BJ Bridge Lite

BJ Bridge (BriJ for short) the duplicate bridge bidding and playing game for you. It has levels to suit both beginners and those who already play bridge. There's copious help at every stage, suggesting WHY as well as WHAT to bid or play.

Please note that the Lite version has a fixed Benji-Acol bidding system that will not suit everyone. The PRO version offers a choice of systems, including SAYC, with a customisable selection of bidding conventions.

• Use bluetooth / local Wifi to connect up with other players
• practice bidding and playing as a partnership
• choose to play in defence (against your partner) or to play the contract independently
• play anywhere, without Internet access!
• choose to see all cards
• choose to see hands one at a time. Rotate the table to play an another hand
• bid from a familiar bidding box • see tricks are laid out as you would expect for Duplicate bridge
• see your results rated as a percentage
• download hands from BridgeWebs directly into BriJ and measure yourself against other players. Replay the hands against BriJ opposition to see where you went wrong! Import deals sent from other BriJ players

BriJ uses the same logic as real human players
• it does not cheat by peeking at the hidden cards to find that impossible play! So, you have a reasonable chance of beating your computer opponents
• like a real player, BriJ may make mistakes, but is improving all the time. Look out for later releases!
• BriJ deals are totally random. All completely free
• ask BriJ to predict what contracts are likely for each new deal
• ask BriJ to predict how many tricks ought to be made
• save any deal for playing at a later date

See the website http://bjbridge.org for details of the extensive optional features of BriJ, including information on how to get started with BriJ and its tutorial system. Please email [email protected] if you'd like to suggest improvements or report any problems.