Bridge Game - wk 0/7: Introduction

Welcome to “Bridge Game – WK0/7: Introduction” course. This course provides general basic information about bridge game and the topics are:

- Bridge Game (auction period, game period, rubber bridge, duplicate bridge, variations, evolution, ruling)

- Basic Terms (deck of cars, boards, hand display, vulnerability, bidding box, contract levels, players, card play)

- Bridge Equipment (open table, table with screen, screen window, tray, soring device)

- Tournament Setup (scoring methods, pairs & teams movements, setup examples, groups, rules, rules for dummy, TD at the table, ethics)

- Scoring (when contract is made, when contract is defeated, in pairs events, in teams events)

This course is a kind of prerequisite to a series of bridge courses. When you complete this course, you may decide to keep learning bridge and attend following courses in the given order:

WEEK 1/7: Basic Bidding I

WEEK 2/7: Card Game (You can start playing bridge.)

WEEK 3/7: Basic Bidding II

WEEK 4/7: Intermediate Bidding (You can start joining bridge tournaments.)

WEEK 5/7: Advanced Bidding (coming soon)

WEEK 6/7: Card Game II (coming soon)

WEEK 7/7: Expert Bidding (coming soon)

The last 3 courses are designed for advanced and expert players and will be published by the end of this year. You will not need them until you reach some years of experience.