Then he can play online. Bridge Base Online has the best interface and is free and has minibridge as well as bridge. But there are many other online places to play as well.

Let me know if I can help further

But how to get them to see bridge as a great game that is not just for little old ladies?

Please WAKE UP to ZT. Nothing is so powerful as an idea whose time has come!

IT IS TIME!

I blogged about just this topic last spring when someone in the audience I spoke to about my book about sociable bridge, told how her mother taught all the kids bridge before the got into school, and later taught her grandchildren.

I had no idea there were teaching materials available for parents.

“The declaring side must take more than half of the tricks to score. Thus only the tricks won after the first six count for their score. These first six tricks are known as the book in Bridge terminology.”

Just that simple thing of adding up one’s points and highest total plays the hand–no bidding!!–was enough for me to say yes I could–but only just get them started. Once back up north they needed to take a computer course or find a teacher. I saw the downloadable student work sheets offered, but figured that wouldn’t go over with a bunch of adults.

After 3 days they wanted me to teach them to bid–”You’re not ready for that,” I said.

You know the thing they kept questioning? “Book”–that 2 clubs meant getting 8 tricks confounded them.

Is there any sensible explanation of “book?”

I finally told them to stop asking! “That’s just the way it is. The first 6 tricks don’t count.”