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Bridge Baron

Experience the world's leading computer bridge game with Bridge Baron, featuring a renowned bidding and bridge play engine that has won Five World Computer Bridge Championships! Whether you're a beginner or an advanced player, Bridge Baron offers an unparalleled bridge experience.

Core Features

• Save your game on exit; easily load your last game or start a brand new one.
• Explore over 2 billion unique bridge deals, ensuring endless replayability.
• Play both Duplicate and Rubber Bridge to suit your preference.
• Optionally play deals with all cards face up for practice and learning.
• Receive helpful bidding hints with clear explanations to improve your strategy.
• Access play hints at any time during a hand.
• Choose between a static or rotating dealer for varied gameplay.
• Select who gets the best hand for a customized challenge.
• Choose specific deal types: Slam, Game, No Trump, or Part Score Deal.

Included Bidding Systems

Bridge Baron offers a comprehensive selection of popular bidding systems, each with Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced options to control the number of bidding conventions played:

• Standard American 5-card Majors
• Standard American Yellow Card
• Precision
• Two-Over-One
• Acol
• La Majeure Cinquieme
• Forum D

Bidding Conventions by Level:

Basic: Weak two bids, Stayman, Jacoby transfers, Allow 5-card major 1NT, One minor -> 2NT invitational, Strong jump shift responses, 2D Waiting, Feature asking 2NT, Takeout doubles, Limit major raises, New suit response to overcall forcing, Jump raise invitational, Weak jump shifts, Blackwood, Standard king asking.

Intermediate: Texas transfers, Systems on after 1NT overcall, Cappelletti, Inverted minor raises, New minor forcing, Truscott 2NT after double, Splinters, Long suit game-tries, Jacoby 2NT, RKC Blackwood, Voluntary 5-major bids, Control showing cue-bids, Unusual NT, Michaels, Negative doubles, Responsive doubles, Lead directing doubles.

Advanced: Lebensohl, NT Defense on in balancing seat, Delayed splinter bids, Preemptive raises, Forcing 1NT, Short suit game-tries, Reverse Drury, Lebensohl over opponent's weak two bids, Jump raise preemptive, Unusual over unusual, Weak jump overcalls, Sandwich NT, Limit-plus cue-bids.

The computer opponent also plays and provides hints at three levels: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced, ensuring a challenge tailored to your skill. Enjoy flexible bidding interpretation, the ability to take back moves, and claiming at any time. A full review feature allows you to analyze how you and Bridge Baron played hands in Duplicate mode, helping you refine your strategy and master the game.