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by Defcon106

I didn’t know how to play bridge when I started this app and I still don’t fully understand it. This app teaches you the basics then it gets to the bidding, which is apparently like half the game and then just stops teaching you. I had to go online and look up what the bidding is and I still don’t fully understand it, so I guess that part was just too hard to fit in clever dialogue and stupid jokes. The AI is pretty unbalanced as well. Your “ally” will frequently choose bids he has no trump cards for and you will struggle while the other team has like 10 out of the 13 suit cards. If your AI bids for a trump suit you have less than 5 cards of between the two of you, it’s game over. This is an incredibly frustrating game and I’m definitely uninstalling it. Bad AI in a game where the whole point is playing with bots is kind of a deal breaker for me.

by Betsyz1

I love the bots and, even though I played quite a lot in college, I took all the lessons—there’s always something new to learn about Bridge. I love the interface…playing your last card in a suit automatically for you, and announcing when one set of partners has won all the remaining tricks and closing the hand out, etc.

One concern: the hand’s point count is also influenced by the length of a suit—longer or shorter than average—and that doesn’t seem to be taken into account. (Maybe it is, and I just didn’t see it in the lessons.)

Another thing that currently bugs me is that you’re going to realize an additional lesson. So every day, I dutifully tap on learn and then lesson 38–only to be told every day that it is coming soon. Pretty soon I won’t spend any time checking. Suggest you take that message off the app until the lesson is actually in place.

I have the usual gripes Bridge players have: why does my partner always pass or throw us into no-trump every time I get a good suit/hand? Why doesn’t my partner ever match me in suit? Why does my partner always pass when I pass, while the opponents always seem to find a match-up? Why do I get so many less-than-six point hands? Why do 80% of the hands end up with no-trump distributions? (This may be normal, and I just never noticed it.) I’m sure all these things aren’t true, but it usually seems as if they are. 😍

by Gabri3133

I’ve never played bridge but I’ve played other trick bidding games. I got to say this is a well made app that is visually appealing. Having all the lessons to teach you how to play is a great idea. Unfortunately, bridge just isn’t for me. There’s a lot to the bidding and it just became overwhelming to try to keep up with everything. I will probably try again at some point to see if my viewpoint changes. However, this is not a reflection of the game itself. My only complaint after playing some of the regular game and doing all the training is I find it pretty annoying to have to tap the screen after every trick to clear the cards. So having an option to turn that off would be nice. If you’re looking to learn about bridge this is a great way to learn and practice. I’d also love to see these developers do some more card games like this!