Oh Hell!
(1930)
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 10 and up. You can play with 3 to 7 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Predictive Bid und Trick-taking...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 30 |
| Minimum age: | 10 |
| Number of players: | 3 - 7 |
| Publisher: | (Public Domain), Are You Game?, Cadaco, Heraclio Fournier, Identity Games International B.V., Twinson Company, University Games |
| Designers: | Geoffrey Mott-Smith |
| Artists: | Unknown |
| Mechanics: | Predictive Bid, Trick-taking |
Oh Hell! is a trick taking standard deck playing card game. The object is for each player to bid the number of tricks they think they can take from each hand, then to take exactly that many; no more and no fewer. Points are awarded only for making the bid exactly, and are deducted for missing the bid, either over or under.
The hook is that at least one player will fail on each hand, because the total number of tricks bid by the players may not equal the number of tricks available on that hand.
Also known as Oh Pshaw and Blackout.
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Canyon
Alternative names:
Oh Hell!
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