Comment by IshKebab
2 years ago
Bridge is a really weird game. It's all about secret communication with your partner, but it's not allowed to be secret. You can communicate, but no communication! Very odd.
2 years ago
Bridge is a really weird game. It's all about secret communication with your partner, but it's not allowed to be secret. You can communicate, but no communication! Very odd.
Bridge tournament rules are crafted as if everyone involved wishes they were playing a different game, but are for some reason stuck with the basic rules of Bridge. There’s a pile of rules about how you aren’t allowed to do all kinds of things that the basic rules would enable.
It’s like if baseball couldn’t change field size or mound height or whatever and just had to add lots of rules about how you aren’t allowed to throw too fast or hit too far et c., but kept the physical reality of the game the same.
Communication through bidding is fascinating. Any type of collusion during any kind of auction is fascinating.