About Classic Bid Whist Card Game
Classic Bid Whist Card Game — play Bid Whist offline against computer players. No internet required. No sign-up. Enjoy a classic four-player partnership trick-taking card game with optional bidding hints, improved...
Classic Bid Whist Card Game — play Bid Whist offline against computer players.
No internet required. No sign-up. Enjoy a classic four-player partnership trick-taking card game with optional bidding hints, improved computer players, advanced partnership bidding, Uptown, Downtown, No Trump, kitty play, custom rules, stats, trick review and hand replays.
Bid Whist is all about choosing the right contract, working with your partner, managing trump, sporting the kitty and winning enough books to make your bid.
Why you’ll like Classic Bid Whist
• Play Bid Whist offline
• No account or sign-up required
• Optional bidding hints with explanations
• Improved bidding and card play, especially on Hard difficulty
• Signal bids for advanced partnership bidding
• Sacrifice bids for important endgame situations
• Four-player partnership gameplay
• Easy, Medium and Hard computer players
• Uptown, Downtown and No Trump contracts
• Extensive custom rule options
• Stats tracking
• Review previous tricks
• Replay completed hands from bidding or play
• Claim guaranteed winning tricks
• AutoPlay options
• Show starting hands option
• Five card-face color palettes
• Clear cards and smooth play
• Portrait and landscape support
Choose your rules
• Bidding hints: on or off
• Signal bids: on or off
• Sacrifice bids: on or off
• Must discard Joker first: on or off
• Bid styles: Uptown, Downtown and No Trump
• Minimum bid: 3 or 4
• Win target: 7 or 14
• Jokers: 0, 1 or 2
• Sporting the kitty: always, when trump is nominated, or never
• Downtown beats Uptown: on or off
• End hand when set: on or off
• Boston bonus: on or off
• No Trump bonus: on or off
• AI difficulty: Easy, Medium or Hard
• AutoPlay: final trick, one legal move, or off
• Show starting hands: never, from review, or always
• Card-face colors: Standard, Classic Four-Color, Tournament, Heirloom or High Visibility
Learn as you play
Optional bidding hints suggest a bid directly from the bidding panel and explain the reasoning behind it. They can help new players understand how hand strength, jokers, long suits, partner signals and the current auction affect a bidding decision.
With Signal Bids enabled, computer players can use low opening bids to share information with their partner and can understand signals made by either their computer partner or the player.
Sacrifice Bids introduce more advanced endgame decisions. A computer player may deliberately overcall when an opponent’s current contract could win the game, but only when losing the sacrifice would keep its own team in contention.
How Bid Whist works
Players bid the number of books they expect their partnership to win above six, or pass. Bids can be Uptown, Downtown or No Trump. The winning bidder chooses the contract, takes the kitty, discards and then tries to win enough books with their partner.
For Uptown and Downtown contracts, the winning bidder sets the trump suit. For No Trump contracts, the winning bidder sets the direction. Players must follow suit if possible. If they cannot follow suit, they may play any card, including trump.
The bidding team scores when it makes its contract and loses points when it is set. The first team to reach the target score—or force its opponents down to the negative target—wins.
Built for comfortable play
Classic Bid Whist is designed for learning, quick games and repeated practice, with optional bidding hints, clear cards, adjustable speed, claim and AutoPlay options, stats tracking, trick review and completed-hand replays.
Play offline anytime — no internet, no sign-up, just Bid Whist.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Classic Bid Whist Card Game since it was posted on our website on 2023-10-02 20:41:14.
The latest version is 3.3.4 and it was updated on 2026-10-11 00:36:46. See below the changes in each version.
Classic Bid Whist Card Game version 3.3.4
Updated At: 2026-09-28
Changes: - Fixed bug where AI players could make a 3 level signal bid when minimum bid of 4 was set
- Added "by mode" stats to the stats page
- Added Boston counts to the stats page
- Updated How to Play, Stats and Settings page styles
- Updated the welcome screen and the update message styling
Classic Bid Whist Card Game version 3.3.3
Updated At: 2026-09-07
Changes: - Added "by mode" stats to the stats page
- Added Boston counts to the stats page
- Updated How to Play, Stats and Settings page styles
- Updated the welcome screen and the update message styling
Classic Bid Whist Card Game version 3.2.9
Updated At: 2026-08-20
Changes: Bug fix: Correct font sizing issue for devices that use larger font sizes
Bid Whist has received a major strategy update:
• Request optional bidding hints with clear explanations
• Enable Signal Bids for more advanced partnership bidding
• Enable Sacrifice Bids for smarter endgame decisions
• Use the Must Discard Joker First tournament rule in No Trump
• Enjoy substantially improved bidding and card play, especially on Hard difficulty
Classic Bid Whist Card Game version 3.2.7
Updated At: 2026-07-29
Changes: Bid Whist has received a major strategy update:
• Request optional bidding hints with clear explanations
• Enable Signal Bids for more advanced partnership bidding
• Enable Sacrifice Bids for smarter endgame decisions
• Use the Must Discard Joker First tournament rule in No Trump
• Enjoy substantially improved bidding and card play, especially on Hard difficulty
Find the new options under Settings → Gameplay Options.
Thanks for playing Bid Whist!
Classic Bid Whist Card Game version 3.1.7
Updated At: 2026-06-20
Changes: • Improved AI partnership play: players are now less likely to take a trick their partner already has covered.
Classic Bid Whist Card Game version 3.1.5
Updated At: 2026-06-09
Changes: Thanks for playing Bid Whist — here's what's new in this update:
- Improvements to the AI's third position card play
- More options for the card suit colors
- Refreshed artwork and general polish
- Stability and performance improvements
Classic Bid Whist Card Game version 3.0.7
Updated At: 2026-02-04
Changes: Thanks for playing Bid Whist — here's what's new:
- Four-color deck: clearer suits at a glance
- Mobile cards on all devices: thinner cards with larger numbers
- New card faces: fresh designs with improved contrast
- AutoPlay: plays a card for you when there's only one legal move (and on the final trick)
- Claim: claim the remaining tricks when all remaining cards are guaranteed winners
- Show starting hands: shows the starting hands of all players at the end of each round
Classic Bid Whist Card Game version 2.6.13
Updated At: 2025-04-17
Changes: Thank you for playing Bid Whist! This version includes:
- Stability and performance improvements
Classic Bid Whist Card Game version
Updated At: 2023-10-16
Changes: Thank you for playing Bid Whist! This version includes:
- A fix for occasional hanging on the splash screen when offline
- Stability and performance improvements
