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I've always wanted to try bridge but have yet to do so. I've played the variations with friends & family - 500, Whist, and Euchre. So much fun!
by fouc 3y ago
I've always wanted to try bridge but have yet to do so. I've played the variations with friends & family - 500, Whist, and Euchre. So much fun!
- bombcar 3y agoIf you've played whist and euchre you're almost already there - just play bid whist a bit and then stepping up to bridge isn't hard at all. And get the very basic conventions and don't try to bid slam all the time, and table-talk like maniacs. It's quite fun.
- SoftTalker 3y agoI've never played bridge, but euchre is super-popular around here. I honestly don't get it. It can be a decent pastime or social activity for a few games but I get bored with it pretty quickly. It's pretty simple once you learn it and it becomes almost mechanical. I just don't find it that appealing.
- fouc 3y agoI can see it being mechanical if you're playing at a high level where both you and your partner understand exactly how to communicate/telegraph through the cards etc. I'm curious if you also find Texas Hold'Em Poker mechanical when switching between the various levels of thinking from 1 to 7 etc.
- SoftTalker 3y agoI've played Texas Hold-Em once in my life so can't really comment on it. I did well for about 5 hands (lucky cards) but had lost everything by the end of the night (combination of unlucky cards and some strategic mistakes).
- TylerE 3y agoNo comparison. Bridge is a much much richer game than the basic 19th century trick taking games. The vast majority of complexity is on the bidding side of things, which simply don’t exist. Bridge is to Euchre as Chess is to not just Checkers but Tic Tac Toe.
- pclmulqdq 3y agoEuchre is comparatively simple, and while it's fun to drink with people and play (when you are in the Midwest), it's only a little bit deeper than hearts in terms of strategy. Bridge widens the problem space enough to make it interesting.