+ Welcome to KnockOutWhist! In this game you have to "knock-out" your opponents until you are the last player standing. + Do you have what it takes to be crowned the champion? +
+A standard 52-card pack is used.
+In each suit, cards rank from highest to lowest: **A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2**.
+The dealer deals seven cards to each player. One card is turned up to determine the trump suit for the round.
+The deal rotates clockwise. The player who took the most tricks in the previous hand selects the trump suit. If there's a tie, players cut cards to decide who calls trumps. **One fewer card is dealt in each successive hand until the final hand consists of one card each.**
+The player to the dealer's left (eldest hand) leads the first trick. Any card can be led. Other players must follow suit if possible. A player with no cards of the suit led may play any card.
+ +The highest card of the suit led wins, **unless** a trump is played, in which case the highest trump wins. The winner of the trick leads the next.
+ +Some rules disallow leading trumps before the suit has been 'broken' (a trump has been played to the lead of another suit). Leading trumps is always permissible if a player holds only trumps.
+At the end of each hand, any player who took no tricks is knocked out and takes no further part in the game.
+ +The game is won when a player takes all the tricks in a round, as all other players are knocked out, leaving only one player remaining.
+ +The first player who takes no tricks is awarded a "dog's life". In the next hand, that player is dealt one card and can decide which trick to play it to. Each time a trick is played the dog may either play the card or knock on the table and wait to play it later. If the dog wins a trick, the player to the left leads the next and the dog re-enters the game properly in the next hand. If the dog fails, they are knocked out.
+- Are you ready to play? Please select a lobbyname of your choice, the amount of players you want - to play with and you are ready to go! -
-+ Are you ready to play? Please select a lobbyname of your choice, the amount of players you want + to play with and you are ready to go! +
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