I have Bridge Baron 16 (for either Windows or Macintosh).  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?

I have Bridge Baron 15 (for either Windows or Macintosh).  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?

I have Bridge Baron 14 (for either Windows or Macintosh).  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?

I have Bridge Baron 13 (for either Windows or Macintosh).  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?

I have Bridge Baron 12 (for either Windows or Macintosh).  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?

I have Bridge Baron 11 (for either Windows or Macintosh).  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?

I have Bridge Baron 10 (for either Windows or Macintosh).  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?

I have Bridge Baron 9 for Windows.  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?

I have Bridge Baron 8 (or earlier) for Windows (or MS-DOS).  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?

I have Bridge Baron 9 for Macintosh.  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?

I have Bridge Baron 7.6 (or earlier) for Macintosh.  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?

I have Bridge Baron 16 (for either Windows or Macintosh).  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?
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 ·        We have improved the bidding and play.

·        We have added four new bidding conventions: Namyats, Lead-Directing Doubles, Wolff Signoff, and Artificial 2C/2D Raises After a Double.

·        We have allowed more flexibility in defining your bidding agreements.  You can now choose to open 1NT with a six-card minor or a stiff honor.  You can also now choose to play Puppet Stayman after 1NT, after 2NT, or both.

·        We have added four new Bridge Tournaments for free: the 2006 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the 2006 NSWBA ANC Butler Open Selection (with Butler IMPs scoring), the Fall 2005 Diamond State Sectional, and the Winter 2006 Blue Hen Sectional.

·        We have added 24 new challenging problem deals for a total of 216 Challenges.

·        We have improved the graphical user interface.

I have Bridge Baron 15 (for either Windows or Macintosh).  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?
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·        We have improved the bidding and play.

·        We have added all 53 octillion bridge deals as possible random deals in Bridge Baron—that's 53 billion billion billion bridge deals.

·        We have added a double-dummy solver and a par-contract calculator.  When it's your turn to play a card while playing a deal, you can find out what the perfect double-dummy play-the correct play to make if you could see all four hands-would be.  While bidding or playing any deal, you can ask Bridge Baron to tell you what the final contract would be, and how many tricks each player could take as declarer, if all four players could see all four hands and would bid and play with that perfect knowledge.

·        We have added 13 new bidding conventions: Walsh, Crowhurst, Mini-Roman 2D, Inverted Bergen Raises, Robinson, Helvic Notrump Runouts, DONT Notrump Runouts, Exit Transfer Notrump Runouts, Redouble for the Minors, Namyats, Lead-Directing Doubles, Wolff Signoff, and Artificial 2C/2D Raises After a Double.

·        We have allowed more flexibility in defining your bidding agreements.  You can now choose whether fourth-suit forcing will be for one round or to game.  You can also now choose to open 1NT with a six-card minor or a stiff honor.  You can also now choose to play Puppet Stayman after 1NT, after 2NT, or both.

·        We have added eight new Bridge Tournaments for free: the 2005 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the Winter 2004 Blue Hen Sectional, the Fall 2004 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2005 Blue Hen Sectional, the 2006 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the 2006 NSWBA ANC Butler Open Selection (with Butler IMPs scoring), the Fall 2005 Diamond State Sectional, and the Winter 2006 Blue Hen Sectional.  You can list the possible contracts and results at each of the other tables in all tournaments, and ask Bridge Baron to guess which contract and result actually occurred at each of the other tables.

·        You can now choose to play just notrump deals.

·        We have added 48 new challenging problem deals for a total of 216 Challenges.

·        We have expanded the leading conventions and signaling agreements, adding options for odd/even signals and discards, Lavinthal and revolving (Attwood) discards, Smith echoes by leader and leader's partner, Journalist leads, Rusinow leads, zero-or-two higher leads, lowest-card leads versus notrump, and trump echoes with 3 or more.

·        We have improved the graphical user interface.

·        We have made major improvements to Standard English/Acol bidding.  You can now use weak two bids with Standard English/Acol.

I have Bridge Baron 14 (for either Windows or Macintosh).  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?
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·        We have improved the bidding and play.

·        We have added all 53 octillion bridge deals as possible random deals in Bridge Baron—that's 53 billion billion billion bridge deals.

·        We have added a double-dummy solver and a par-contract calculator.  When it's your turn to play a card while playing a deal, you can find out what the perfect double-dummy play-the correct play to make if you could see all four hands-would be.  While bidding or playing any deal, you can ask Bridge Baron to tell you what the final contract would be, and how many tricks each player could take as declarer, if all four players could see all four hands and would bid and play with that perfect knowledge.  You can now set Bridge Baron to peek at all four hands and try to come up with a perfect double-dummy play within the time limits you set.

·        We have added 24 new bidding conventions: Short Club, Semi-Forcing 1NT, Specific King Asks, Eastern Cue-Bids, Western Cue-Bids, Limit-Plus Cue-Bids, Long/Help-Suit Game Tries, Short-Suit Game Tries, 2C-2H Double Negative, Control Responses to 2C Openers, Step Responses to 2C Openers, Walsh, Crowhurst, Mini-Roman 2D, Inverted Bergen Raises, Robinson, Helvic Notrump Runouts, DONT Notrump Runouts, Exit Transfer Notrump Runouts, Redouble for the Minors, Namyats, Lead-Directing Doubles, Wolff Signoff, and Artificial 2C/2D Raises After a Double.

·        We have allowed more flexibility in defining your bidding agreements.  You can select your Negative Double limit.  Jacoby 2NT and Limit Major Raises are now independently selectable.  You can now choose whether or not to allow 1NT opening bids with a five-card major, or with 5-4-2-2 shape.  You can also now choose whether or not to use your 1NT defense in the balancing seat.  You can also now choose whether a 2NT response to a 1C or 1D opening bid is invitational or forcing.  You can also now choose whether fourth-suit forcing will be for one round or to game.  You can also now choose to open 1NT with a six-card minor or a stiff honor.  You can also now choose to play Puppet Stayman after 1NT, after 2NT, or both.

·        We have added 12 new Bridge Tournaments for free: the 2005 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the Winter 2004 Blue Hen Sectional, the Fall 2004 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2005 Blue Hen Sectional, the 2006 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the 2006 NSWBA ANC Butler Open Selection (with Butler IMPs scoring), the Fall 2005 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2006 Blue Hen Sectional, the Fall 1972 NABC in Lancaster PA, the Fall 1974 NABC in San Antonio, the Fall 1977 NABC in Atlanta, and the Summer 1984 NABC in Washington DC.  You can list the possible contracts and results at each of the other tables in all tournaments, and ask Bridge Baron to guess which contract and result actually occurred at each of the other tables.

·        You can now choose to play just notrump deals.

·        We have added 72 new challenging problem deals for a total of 216 Challenges.

·        We have expanded the leading conventions and signaling agreements, adding options for odd/even signals and discards, Lavinthal and revolving (Attwood) discards, Smith echoes by leader and leader's partner, Journalist leads, Rusinow leads, zero-or-two higher leads, lowest-card leads versus notrump, and trump echoes with 3 or more.

·        We have improved the graphical user interface.

·        In Windows, you can now finely calibrate your level settings, so that the computer may think for different lengths of time during the bidding, the opening lead, and at each trick.

·        We have added an option for a newspaper-style card diagram.

·        We have made major improvements to Standard English/Acol bidding.  You can now use weak two bids with Standard English/Acol.

·        We have added a German version of Bridge Baron for Windows.

·        We have added the German bidding system, Forum D.

I have Bridge Baron 13 (for either Windows or Macintosh).  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?
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·        We have greatly improved Bridge Baron’s bidding, declarer play, and defense.

·        We have added all 53 octillion bridge deals as possible random deals in Bridge Baron—that's 53 billion billion billion bridge deals.

·        There are now over 40 skill levels.

·        We have added a double-dummy solver and a par-contract calculator.  When it's your turn to play a card while playing a deal, you can find out what the perfect double-dummy play-the correct play to make if you could see all four hands-would be.  While bidding or playing any deal, you can ask Bridge Baron to tell you what the final contract would be, and how many tricks each player could take as declarer, if all four players could see all four hands and would bid and play with that perfect knowledge.  You can now set Bridge Baron to peek at all four hands and try to come up with a perfect double-dummy play within the time limits you set.

·        We have added three new bidding systems: Precision, SAYC, and Forum D.

·        We have added over 40 new bidding conventions: Minor Suit Transfers, Minor Suit Transfers with Super Acceptance, 1NT-2S Relay to 3C for minor signoff, Hello, Truscott 2NT After a Double, Puppet Stayman, Gambling 3NT, 1430 Roman Keycard Blackwood, DOPI, Sandwich Notrump, Support Doubles and Redoubles, Short Club, Semi-Forcing 1NT, Specific King Asks, Eastern Cue-Bids, Western Cue-Bids, Limit-Plus Cue-Bids, Long/Help-Suit Game Tries, Short-Suit Game Tries, 2C-2H Double Negative, Control Responses to 2C Openers, Step Responses to 2C Openers, Walsh, Crowhurst, Mini-Roman 2D, Inverted Bergen Raises, Robinson, Helvic Notrump Runouts, DONT Notrump Runouts, Exit Transfer Notrump Runouts, Redouble for the Minors, Namyats, Lead-Directing Doubles, Wolff Signoff, and Artificial 2C/2D Raises After a Double.

·        Precision conventions: Gamma Trump Asks, Epsilon Control Asks, Unusual Positive 4-4-4-1 Bids, Impossible Negative 2NT, 1C-1NT Transfer Stayman, Baron.

·        We have allowed more flexibility in defining your bidding agreements.  You can select your Negative Double limit.  Jacoby 2NT and Limit Major Raises are now independently selectable.  You can now choose whether or not to allow 1NT opening bids with a five-card major, or with 5-4-2-2 shape.  You can also now choose whether or not to use your 1NT defense in the balancing seat.  You can also now choose whether a 2NT response to a 1C or 1D opening bid is invitational or forcing.  You can also now choose whether fourth-suit forcing will be for one round or to game.  You can also now choose to open 1NT with a six-card minor or a stiff honor.  You can also now choose to play Puppet Stayman after 1NT, after 2NT, or both.  You can select your opening 2NT range.

·        We have added aggressiveness controls in the bidding.

·        We have added 14 new Bridge Tournaments for free: the 2005 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the Winter 2004 Blue Hen Sectional, the Fall 2004 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2005 Blue Hen Sectional, the 2006 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the 2006 NSWBA ANC Butler Open Selection (with Butler IMPs scoring), the Fall 2005 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2006 Blue Hen Sectional, the Fall 1972 NABC in Lancaster PA, the Fall 1974 NABC in San Antonio, the Fall 1977 NABC in Atlanta, the Summer 1984 NABC in Washington DC, the Summer 1986 NABC in Toronto, and the Fall 1986 NABC in Atlanta.  You can list the possible contracts and results at each of the other tables in all tournaments, and ask Bridge Baron to guess which contract and result actually occurred at each of the other tables.

·        Bridge Baron 17 runs natively on OS X systems (Macintosh only).

·        We have made it possible to select your signals and leading agreements.

·        You can now choose to play just notrump deals.

·        We have added 96 new challenge problem deals for a total of 216 Challenges.

·        We have improved the graphical user interface.

·        In Windows, you can now finely calibrate your level settings, so that the computer may think for different lengths of time during the bidding, the opening lead, and at each trick.

·        We have added an option for a newspaper style card diagram.

·        We have made major improvements to Standard English/Acol bidding.  You can now use weak two bids with Standard English/Acol.

·        We have added a German version of Bridge Baron for Windows.

I have Bridge Baron 12 (for either Windows or Macintosh).  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?
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·     We have greatly improved Bridge Baron’s bidding, declarer play, and defense.

·        We have added all 53 octillion bridge deals as possible random deals in Bridge Baron—that's 53 billion billion billion bridge deals.

·        There are now over 40 skill levels.

·        We have added a double-dummy solver and a par-contract calculator.  When it's your turn to play a card while playing a deal, you can find out what the perfect double-dummy play-the correct play to make if you could see all four hands-would be.  While bidding or playing any deal, you can ask Bridge Baron to tell you what the final contract would be, and how many tricks each player could take as declarer, if all four players could see all four hands and would bid and play with that perfect knowledge.  You can now set Bridge Baron to peek at all four hands and try to come up with a perfect double-dummy play within the time limits you set.

·        We have added three new bidding systems: Precision, SAYC, and Forum D.

·        We have added over 50 new bidding conventions: Bergen Raises, Brozel, Maximal Overcall Doubles, Mathe Asking Bid, Control Asking Bids, Extended Stayman, Unusual over Unusual, Invisible Cue-Bids, Preemptive Reraises, Minor Suit Transfers, Minor Suit Transfers with Super Acceptance, 1NT-2S Relay to 3C for minor signoff, Hello, Truscott 2NT After a Double, Puppet Stayman, Gambling 3NT, 1430 Roman Keycard Blackwood, DOPI, Sandwich Notrump, Support Doubles and Redoubles, Short Club, Semi-Forcing 1NT, Specific King Asks, Eastern Cue-Bids, Western Cue-Bids, Limit-Plus Cue-Bids, Long/Help-Suit Game Tries, Short-Suit Game Tries, 2C-2H Double Negative, Control Responses to 2C Openers, Step Responses to 2C Openers, Walsh, Crowhurst, Mini-Roman 2D, Inverted Bergen Raises, Robinson, Helvic Notrump Runouts, DONT Notrump Runouts, Exit Transfer Notrump Runouts, Redouble for the Minors, Namyats, Lead-Directing Doubles, Wolff Signoff, and Artificial 2C/2D Raises After a Double.

·        Precision conventions: Gamma Trump Asks, Epsilon Control Asks, Unusual Positive 4-4-4-1 Bids, Impossible Negative 2NT, 1C-1NT Transfer Stayman, Baron.

·        We have allowed more flexibility in defining your bidding agreements.  You can select your Negative Double limit.  Jacoby 2NT and Limit Major Raises are now independently selectable.  You can now choose whether or not to allow 1NT opening bids with a five-card major, or with 5-4-2-2 shape.  You can also now choose whether or not to use your 1NT defense in the balancing seat.  You can also now choose whether a 2NT response to a 1C or 1D opening bid is invitational or forcing.  You can also now choose whether fourth-suit forcing will be for one round or to game.  You can also now choose to open 1NT with a six-card minor or a stiff honor.  You can also now choose to play Puppet Stayman after 1NT, after 2NT, or both.  You can select your opening 2NT range.

·        We have added aggressiveness controls in the bidding.

·        We have added 16 new Bridge Tournaments for free: the 2005 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the Winter 2004 Blue Hen Sectional, the Fall 2004 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2005 Blue Hen Sectional, the 2006 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the 2006 NSWBA ANC Butler Open Selection (with Butler IMPs scoring), the Fall 2005 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2006 Blue Hen Sectional, the Fall 1972 NABC in Lancaster PA, the Fall 1974 NABC in San Antonio, the Fall 1977 NABC in Atlanta, the Summer 1984 NABC in Washington DC, the Summer 1986 NABC in Toronto, the Fall 1986 NABC in Atlanta, the Summer 1990 NABC in Boston, and the Summer 1993 NABC in Washington DC.  You can list the possible contracts and results at each of the other tables in all tournaments, and ask Bridge Baron to guess which contract and result actually occurred at each of the other tables.

·        Bridge Baron 17 runs natively on OS X systems (Macintosh only).

·        We have made it possible to select your signals and leading agreements.

·        You can now choose to play just notrump deals.

·        We have added 120 new challenging problem deals for a total of 216 Challenges.

·        We have improved the graphical user interface.

·        In Windows, you can now finely calibrate your level settings, so that the computer may think for different lengths of time during the bidding, the opening lead, and at each trick.

·        We have added an option for a newspaper style card diagram.

·        We have made major improvements to Standard English/Acol bidding.  You can now use weak two bids with Standard English/Acol.

·        We have greatly improved Bridge Baron’s bidding, declarer play, and defense.

·        We have added all 53 octillion bridge deals as possible random deals in Bridge Baron—that's 53 billion billion billion bridge deals.

·        There are now over 40 skill levels.

·        We have added a double-dummy solver and a par-contract calculator.  When it's your turn to play a card while playing a deal, you can find out what the perfect double-dummy play-the correct play to make if you could see all four hands-would be.  While bidding or playing any deal, you can ask Bridge Baron to tell you what the final contract would be, and how many tricks each player could take as declarer, if all four players could see all four hands and would bid and play with that perfect knowledge.  You can now set Bridge Baron to peek at all four hands and try to come up with a perfect double-dummy play within the time limits you set.

·        We have added four new bidding systems: La Majeure Cinquième (French 5-Card Major, the basic system played in France), Precision, SAYC, and Forum D.

·        We have added over 60 new bidding conventions: New Minor Forcing, Ogust, Checkback Stayman (also known as Delayed Stayman), Ghestem, Landy, D.O.N.T., Astro, Benjamin 2-Bids, Multi 2D, Mini-Multi, Multi-Roman, Bergen Raises, Brozel, Maximal Overcall Doubles, Mathe Asking Bid, Control Asking Bids, Extended Stayman, Unusual over Unusual, Invisible Cue-Bids, Preemptive Reraises, Minor Suit Transfers, Minor Suit Transfers with Super Acceptance, 1NT-2S Relay to 3C for minor signoff, Hello, Truscott 2NT After a Double, Puppet Stayman, Gambling 3NT, 1430 Roman Keycard Blackwood, DOPI, Sandwich Notrump, Support Doubles and Redoubles, Short Club, Semi-Forcing 1NT, Specific King Asks, Eastern Cue-Bids, Western Cue-Bids, Limit-Plus Cue-Bids, Long/Help-Suit Game Tries, Short-Suit Game Tries, 2C-2H Double Negative, Control Responses to 2C Openers, Step Responses to 2C Openers, Walsh, Crowhurst, Mini-Roman 2D, Inverted Bergen Raises, Robinson, Helvic Notrump Runouts, DONT Notrump Runouts, Exit Transfer Notrump Runouts, Redouble for the Minors, Namyats, Lead-Directing Doubles, Wolff Signoff, and Artificial 2C/2D Raises After a Double.

·        Precision conventions: Gamma Trump Asks, Epsilon Control Asks, Unusual Positive 4-4-4-1 Bids, Impossible Negative 2NT, 1C-1NT Transfer Stayman, Baron.

·        We have allowed more flexibility in defining your bidding agreements.  You can select your Negative Double limit.  Jacoby 2NT and Limit Major Raises are now independently selectable.  You can now choose whether or not to allow 1NT opening bids with a five-card major, or with 5-4-2-2 shape.  You can also now choose whether or not to use your 1NT defense in the balancing seat.  You can also now choose whether a 2NT response to a 1C or 1D opening bid is invitational or forcing.  You can also now choose whether fourth-suit forcing will be for one round or to game.  You can also now choose to open 1NT with a six-card minor or a stiff honor.  You can also now choose to play Puppet Stayman after 1NT, after 2NT, or both.  You can select your opening 2NT range.

·        We have added aggressiveness controls in the bidding.

·        We have added 18 new Bridge Tournaments for free: the 2005 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the Winter 2004 Blue Hen Sectional, the Fall 2004 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2005 Blue Hen Sectional, the 2006 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the 2006 NSWBA ANC Butler Open Selection (with Butler IMPs scoring), the Fall 2005 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2006 Blue Hen Sectional, the Fall 1972 NABC in Lancaster PA, the Fall 1974 NABC in San Antonio, the Fall 1977 NABC in Atlanta, the Summer 1984 NABC in Washington DC, the Summer 1986 NABC in Toronto, the Fall 1986 NABC in Atlanta, the Summer 1990 NABC in Boston, the Summer 1993 NABC in Washington DC, the Fall 1991 NABC in Indianapolis, and the Spring 1993 NABC in Kansas City.  You can list the possible contracts and results at each of the other tables in all tournaments, and ask Bridge Baron to guess which contract and result actually occurred at each of the other tables.

·        Bridge Baron 17 runs natively on OS X systems (Macintosh only).

·        We have made it possible to select your signals and leading agreements.

·        You can now choose to play just notrump deals.

·        We have added 144 new challenging problem deals for a total of 216 Challenges.

·        We have added 4 new card faces, including easy-to-read cards, and have added an option for a newspaper style card diagram.

·        We have improved the graphical user interface.

·        In Windows, you can now finely calibrate your level settings, so that the computer may think for different lengths of time during the bidding, the opening lead, and at each trick.

·        We have added duplicate online play and online play is more stable (Windows only).

·        We have added 2 new languages: French (Windows and Macintosh), and German (Windows only).

·        We have made major improvements to Standard English/Acol bidding.  You can now use weak two bids with Standard English/Acol.

I have Bridge Baron 10 (for either Windows or Macintosh).  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?
<back to the top

 ·        We have greatly improved Bridge Baron’s bidding, declarer play, and defense.

·        We have added all 53 octillion bridge deals as possible random deals in Bridge Baron—that's 53 billion billion billion bridge deals.

·        There are now over 40 skill levels.

·        We have added a double-dummy solver and a par-contract calculator.  When it's your turn to play a card while playing a deal, you can find out what the perfect double-dummy play-the correct play to make if you could see all four hands-would be.  While bidding or playing any deal, you can ask Bridge Baron to tell you what the final contract would be, and how many tricks each player could take as declarer, if all four players could see all four hands and would bid and play with that perfect knowledge.  You can now set Bridge Baron to peek at all four hands and try to come up with a perfect double-dummy play within the time limits you set.

·        We have added a new program called Conventions that lets you practice bidding conventions on millions of different deals.

·        We have added four new bidding systems: La Majeure Cinquième (French 5-Card Major, the basic system played in France), Precision, SAYC, and Forum D.

·        We have added over 70 new bidding conventions: Control-Showing Cuebids, Inverted Minor Raises, Lebensohl over Overcall of 1NT, Lebensohl after Double of Weak Two, Smolen, Minor-Suit Stayman, Grand Slam Force, Voluntary Five-Major Bid, Responsive Doubles, New Minor Forcing, Ogust, Checkback Stayman (also known as Delayed Stayman), Ghestem, Landy, D.O.N.T., Astro, Benjamin 2-Bids, Multi 2D, Mini-Multi, Multi-Roman, Bergen Raises, Brozel, Maximal Overcall Doubles, Mathe Asking Bid, Control Asking Bids, Extended Stayman, Unusual over Unusual, Invisible Cue-Bids, Preemptive Reraises, Minor Suit Transfers, Minor Suit Transfers with Super Acceptance, 1NT-2S Relay to 3C for minor signoff, Hello, Truscott 2NT After a Double, Puppet Stayman, Gambling 3NT, 1430 Roman Keycard Blackwood, DOPI, Sandwich Notrump, Support Doubles and Redoubles, Short Club, Semi-Forcing 1NT, Specific King Asks, Eastern Cue-Bids, Western Cue-Bids, Limit-Plus Cue-Bids, Long/Help-Suit Game Tries, Short-Suit Game Tries, 2C-2H Double Negative, Control Responses to 2C Openers, Step Responses to 2C Openers, Walsh, Crowhurst, Mini-Roman 2D, Inverted Bergen Raises, Robinson, Helvic Notrump Runouts, DONT Notrump Runouts, Exit Transfer Notrump Runouts, Redouble for the Minors, Namyats, Lead-Directing Doubles, Wolff Signoff, and Artificial 2C/2D Raises After a Double.

·        Precision conventions: Gamma Trump Asks, Epsilon Control Asks, Unusual Positive 4-4-4-1 Bids, Impossible Negative 2NT, 1C-1NT Transfer Stayman, Baron.

·        We have allowed more flexibility in defining your bidding agreements.  You can select your Negative Double limit.  Jacoby 2NT and Limit Major Raises are now independently selectable.  You can now choose whether or not to allow 1NT opening bids with a five-card major, or with 5-4-2-2 shape.  You can also now choose whether or not to use your 1NT defense in the balancing seat.  You can also now choose whether a 2NT response to a 1C or 1D opening bid is invitational or forcing.  You can also now choose whether fourth-suit forcing will be for one round or to game.  You can also now choose to open 1NT with a six-card minor or a stiff honor.  You can also now choose to play Puppet Stayman after 1NT, after 2NT, or both.  You can select your opening 2NT range.

·        We have added aggressiveness controls in the bidding.

·        We have added 20 new Bridge Tournaments for free: the 2005 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the Winter 2004 Blue Hen Sectional, the Fall 2004 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2005 Blue Hen Sectional, the 2006 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the 2006 NSWBA ANC Butler Open Selection (with Butler IMPs scoring), the Fall 2005 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2006 Blue Hen Sectional, the Summer 1986 NABC in Toronto, the Fall 1986 NABC in Atlanta, the Fall 1972 NABC in Lancaster PA, the Fall 1974 NABC in San Antonio, the Fall 1977 NABC in Atlanta, the Summer 1984 NABC in Washington DC, the Summer 1990 NABC in Boston, the Summer 1993 NABC in Washington DC, the Fall 1991 NABC in Indianapolis, the Spring 1993 NABC in Kansas City, the Summer 1994 NABC in San Diego, and the Summer 1997 NABC in Albuquerque.  You can list the possible contracts and results at each of the other tables in all tournaments, and ask Bridge Baron to guess which contract and result actually occurred at each of the other tables.

·        Bridge Baron 17 runs natively on OS X systems (Macintosh only).

·        We have made it possible to select your signals and leading agreements.

·        You can now choose to play just notrump deals.

·        We have added 168 new challenging problem deals for a total of 216 Challenges.

·        We have added 4 new card faces, including easy-to-read cards, and have added an option for a newspaper style card diagram.

·        We have improved the graphical user interface.

·        In Windows, you can now finely calibrate your level settings, so that the computer may think for different lengths of time during the bidding, the opening lead, and at each trick.

·        We have expanded the bidding interpretation, which now includes the names of conventions used, the first- and second-round controls shown, and more.

·        We have added duplicate online play, online play is more stable, and we have increased the power of online play with many new features (Windows only).

·        We have added 2 new languages: French (Windows and Macintosh), and German (Windows only).

·        We have made major improvements to Standard English/Acol bidding.  You can now use weak two bids with Standard English/Acol.

I have Bridge Baron 9 for Windows.  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?
<back to the top

·        We have greatly improved Bridge Baron’s bidding, declarer play, and defense.

·        We have added all 53 octillion bridge deals as possible random deals in Bridge Baron—that's 53 billion billion billion bridge deals.

·        There are now over 40 skill levels.

·        We have added a double-dummy solver and a par-contract calculator.  When it's your turn to play a card while playing a deal, you can find out what the perfect double-dummy play-the correct play to make if you could see all four hands-would be.  While bidding or playing any deal, you can ask Bridge Baron to tell you what the final contract would be, and how many tricks each player could take as declarer, if all four players could see all four hands and would bid and play with that perfect knowledge.  You can now set Bridge Baron to peek at all four hands and try to come up with a perfect double-dummy play within the time limits you set.

·        We have added a new program called Conventions that lets you practice bidding conventions on millions of different deals.

·        We have added four new bidding systems: La Majeure Cinquième (French 5-Card Major, the basic system played in France), Precision, SAYC, and Forum D.

·        We have added over 75 new bidding conventions: Texas, Flannery, Drury, Reverse Drury, Roman Keycard Blackwood, Weak Jump-Shift Responses, Splinter Bids, Control-Showing Cuebids, Inverted Minor Raises, Lebensohl over Overcall of 1NT, Lebensohl after Double of Weak Two, Smolen, Minor-Suit Stayman, Grand Slam Force, Voluntary Five-Major Bid, Responsive Doubles, New Minor Forcing, Ogust, Checkback Stayman (also known as Delayed Stayman), Ghestem, Landy, D.O.N.T., Astro, Benjamin 2-Bids, Multi 2D, Mini-Multi, Multi-Roman, Bergen Raises, Brozel, Maximal Overcall Doubles, Mathe Asking Bid, Control Asking Bids, Extended Stayman, Unusual over Unusual, Invisible Cue-Bids, Preemptive Reraises, Minor Suit Transfers, Minor Suit Transfers with Super Acceptance, 1NT-2S Relay to 3C for minor signoff, Hello, Truscott 2NT After a Double, Puppet Stayman, Gambling 3NT, 1430 Roman Keycard Blackwood, DOPI, Sandwich Notrump, Support Doubles and Redoubles, Short Club, Semi-Forcing 1NT, Specific King Asks, Eastern Cue-Bids, Western Cue-Bids, Limit-Plus Cue-Bids, Long/Help-Suit Game Tries, Short-Suit Game Tries, 2C-2H Double Negative, Control Responses to 2C Openers, Step Responses to 2C Openers, Walsh, Crowhurst, Mini-Roman 2D, Inverted Bergen Raises, Robinson, Helvic Notrump Runouts, DONT Notrump Runouts, Exit Transfer Notrump Runouts, Redouble for the Minors, Namyats, Lead-Directing Doubles, Wolff Signoff, and Artificial 2C/2D Raises After a Double.

·        Precision conventions: Gamma Trump Asks, Epsilon Control Asks, Unusual Positive 4-4-4-1 Bids, Impossible Negative 2NT, 1C-1NT Transfer Stayman, Baron.

·        We have allowed more flexibility in defining your bidding agreements.  You can select your Negative Double limit.  Jacoby 2NT and Limit Major Raises are now independently selectable.  You can now choose whether or not to allow 1NT opening bids with a five-card major, or with 5-4-2-2 shape.  You can also now choose whether or not to use your 1NT defense in the balancing seat.  You can also now choose whether a 2NT response to a 1C or 1D opening bid is invitational or forcing.  You can also now choose whether fourth-suit forcing will be for one round or to game.  You can also now choose to open 1NT with a six-card minor or a stiff honor.  You can also now choose to play Puppet Stayman after 1NT, after 2NT, or both.  You can select your opening 2NT range.

·        We have added aggressiveness controls in the bidding.

·        We have added 22 new Bridge Tournaments for free: the 2005 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the Winter 2004 Blue Hen Sectional, the Fall 2004 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2005 Blue Hen Sectional, the 2006 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the 2006 NSWBA ANC Butler Open Selection (with Butler IMPs scoring), the Fall 2005 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2006 Blue Hen Sectional, the Fall 1972 NABC in Lancaster PA, the Fall 1974 NABC in San Antonio, the Fall 1977 NABC in Atlanta, the Summer 1984 NABC in Washington DC, the Summer 1986 NABC in Toronto, the Fall 1986 NABC in Atlanta, the Summer 1990 NABC in Boston, the Summer 1993 NABC in Washington DC, the Fall 1991 NABC in Indianapolis, the Spring 1993 NABC in Kansas City, the Summer 1994 NABC in San Diego, the Summer 1997 NABC in Albuquerque, the Fall 1997 NABC in St. Louis, and the Spring 1998 NABC in Reno.  You can list the possible contracts and results at each of the other tables in all tournaments, and ask Bridge Baron to guess which contract and result actually occurred at each of the other tables.

·        We have made it possible to select your signals and leading agreements.

·        You can now choose to play just notrump deals.

·        We have added 192 new challenging problem deals for a total of 216 Challenges.

·        We have added 4 new card faces, including easy-to-read cards, and have added an option for a newspaper style card diagram.

·        We have improved the graphical user interface.

·        You can now finely calibrate your level settings, so that the computer may think for different lengths of time during the bidding, the opening lead, and at each trick.

·        We have expanded the bidding interpretation, which now includes the names of conventions used, the first- and second-round controls shown, and more.

·        We have added duplicate online play, online play is more stable, and we have increased the power of online play with many new features.

·        We have added 2 new languages: French and German.

·        We have made major improvements to Standard English/Acol bidding.  You can now use weak two bids with Standard English/Acol.

I have Bridge Baron 8 (or earlier) for Windows (or MS-DOS).  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?
<back to the top

·        We have greatly improved Bridge Baron’s bidding, declarer play, and defense.

·        We have added all 53 octillion bridge deals as possible random deals in Bridge Baron—that's 53 billion billion billion bridge deals.

·        There are now over 40 skill levels.

·        Bridge Baron 17 is a true 32-bit program for Windows 95/98/98SE/2000/Me/NT/XP/Vista.

·        We have added a double-dummy solver and a par-contract calculator.  When it's your turn to play a card while playing a deal, you can find out what the perfect double-dummy play-the correct play to make if you could see all four hands-would be.  While bidding or playing any deal, you can ask Bridge Baron to tell you what the final contract would be, and how many tricks each player could take as declarer, if all four players could see all four hands and would bid and play with that perfect knowledge.  You can now set Bridge Baron to peek at all four hands and try to come up with a perfect double-dummy play within the time limits you set.

·        We have added a new program called Conventions that lets you practice bidding conventions on millions of different deals.

·        We have added four new bidding systems: La Majeure Cinquième (French 5-Card Major, the basic system played in France), Precision, SAYC, Forum D.

·        We have added over 75 new bidding conventions: Texas, Flannery, Drury, Reverse Drury, Roman Keycard Blackwood, Weak Jump-Shift Responses, Splinter Bids, Control-Showing Cuebids, Inverted Minor Raises, Lebensohl over Overcall of 1NT, Lebensohl after Double of Weak Two, Smolen, Minor-Suit Stayman, Grand Slam Force, Voluntary Five-Major Bid, Responsive Doubles, New Minor Forcing, Ogust, Checkback Stayman (also known as Delayed Stayman), Ghestem, Landy, D.O.N.T., Astro, Benjamin 2-Bids, Multi 2D, Mini-Multi, Multi-Roman, Bergen Raises, Brozel, Maximal Overcall Doubles, Mathe Asking Bid, Control Asking Bids, Extended Stayman, Unusual over Unusual, Invisible Cue-Bids, Preemptive Reraises, Minor Suit Transfers, Minor Suit Transfers with Super Acceptance, 1NT-2S Relay to 3C for minor signoff, Hello, Truscott 2NT After a Double, Puppet Stayman, Gambling 3NT, 1430 Roman Keycard Blackwood, DOPI, Sandwich Notrump, Support Doubles and Redoubles, Short Club, Semi-Forcing 1NT, Specific King Asks, Eastern Cue-Bids, Western Cue-Bids, Limit-Plus Cue-Bids, Long/Help-Suit Game Tries, Short-Suit Game Tries, 2C-2H Double Negative, Control Responses to 2C Openers, Step Responses to 2C Openers, Walsh, Crowhurst, Mini-Roman 2D, Inverted Bergen Raises, Robinson, Helvic Notrump Runouts, DONT Notrump Runouts, Exit Transfer Notrump Runouts, Redouble for the Minors, Namyats, Lead-Directing Doubles, Wolff Signoff, and Artificial 2C/2D Raises After a Double.

·        Precision conventions: Gamma Trump Asks, Epsilon Control Asks, Unusual Positive 4-4-4-1 Bids, Impossible Negative 2NT, 1C-1NT Transfer Stayman, Baron.

·        We have allowed more flexibility in defining your bidding agreements.  You can select your Negative Double limit.  Jacoby 2NT and Limit Major Raises are now independently selectable.  You can now choose whether or not to allow 1NT opening bids with a five-card major, or with 5-4-2-2 shape.  You can also now choose whether or not to use your 1NT defense in the balancing seat.  You can also now choose whether a 2NT response to a 1C or 1D opening bid is invitational or forcing.  You can also now choose whether fourth-suit forcing will be for one round or to game.  You can also now choose to open 1NT with a six-card minor or a stiff honor.  You can also now choose to play Puppet Stayman after 1NT, after 2NT, or both.  You can select your opening 2NT range.

·        We have added aggressiveness controls in the bidding.

·        We have added 22 new Bridge Tournaments for free: the 2005 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the Winter 2004 Blue Hen Sectional, the Fall 2004 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2005 Blue Hen Sectional, the 2006 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the 2006 NSWBA ANC Butler Open Selection (with Butler IMPs scoring), the Fall 2005 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2006 Blue Hen Sectional, the Fall 1972 NABC in Lancaster PA, the Fall 1974 NABC in San Antonio, the Fall 1977 NABC in Atlanta, the Summer 1984 NABC in Washington DC, the Summer 1986 NABC in Toronto, the Fall 1986 NABC in Atlanta, the Summer 1990 NABC in Boston, the Summer 1993 NABC in Washington DC, the Fall 1991 NABC in Indianapolis, the Spring 1993 NABC in Kansas City, the Summer 1994 NABC in San Diego, the Summer 1997 NABC in Albuquerque, the Fall 1997 NABC in St. Louis, and the Spring 1998 NABC in Reno.  You can list the possible contracts and results at each of the other tables in all tournaments, and ask Bridge Baron to guess which contract and result actually occurred at each of the other tables.

·        We have made it possible to select your signals and leading agreements.

·        You can now choose to play just notrump deals.

·        We have added 192 new challenging problem deals for a total of 216 Challenges.

·        We have added 4 new card faces, including easy-to-read cards, and have added an option for a newspaper style card diagram.

·        We have improved the graphical user interface.

·        You can now finely calibrate your level settings, so that the computer may think for different lengths of time during the bidding, the opening lead, and at each trick.

·        We have expanded the bidding interpretation, which now includes the names of conventions used, the first- and second-round controls shown, and more.

·        We have added duplicate online play, online play is more stable, and we have increased the power of online play with many new features.

·        We have added 2 new languages: French and German.

·        We have made major improvements to Standard English/Acol bidding.  You can now use weak two bids with Standard English/Acol.

·        We have greatly improved Bridge Baron’s bidding, declarer play, and defense.

·        We have added all 53 octillion bridge deals as possible random deals in Bridge Baron—that's 53 billion billion billion bridge deals.

·        There are now over 40 skill levels.

·        We have added a double-dummy solver and a par-contract calculator.  When it's your turn to play a card while playing a deal, you can find out what the perfect double-dummy play-the correct play to make if you could see all four hands-would be.  While bidding or playing any deal, you can ask Bridge Baron to tell you what the final contract would be, and how many tricks each player could take as declarer, if all four players could see all four hands and would bid and play with that perfect knowledge.  You can now set Bridge Baron to peek at all four hands and try to come up with a perfect double-dummy play within the time limits you set.

·        We have added a new program called Conventions that lets you practice bidding conventions on millions of different deals.

·        We have added four new bidding systems: La Majeure Cinquième (French 5-Card Major, the basic system played in France), Precision, SAYC, and Forum D.

·        We have added over 75 new bidding conventions: Drury, Reverse Drury, Roman Keycard Blackwood, Weak Jump-Shift Responses, Splinter Bids, Control-Showing Cuebids, Inverted Minor Raises, Lebensohl over Overcall of 1NT, Lebensohl after Double of Weak Two, Smolen, Minor-Suit Stayman, Grand Slam Force, Voluntary Five-Major Bid, Responsive Doubles, New Minor Forcing, Ogust, Checkback Stayman (also known as Delayed Stayman), Ghestem, Landy, D.O.N.T., Astro, Benjamin 2-Bids, Multi 2D, Mini-Multi, Multi-Roman, Bergen Raises, Brozel, Maximal Overcall Doubles, Mathe Asking Bid, Control Asking Bids, Extended Stayman, Unusual over Unusual, Invisible Cue-Bids, Preemptive Reraises, Minor Suit Transfers, Minor Suit Transfers with Super Acceptance, 1NT-2S Relay to 3C for minor signoff, Hello, Truscott 2NT After a Double, Puppet Stayman, Gambling 3NT, 1430 Roman Keycard Blackwood, DOPI, Sandwich Notrump, Support Doubles and Redoubles, Short Club, Semi-Forcing 1NT, Specific King Asks, Eastern Cue-Bids, Western Cue-Bids, Limit-Plus Cue-Bids, Long/Help-Suit Game Tries, Short-Suit Game Tries, 2C-2H Double Negative, Control Responses to 2C Openers, Step Responses to 2C Openers, Walsh, Crowhurst, Mini-Roman 2D, Inverted Bergen Raises, Robinson, Helvic Notrump Runouts, DONT Notrump Runouts, Exit Transfer Notrump Runouts, Redouble for the Minors, Namyats, Lead-Directing Doubles, Wolff Signoff, and Artificial 2C/2D Raises After a Double.

·        Precision conventions: Gamma Trump Asks, Epsilon Control Asks, Unusual Positive 4-4-4-1 Bids, Impossible Negative 2NT, 1C-1NT Transfer Stayman, Baron.

·        We have allowed more flexibility in defining your bidding agreements.  You can select your Negative Double limit.  Jacoby 2NT and Limit Major Raises are now independently selectable.  You can now choose whether or not to allow 1NT opening bids with a five-card major, or with 5-4-2-2 shape.  You can also now choose whether or not to use your 1NT defense in the balancing seat.  You can also now choose whether a 2NT response to a 1C or 1D opening bid is invitational or forcing.  You can also now choose whether fourth-suit forcing will be for one round or to game.  You can also now choose to open 1NT with a six-card minor or a stiff honor.  You can also now choose to play Puppet Stayman after 1NT, after 2NT, or both.  You can select your opening 2NT range.

·        We have added aggressiveness controls in the bidding.

·        We have added 20 new Bridge Tournaments for free: the 2005 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the Winter 2004 Blue Hen Sectional, the Fall 2004 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2005 Blue Hen Sectional, the 2006 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the 2006 NSWBA ANC Butler Open Selection (with Butler IMPs scoring), the Fall 2005 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2006 Blue Hen Sectional, the Summer 1986 NABC in Toronto, the Fall 1986 NABC in Atlanta, the Fall 1972 NABC in Lancaster PA, the Fall 1974 NABC in San Antonio, the Fall 1977 NABC in Atlanta, the Summer 1984 NABC in Washington DC, the Summer 1990 NABC in Boston, the Summer 1993 NABC in Washington DC, the Fall 1991 NABC in Indianapolis, the Spring 1993 NABC in Kansas City, the Summer 1994 NABC in San Diego, and the Summer 1997 NABC in Albuquerque.  You can list the possible contracts and results at each of the other tables in all tournaments, and ask Bridge Baron to guess which contract and result actually occurred at each of the other tables.

·        Bridge Baron 17 runs natively on OS X systems.

·        We have made it possible to select your signals and leading agreements.

·        You can now choose to play just notrump deals.

·        We have added 192 new challenging problem deals for a total of 216 Challenges.

·        We have added 4 new card faces, including easy-to-read cards, and have added an option for a newspaper style card diagram.

·        We have improved the graphical user interface.

·        We have expanded the bidding interpretation, which now includes the names of conventions used, the first- and second-round controls shown, and more.

·        We have added duplicate online play, online play is more stable, and we have increased the power of online play with many new features (Windows only).

·        We have added a French version.

·        We have made major improvements to Standard English/Acol bidding.  You can now use weak two bids with Standard English/Acol.

·        We have improved the double-dummy capabilities; you can now set Bridge Baron to peek at all four hands and try to come up with a perfect double-dummy play within the time limits you set.

I have Bridge Baron 7.6 (or earlier) for Macintosh.  What’s new in Bridge Baron 17?
<back to the top

·        We have greatly improved Bridge Baron’s bidding, declarer play, and defense.

·        We have added all 53 octillion bridge deals as possible random deals in Bridge Baron—that's 53 billion billion billion bridge deals.

·        There are now over 40 skill levels.

·        We have added a double-dummy solver and a par-contract calculator.  When it's your turn to play a card while playing a deal, you can find out what the perfect double-dummy play-the correct play to make if you could see all four hands-would be.  While bidding or playing any deal, you can ask Bridge Baron to tell you what the final contract would be, and how many tricks each player could take as declarer, if all four players could see all four hands and would bid and play with that perfect knowledge.  You can now set Bridge Baron to peek at all four hands and try to come up with a perfect double-dummy play within the time limits you set.

·        We have added a new program called Conventions that lets you practice bidding conventions on millions of different deals.

·        We have added four new bidding systems: La Majeure Cinquième (French 5-Card Major, the basic system played in France), Precision, SAYC, and Forum D.

·        We have added over 75 new bidding conventions: Texas, Flannery, Drury, Reverse Drury, Roman Keycard Blackwood, Weak Jump-Shift Responses, Splinter Bids, Control-Showing Cuebids, Inverted Minor Raises, Lebensohl over Overcall of 1NT, Lebensohl after Double of Weak Two, Smolen, Minor-Suit Stayman, Grand Slam Force, Voluntary Five-Major Bid, Responsive Doubles, New Minor Forcing, Ogust, Checkback Stayman (also known as Delayed Stayman), Ghestem, Landy, D.O.N.T., Astro, Benjamin 2-Bids, Multi 2D, Mini-Multi, Multi-Roman, Bergen Raises, Brozel, Maximal Overcall Doubles, Mathe Asking Bid, Control Asking Bids, Extended Stayman, Unusual over Unusual, Invisible Cue-Bids, Preemptive Reraises, Minor Suit Transfers, Minor Suit Transfers with Super Acceptance, 1NT-2S Relay to 3C for minor signoff, Hello, Truscott 2NT After a Double, Puppet Stayman, Gambling 3NT, 1430 Roman Keycard Blackwood, DOPI, Sandwich Notrump, Support Doubles and Redoubles, Short Club, Semi-Forcing 1NT, Specific King Asks, Eastern Cue-Bids, Western Cue-Bids, Limit-Plus Cue-Bids, Long/Help-Suit Game Tries, Short-Suit Game Tries, 2C-2H Double Negative, Control Responses to 2C Openers, Step Responses to 2C Openers, Walsh, Crowhurst, Mini-Roman 2D, Inverted Bergen Raises, Robinson, Helvic Notrump Runouts, DONT Notrump Runouts, Exit Transfer Notrump Runouts, Redouble for the Minors, Namyats, Lead-Directing Doubles, Wolff Signoff, and Artificial 2C/2D Raises After a Double.

·        Precision conventions: Gamma Trump Asks, Epsilon Control Asks, Unusual Positive 4-4-4-1 Bids, Impossible Negative 2NT, 1C-1NT Transfer Stayman, Baron.

·        We have allowed more flexibility in defining your bidding agreements.  You can select your Negative Double limit.  Jacoby 2NT and Limit Major Raises are now independently selectable.  You can now choose whether or not to allow 1NT opening bids with a five-card major, or with 5-4-2-2 shape.  You can also now choose whether or not to use your 1NT defense in the balancing seat.  You can also now choose whether a 2NT response to a 1C or 1D opening bid is invitational or forcing.  You can also now choose whether fourth-suit forcing will be for one round or to game.  You can also now choose to open 1NT with a six-card minor or a stiff honor.  You can also now choose to play Puppet Stayman after 1NT, after 2NT, or both.  You can select your opening 2NT range.

·        We have added aggressiveness controls in the bidding.

·        We have added 20 new Bridge Tournaments for free: the 2005 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the Winter 2004 Blue Hen Sectional, the Fall 2004 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2005 Blue Hen Sectional, the 2006 Cavendish (with cross-IMPs scoring), the 2006 NSWBA ANC Butler Open Selection (with Butler IMPs scoring), the Fall 2005 Diamond State Sectional, the Winter 2006 Blue Hen Sectional, the Summer 1986 NABC in Toronto, the Fall 1986 NABC in Atlanta, the Fall 1972 NABC in Lancaster PA, the Fall 1974 NABC in San Antonio, the Fall 1977 NABC in Atlanta, the Summer 1984 NABC in Washington DC, the Summer 1990 NABC in Boston, the Summer 1993 NABC in Washington DC, the Fall 1991 NABC in Indianapolis, the Spring 1993 NABC in Kansas City, the Summer 1994 NABC in San Diego, and the Summer 1997 NABC in Albuquerque.  You can list the possible contracts and results at each of the other tables in all tournaments, and ask Bridge Baron to guess which contract and result actually occurred at each of the other tables.

·        Bridge Baron 17 runs natively on OS X systems.

·        We have made it possible to select your signals and leading agreements.

·        You can now choose to play just notrump deals.

·        We have added 192 new challenging problem deals for a total of 216 Challenges.

·        We have added 4 new card faces, including easy-to-read cards, and have added an option for a newspaper style card diagram.

·        We have improved the graphical user interface.

·        We have expanded the bidding interpretation, which now includes the names of conventions used, the first- and second-round controls shown, and more.

·        We have added duplicate online play, online play is more stable, and we have increased the power of online play with many new features (Windows only).

·        We have added a French version.

·        We have made major improvements to Standard English/Acol bidding.  You can now use weak two bids with Standard English/Acol.

·        We have improved the double-dummy capabilities; you can now set Bridge Baron to peek at all four hands and try to come up with a perfect double-dummy play within the time limits you set.