Excerpt about Bridge Baron 11 from the book, 50 Things to Do With the Rest of Your Life

Robert Pearce Wilkins

My wife and I like to play bridge. As I indicated earlier, I enjoy a computer bridge game called Bridge Baron 11. With a game of this type, you can play bridge against the computer--and the computer is pretty darn smart. You bid and play the hand. At each step, the "Bridge Baron" will offer suggestions as to what, in its opinion, you should do. I prefer to make my own plays, although sometimes I might see what the Bridge Baron would do, just for fun. After you've played the hand, you can let the computer play the hand and then study how your play compares with that of the computer. The software's scoring technique lets you compete against the computer as you play.

50 Things to Do With the Rest of Your Life, p. 38