Welcome to the Table

If you grew up around a Bid Whist table, you already know the sound this website is trying to make: cards snapping on a tablecloth, somebody hollering about a renege that absolutely did not happen, and your auntie sliding the winning book across the table without even looking at it.

Bid Whist Forever is that table, online. Not a generic card app with a new coat of paint — a home built for this game and the people who love it.

What’s live right now

• The real game — Uptown, Downtown, and No Trump, dealt out 13 cards apiece with no kitty. Play free in your browser, no account required.
• Guided lessons — never played? The app teaches you hand by hand, the way family does.
• Venues that look like home — Grandma’s dining room, the front porch, fish fry Friday, homecoming weekend.
• An economy with soul — earn coins for playing, gems for winning, and shop items that will make Ohio folks smile.

What’s coming

Family tables so you can play with your actual family, tournaments with real bragging rights, and an iPhone app that’s already in testing. This site is where we’ll tell you about all of it.

Pull up a chair. Family’s waiting.