Bidding (cards) Bidding (cards) Bidding is the process in many card games, such as Skat, Pinochle, Binokel, Bridge, Solo Whist, Préférence, L’Hombre, Bauernschnapsen and most types of Tarock, whereby players vie to be able to specify the type of contract, the trump cards and/or to be able to pick up a set of face-down cards known variously, for example, as the talon, skat, dabb. Players may raise the bid (by bidding a higher contract or point value) until the highest bidder is determined when the others all say "pass". Bidding may be done in successive pairs as in Skat (in the sequence:
Games played with Go equipment Games played with Go equipment Many games can be played with Go equipment: a supply of white and black "stones" and a board with 19×19 intersections, other than Go and many more can be played with minor modification. Games that can be played without modification on the intersections of a 19×19 Go board include: Games that can be played without modification on the intersections of a Go board reduced in size (perhaps by masking the unwanted sections with paper or tape) include: Games that can be played without modification on the "squares" of a Go board reduced in size include: