooses six cards from either the kitty or
- their hand to 'throw away'.
-
- Bid Whist is played with both the jokers, if your
- playing uptown, the Big Joker is the highest card in
- the trump suite, followed by the Little Joker. If your
- playing downtown, the Big Joker is the lowest card in
- the trump suite, followed by the Little Joker.
-
- The goal of Bid Whist is to obtain a score of +7 or
- force your opponent to score -7. Points are made by
- bidding on the number of 'books' or winning hands
- you feel you will be able to turn above the first
- 6 books.
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- For example, if you bid 3 uptown Hearts, your
- guessing that you can win 9 hands out of a total
- 13. If you win the 9 hands, you gain 3 points,
- however, if you don't win the 9 hands you lose 3 points.
- You win 1 additional point for each point over your
- bid, so if a player bids 3 and wins 10 hands, they
- win a total of 4 points.
-
- If a player has, for instance, more Heart cards than
- any other trump then it would be advantageous to bid
- in the Heart suite. If a player has a lot of face cards
- then they would want to bid high, or uptown.
-
- A player also has the option of bidding No Trump suite.
- This means that the player has many low (Ace, 1, 2, 3)
- or high (Ace, King, Queen) cards spread out over many
- suites. With No Trump the bidding is doubled. If a
- player bids 4, downtown, No Trump and wins 10 hands
- then 8 points will be added to their score. Likewise
- if a player does not win 10 hands, their score will be
- subtracted by 8 points.
-
- The player who wins the bid automatically is given one
- point and becomes the lead player, and the other player
- must play whatever suite the lead player starts with.
- Afterwards, the player who wins the hand gets to choose
- the lead suite, and the other player must play that
- suite.
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- If you run out of cards in the suite the lead player
- has played, you have an option of putting out a card
- from another suite. You can win the hand by playing a
- card from the trump suite, otherwise the lead player
- wins the hand.
-
- **b. System Requirements**
- **----------------------**
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- To run Ultimate Bid Whist, you'll need the following system:
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- An IBM-compatible, 386 or better computer
- Two Megabytes of RAM
- A VGA monitor
- Windows 3.1, or Windows 95
- Hard Disk with two Megabytes free
- Mouse
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- You'll have more fun with these recommended additions:
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- Pentium processor
- Four Megabytes of RAM
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- **c. Installation and Setup**
- **-------------------------**
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- 1. To get started with Ultimate Bid Whist on a hard disk:
- a. Insert the Ultimate Bid Whist disk in your
- floppy disk drive ('A', or 'B')
- b. From Windows 'run' A:\setup or B:\setup" and press
- Enter.
- c. Follow the screen directions.
-
- **d. Starting Ultimate Bid Whist**
- **------------------------------**
-
- To start the game, double click on the Ultimate Bid Whist
- icon in Windows.
-
- **2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support**
- **======================================**
-
- If you have a problem, chances are you can fix it without
- needing to get help. Try the following:
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- If the game says you have insufficient memory, or if it crashes,
- try rebooting without loading any TSR programs, such as your
- disk cache.
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- If the screen is to dark to see, try turning up the brightness
- on your monitor.
-
- If you are unable to fix your problems, try contacting us via
- electronic mail: **ao545@lafn.org**. Make sure you include
- your computer configuration and what you were trying to do when
- you encountered the problem. Also include any error messages
- that were displayed.
-
- **3. How to Contact Us**
- **====================**
-
- Write to:
-
- **AGCrump**
- **24708 Wisteria Lane**
- **Moreno Valley, CA 92557**
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- E-mail:
-
- **ao545@lafn.org**
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- Ultimate Bid Whist is Copyright (c) 1996-1998 Arthur Crump
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