To determine these partnerships, each player should cut a card from a shuffled, face down deck. If there are an even number of players (more than two), the players will be divided into a number of two person partnerships.
With two players, each player also plays for himself and the play alternates between each player who should sit across from each other at the table. The format of the game and style of play is dependent on if there are an odd or even number of players:įor an odd number of players, there are no partnerships and each player plays for himself and may sit anywhere around the table. Scotch Whist is designed to be played by from two to eight participants. This game is also commonly called Catch the Ten due to the players attempts to capture high point value trump cards in tricks, such as the ten. Although having Whist in the name, Scotch or Scottish Whist is more related to the Skat family of games (being of Germanic origin) than it is to Whist.
