Bridge For Beginners: A Step-By-Step Guide to Bidding, Play, Scoring, Conventions, and Strategies to Win

by Game Nest

Bridge is not only one of the most popular card games in the world but is a mental sport. Bridge teaches you logic, reasoning, risk taking, patience, concentration, and so much more. Even successful entrepreneurs such as Warren Buffet and Bill Gates are both accomplished Bridge players.

However, Bridge is also a game that can be learned by anyone. If you begin with a basic understanding of the game as presented in this book, and get lots of practice and experience, you will learn how to outsmart your opponents in no time.
If you’re ready to take your skills to the next level, this is the book for you!

213 pages, Paperback

Published March 8, 2020

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 1 out of 5]

Yuck, not a good book to read if you're trying to learn bridge.

[Valerie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book gives one some bridge basics, but once I got to playing myself reading about playing hands was difficult for me. There are good ideas, but not things I am using with my more experienced partner. My partner is my principal teacher.

[Joanne H · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a wonderful book for beginners to learn how to play bridge. All the basics on how to play your hand, building trump cards and how to score. Plus extra plays. So much fun to engage playing the game and learning to play like a pro.

[William Ringold · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its well organized and was helpful illustrations to present some of the more complex ideas. It's more explanation than demonstration, but it helped me get my head around the game. Good read.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful, especially on decoding bidding mysteries.

[Simon Pirjevec]

Very good book for learning bridge. I recomended to all.

[Grady · Rating 5 out of 5]

Learning Bridge as a mental sport

Authors collectively titled Game Nest (much like Activity Nest!) have created a fine, new collection of ‘game books’ that restore that need to make entertainment educational! Their instructions for fine games to pass the time could not be better timed. These books are just the ticket for using time at home to be both fun and learning experiences.

There was a time when Contract Bridge was all the rage – in past decades before the internet altered together time. But as the authors state in their introductory comments, ‘Some people mistakenly think that Bridge is a simple game played only by the elderly on Sunday afternoons while drinking tea; the reality is quite different…In fact, for nearly one hundred years, Bridge has been one of the most popular card games worldwide – for people of all ages. Every year, hundreds of professional Bridge tournaments are held during which players compete for money and other prizes…Bridge is a game that can be learned by just about anyone…’

In this very accessible guide, Game Nest teaches us the history and the basics of Bridge as a game of mental sport, one that teaches us logic, reasoning, risk taking, patience and concentration. Carefully instructing us about the ins and outs of the deck of cards that serves as the nidus for the inception of the game, each term frequently used (major and minor suits, the deal, hands, games, rubbers, tricks, trump (the card hand not the other one…) are discussed and illustrated, as well as all of the techniques of bidding, scoring, and playing offered in a manner that allows everyone to learn this fascinating game.

This is one terrific book for beginners who decide to enter the fun and strategy of becoming a wise Bridge Player. And this is Book 1 in this series! Stay tuned. Very highly recommended.

[Suzanne Hare · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book designed to help interested people to get to know the game of Bridge. Bridge is a four player card game that has been a favourite among card players for years. I thought this book was great. It is easy to read, flows well and is logically organized. The author does recommend that you do not read the book in one sitting as there is a lot of information. The book goes through the basics of the game and continues with ever increasing strategies that will help you win. This is a game of intuition, knowledge, and strategy. There are many Bridge clubs. as it is a book for beginners, but it also would help with strategy for seasoned players who want to be more competitive. Bridge is a social game and can provide hours of stimulating fun. It is great for the memory and players are always learning new ways to win. Of course you will not always have a good hand and this book goes though how to handle that. I could not possibly list all the areas covered within this, but I think it takes a complex game and breaks it down so it would be fun to learn and play. You may just make some new friends and find a new hobby.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Elizabeth Connor · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was given an ARC with a request to review this book. I have to be honest—I haven't read the whole thing. It's a lot to digest. However, I read the intro and it is clearly written and I feel confident that by reading the rest of the book, and reviewing it as needed, I can learn to play Bridge.