Whist: Bid & Take

Call trump, then call your number. Take exactly that many tricks against three bots that never see your cards. No ads, no accounts, works offline.

Call trump, then call your number. Four players each predict exactly how many of the 13 tricks they'll take, and the predictions can never add up to 13. Every hand, somebody is going to miss. Make sure it isn't you.

HOW A HAND GOES • Bid for trump. Name a number of tricks, from 5 to 13, and a suit, or pass. The highest bid picks trump. • Predict. Starting with the trump winner, each player says how many tricks they'll take, in turn and in the open. The last player can't make the total 13. • Play. Follow suit if you can. Take exactly your number and score (bid × bid) + 10. Every trick over or under costs 10. Sometimes the best card is the one that loses the trick.

THE BOTS Botti, Droidi and Chati see only their own cards and what's been played, the same as you. Before every card, each one deals out dozens of ways the hidden cards could lie and plays whatever scores best across them. They will duck a trick they don't need, and they will set you when you overbid.

ON YOUR IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC • Drag a card onto the table, or tap to lift it and tap again. Cards you can't play are dimmed. • The table scales to fit an iPad screen or a Mac window. • A hint when you want one, a look back at the last trick, and Turbo when you want the bots to hurry. • Your scorecard is saved between sessions.

No ads, no accounts, no in-app purchases. Nothing leaves your device, and it plays offline.