Contract Bridge
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Online vs. In-Person
I started playing Bridge after moving to a new community as a way to sort of force myself to get some social interaction. That was maybe a bad move as the bridge community is so old, and sort of insular, that it didn't really lead to much. Though I imagine if I was traveling to lots of tournaments I'd feel differently.
That being said, I play a lot online despite a preference for in-person.
Is it more difficult for you all to play in-person recently? Does it feel like we are moving into a largely online space?
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What do you like the most about Bridge ?
I will start.
I find two things most fascinating about Bridge (among a million other things lol)
(1) The first being the obligatory Duplicate scoring system. It revolutionized the game by getting rid of the luck factor in a card game where hands are dealt randomly. Basically it says "I get a shit hand, and you get the same shit hand. Let's see who deals with it better !"
(2) The other thing that fascinates me is - when the dummy comes down, each of the other three players gets to see about half the deck, but they each have a distinct version of reality in front of them, which drives their individual decision processes. This is a beautiful aspect of Bridge that I haven't seen in other card games.
Would love to hear others' comments on this !
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Do any of you play Rubber or Chicago?
Basically what the title says.
Presently, when we talk about "competitive chess", we mean Duplicate. However, I know people still play Rubber and/or Chicago when it comes to "social bridge" or "kitchen table" bridge.
Just being curious, do any of you still play Rubber or Chicago ? And why ?
- tedium.co Bridge Card Game History: Why Contract Bridge Evades Most People
Trying to understand why bridge is an influential enough game that the BBC felt it was deserving of its own dedicated video game console in the ’80s.
An article which might be of interest to people starting out, and in general, everybody.
- web.archive.org Bridge—Not Chess—Is the Ultimate War Game
There’s a reason why Eisenhower and his generals were passionate about this most cerebral pastime.
The original Wall Street Journal article has been paywalled since this came out - so posting a wayback url.
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Introduction
Prodding through this earth-shattering silence in this community for over two weeks - here I decided to debut with an opening post.
Nothing special - just comment with what bidding systems ya'll play, how long you have been playing Bridge, and any other interesting thing about you that you want to share.
To start with - I am an intermediate level 2/1 GF player, started getting into Bridge a couple of years ago - after playing Chess for over two decades.
Apart from BridgeWinners, I joined the Bridge Subreddit just in search for civilized Bridge discussions.
After the Reddit API saga - I jumped ship and landed in Lemmy.
So far liking it here. Would like more if people continue the discussion.
Next ?
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Welcome
Welcome to Lemmy, all the Bridge Addicts !
I am an Intermediate hobbyist player (2/1 GF). I was a lurker (but did post reasonably as well lol) in r/bridge.
I noticed that Lemmy was sorely lacking a community on Bridge, and so I created one.
Welcome once again !
