After the game one of the gentlemen came to me and said: "I don't like a five-handed game; suppose we split up and make two games.
Then we had a nice three-handed game, and as we were all first- class gentlemen there could not be anything wrong.
I was aboard the Sultana, bound for Louisville, and got into a five-handed game of poker.
When Jim came back, they were playing a single-handed game of poker.
Asiatic Researches, refers to the above essay, and considers the four-handed game described in the Sanskrit manuscript to be the most ancient form of chess, the Burmese and Persian games being second and third in order of precedence.
Sir William Jones's essay is substantially a translation of the Bhawishya Purana, in which is given a description of a four-handed game of chess played with dice.
In the four-handed game, the pair who have the right to serve in the first game may decide which partner shall do so, and the opposing pair may decide similarly for the second game.
In the three-handed game, the single player shall serve in every alternate game.
In the two-handed game, the width of the court is reduced to 17 ft.
The side winning a game serves first in the next game, and, in the four-handed game, either player on the side that has won the last game may take first service in the next game.
In the four-handed game, the player who serves first stands in his right-hand half court and serves to the player who is standing in the opposite right-hand half court, the other players meanwhile standing anywhere on their side of the net.
With the exception of the net line, the dotted lines on the court apply only to the court for the two-handed game.
One form of reflector which is very useful to the sharp in a single-handed game, is that mentioned in one of the catalogues as being intended to stand behind a pile of 'chips' or counters upon the table.
It was a four-handed game, and I was the only Eastern man in the bunch.
It was in Portland, and another four-handed game, the other three fellows being business men also.
But while I have been talking about "placing," the crowd has gathered around a court where a single-handed game is being played.
In a single-handed game there is only one man's vigilance to outwit.
In other respects, the play is the same as in the two-handed game.
Euchre may be played either as a two-, three- or four-handed game, the latter being the most popular form.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "handed game" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
