Games

Bridge

The king of card games. There are many, many bridge sites on the Net, and I'm certainly not going to repeat their efforts here. Just to get you started, try:

• American Contract Bridge League
• Yahoo! bridge directory

You can also visit the official Eastern Mysticism page. This is a strong club bidding system that incorporates some of the best features of modern 2-over-1 methods and a weak notrump opening.

Test your knowledge of card play with this interactive card combinations quiz.

If you're still a bridge beginner and want some help bidding, check out Elliot's Bridge Basics and Bidding Guidelines (120k PDF).

Whiskey

When you're stuck for a fourth, try Whiskey, a simple cross between Skat and bridge.

Duplicate Scrabble^®

Duplicate Scrabble compensates for all the inherent inequalities of standard play in this crossword game.

Go

A game I'd like to know better. As with bridge, there are so many sites on Go that it hardly seems worthwhile to add another; still, I've posted a page on the simplicity of Go rules.