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Re:The $1M shot that changed sports contests forever by snarf21 on Monday August 07, 2023 @10:47AM (#37035210)
It is an amazing game but it is very hard to find young people willing to devote 40 hours to become even slightly proficient at the bidding systems. I've currently designed a card game that aims to have "a lot" of the complexity of Bridge but with simple bidding system. It has been going well in testing thus far.
Re:The $1M shot that changed sports contests forever by 1123581321 on Monday August 07, 2023 @11:07AM (#37035517)
To find young players, try posting something with college math departments. I met the most young local bridge players through the area community college.

I'm interested in trying your game if testing is open. I find simpler trick games (hearts, euchre, spades, some branded card games like The Crew) get people ready for simple bidding using bridge rules, but they don't do anything to teach the concept of using bids to communicate beyond the bid's face value.

Re:The $1M shot that changed sports contests forever by snarf21 on Monday August 07, 2023 @11:27AM (#37035781)
I've put my contact info in my profile temporarily .. Email me and we can set something up!
Re:The $1M shot that changed sports contests forever by 1123581321 on Monday August 07, 2023 @11:34AM (#37035889)
Thanks. Sent!
Re:The $1M shot that changed sports contests forever by andy-j on Monday August 07, 2023 @11:39AM (#37035961)
How does it differ from, say, Euchre or Kaiser?
Re:The $1M shot that changed sports contests forever by snarf21 on Monday August 07, 2023 @11:59AM (#37036200)
Like contract Bridge, there is always a Dummy which adds a lot of strategic depth. The Dummy is played via a very simple automata that players can leverage against the other players. This game is not teams, but is basically everyone against the Declarer. It also contains a doubling step pre-play that pulls in some of the strategy of vulnerable/double/redouble from Bridge. It uses a larger deck size similar to Bridge so you have a lot of information about what remains when trying to make your contract and make others miss theirs.