The 36-card pack and Ace-Ten scoring scheme with Tens low suggest a certain antiquity and German origins, but the game is first recorded in a farce by James Stewart in 1779, where one of the Scottish students in a tavern suggests "we have a game, at Catch the Ten", noting that there are "just Six o'us". Despite its alternative name, it has nothing to do with standard Whist. In the trump suit, the Jack is the highest card. Unlike standard Whist, it is played with a pack of only 36 cards, the 5s and below being omitted. ![]() ![]() Catch the Ten, also called Scots Whist or Scotch Whist, is an 18th-century point-trick, Ace-Ten card game which is recorded as being played only in Scotland, although evidence suggests a possible German origin.
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