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Reply: Bridge:: General:: Re: spatial-relations skills needed for Bridge?
Posted from Bridge | BoardGameGeek 82 days ago
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by Bankler I'd say "spatial" is a loose fit, linguistically acceptable but maybe a stretch. There is a positional aspect to card play that can be thought of as spatial, although I think that's overstating it. (It doesn't feel spatial to me, but I guess it's close).Many standard plays involve positi... (original story)
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Games 4 & 5: Tichu & Haggis
Posted from Bridge | BoardGameGeek 82 days ago
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by Alec Chapman I am combining the two trick taking ladder games here, as one is so derivative of the other. Since the three player option in Tichu is awful (as are all the other versions apart from 4 player) the additional player numbers options created by Haggis are ideal. Tichu (and its derivat... (original story)
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Thread: Bridge:: General:: spatial-relations skills needed for Bridge?
Posted from Bridge | BoardGameGeek 82 days ago
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by bwingrave Newsweek has an article on celebrities who play Bridge:http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/02/19/why-stephen...Here's the quote I'm wondering about: To excel, one needs not just strong math and spatial-relations skills but also creativity, stamina, and a cutthroat streak. My kno... (original story)
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New Image for Bridge
Posted from Bridge | BoardGameGeek 107 days ago
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by unicoherent This is how tournament tables look after a game ends. Note that players who have just lost a trick take their card back and place it sideways in front of them, whereas if they win they place the card vertically - this makes it easier to count at the end (original story)
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New Image for Bridge
Posted from Bridge | BoardGameGeek 107 days ago
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by unicoherent At bridge tournaments, players are not allowed to speak their bids aloud because intonation, speed, volume, and many other qualities of speech could be used to give one's partner information about their cards if they had set up a system of signals prior t (original story)
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