Hey all. I'm glad a version of Oh Hell! is on BGA. But I'm wondering if it's possible to add a couple of options that would turn it into a game my family and I have played for decades: Back Alley Bridge.
As far as I can tell, the existing options allow the BGA implementation of Oh Hell! to come really close to Back Alley, except for two things:
As far as I can tell, the existing options allow the BGA implementation of Oh Hell! to come really close to Back Alley, except for two things:
- Back Alley is played in teams. So if there are four players, it's 2 v 2, and with six players it's 3 v 3. Bidding is individual and the team's bid is the total of the individual bids on the team.
- There are 54 cards with two jokers—a "big" joker and "little" joker. The jokers are the two high trumps. If the big joker is led, everyone on the other team has to play their largest trump.