Bridge is a fun and educational card game played between four people (two against two). You don’t need much more than a pack of cards to play bridge but enthusiasts can avail themselves to a vast range of bridge equipment to enhance their game.
Apart from playing cards, the sorts of bridge products that someone might need could be a table, a bridge cloth, scorebooks, pens and pencils or all sorts of paraphernalia and gift ware like mugs, t-shirts, hats or jewellery. There really is no limit to the sorts of products available.
There is a wide variety of playing cards available and a wide range in quality. The best brands are Kem and Piatnik, two companies that have been manufacturing playing cards for over one hundred years. Their quality and reputation are world class. Both companies offer beautifully designed and patterned playing cards that will appeal to all bridge players.
Choosing the right bridge table is also important. You want to make sure the table you select and use is sturdy and ideally with fold away legs for easy storage. The best tables have inlaid cloth tops but bridge players can also buy bridge cloths separately from bridge product shops. The best cloths are made from hard wearing fabrics such as felt, velveteen or corduroy. You can find cloths in any colour to suit your décor if you look around enough.
If you don’t have a group of three other friends to form a bridge game, then why not consider playing bridge on your computer using Bridge Baron. Bridge Baron is the world’s most popular bridge computer game and it’s not hard to see why. It’s easy to use, has a beautiful graphical interface is full of features. At its most basic level, you just play a hand at a time against Bridge Baron but there are better uses of the product.
The Learn module allows the user to practice any of over a hundred conventions to practice. If the student is, say, learning a new convention, they can ask Bridge Baron to specifically deal out a range of hands that focus on that convention. That way, through a process of repetition, the important aspects of the convention are learnt by the player.
The Blackwood Challenges in Bridge Baron are ideal for improving your card play. There are over 500 hands to play – the bidding is given and the player is asked to play the cards out to make the contract. But the computer will not allow you to play the wrong card! The user will be forced to keep trying until they select the right card to play – reinforcing good card play skills. At the end of the hand is short movie which describes the tricks and traps of the hand and what the player needed to keep an eye out for.
These are just two of great features of the Bridge Baron software. Try it yourself, you will find your bridge game quickly improves. Most sellers of bridge products will be able to provide to for you.
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