Updated Google CMP SDK
* Addition of two new bidding conventions, 2-over-1 and weak jump overcalls.
* Added an extra sprinkle of AI to improve bidding and card play.
* Numerous minor improvements to the game presentation.
* Individual hand scores now shown on tournament completion.
* Significant update to the online bidding guide given the changes to support the additional conventions.
Added Google optimise flags for initializing and ad loading
Added Google optimise flags for initializing and ad loading
General maintenance update incl updated dependant SDKs + Android components.
Welcome to the 20th Anniversary Edition of Bridge. This update contains a significant number of minor changes to a wide range of bidding and card play situations - producing a stronger and more competitive Bridge card game.
A number of bug fixes, e.g. part scores we not always taken into consideration in all bidding scenarios.
Enjoy!
Welcome to the 2022 edition of Bridge. Lots of small but significant improvements to many areas of bidding and card play producing a stronger / better Bridge game. Removed usage of Google Play following your feedback.
Thanks for all the hints, tips, suggestions please keep them coming.
Welcome to the 2022 edition of Bridge. Lots of small but significant improvements to many areas of bidding and card play producing a stronger / better Bridge game. Removed usage of Google Play following your feedback.
Thanks for all the hints, tips, suggestions please keep them coming.
Fix to get around Android 12 / Google Play breaking backwards compatibility
Changed to allow opt-in video ads to earn Ticketz after app been purchased to remove all the other ads - as requested.
Fixed another issue in a support library due to Google In App Purchase SDK failing to maintain backwards compatibilty. Apologies for those of you hit by this.
Fix to get around Google In App Purchase SDK failing to maintain backwards compatibility so losing purchase receipt info.
Fix to get around Google In App Purchase SDK failing to maintain backwards compatibility so losing purchase receipt info.
Additional language support
Updated Media player usage.
Updated dependant SDKs.
Updated Android build/security compliance level.
All of which equals various bug fixes and improvements.
Welcome to the 2021 version of Bridge. Relieve boredom, have fun and exercise your mind all at the same time with this classic card game.
Smoother and more refined user interface across more devices.
Updated dependent SDKs
A number of bug fixes.
Worked around an ANR on low powered devices caused by standard Android OS functions taking too long to load sound files.
Remove usage of some older Android functions and changed to incorporate new Android OS functions.
Changed to new Android In App billing APIs.
Updated dependant SDKs = bug fixes. Additional support for Android 10 devices and updated Google Play policies. Reduced number of dependant SDKs = smaller faster game.
Fix to occasional app freeze when exiting in the middle of dealing cards
Some minor improvements to tournament result handling.
General maintenance release with updated dependant SDKs.
Some improvements to edge cases in bidding and card play.
General maintenance release with updated dependant SDKs.
Additional update to result reporting.
Update to dependant SDKs to support changes to Google Play Store policies.
Numerous improvements to various bidding and card play scenarios.
Extended Gerber response to 1 + 2NT openings.
Audio and visual indication of results arriving in tournaments.
A results list view showing completed tournaments and those tournaments still pending - i.e. waiting for other players to participate/complete.
Additional info for timed tournaments.
Increased returns for timed tournaments.
Some minor bug fixes mainly around asking Google Play to provide your alias name which is problematic on some Android 6+7 devices.
Better support for landscape orientation on phones.
Some bug fixes to get around Google play name request failing on some devices.
Updates to dependant SDKs - so bugs fixed.
Added an option in the Game preferences to hide the AI bids at the end of Rubber bridge bidding, allows you to revert to the previous style UI as requested by some of you.
Uses new adaptive icons as needed by later versions of Andoid
Updated dependant SDKs = bug fixes.
Oct 2019
Display of bids engine would have made now takes into account part scores and vulnerability correctly when generating the bids.
Oct 2019
Rubber Bridge:
Updated end of bidding view to contain bigger clearer action buttons. Now displays the bids the engine would have made + offer the ability to play your contract, engines contract or deal a new hand.
Early Oct 2019
Significant number of minor updates to various bidding scenarios.
Significant number of minor updates to various bidding scenarios.
Rubbber Bridge:
Minor UI updates making the app flow more smoothly, e.g. dealing a next hand if the bidding of a previous hand is not particularly exciting.
Rubbber Bridge:
Forced skipping of deals when 3 or more hands result in less than 14 points for South. It is therefore no longer possible to get more than 3 hands (from the 2 billion possible hands) in a row that dont contain biddable hands.
Updates to dependant SDKs - so bugs fixed. Update to GDPR consent support.
Update to remove all Google G+ functionality as it is no longer supported by Google.
Update to remove all Google G+ functionality as it is no longer supported by Google.
Updated various dependant SDKs = bug fixes
Welcome to the 2019 edition of Bridge. Apparently artificial intelligence or AI is now all the rage. Without jumping on that particular bandwagon, the 2019 edition of Bridge continues with our strong tradition of providing best in class AI developed over the past 35 years by acknowledged Bridge experts.
Numerous improvements in bidding and card play.
Additional device support.
Latest dependant SDKs = bug fixes.
Welcome to the 2018 edition of Bridge, featuring faster and stronger game play with smoother user interface. The 2018 edition of Bridge contains best in class artificial intelligence (AI) developed over the past 35 years by acknowledged Bridge experts.Identified and removed the ad provider that insisted on delivering the obnoxious video ads. Yes we do read the reviews and emails !
From your feedback plus more advertizers using full screen video ads means we have reduced the number of full screen adverts by about 50% (hooray!). You should still get to play about 98% of the time + hopefully we still generate sufficient revenue to keep the app free for you. Totally ad free is still available via the single IAP should you wish.
Welcome to the 2018 edition of Bridge, featuring faster and stronger game play with smoother user interface.The 2018 edition of Bridge contains best in class artificial intelligence (AI) developed over the past 35 years, yes check out who built Bridge Challenger way way back in 1983. We believe this is our best version to date. Enjoy!
Nov 2016 (5.22.61)Substantial update to support Chicago (Four-deal) Bridge tournaments.Updated a number of the system dependancies to better support more devices including latest Android releases.July 2016 (5.21.56)Numerous adjustments to bidding to better accomodate more edge cases and card distributions. Thanks to everyone who reported DealIds that we can investigate and improve on.
Welcome to the 21st Anniversary Edition of Bridge. This significant update includes two further bidding conventions along with a range of general bidding and card play improvements. Thanks for all your feedback.
With 3 modes of play, practically unlimited deals and the ability to search for hands this Bridge card game is sure to teach, challenge and entertain you for hours.
Alternatively, why not play in some Bridge tournaments or create your own Bridge club and play online against your family, friends and invited club members.
Bridge supports the following 3 modes of play:
In Rubber Bridge a rubber is played as the best of three games. A game is won by the first partnership to score 100 or more points in successful contracts.
In Chicago Bridge, also known as Four-Hand Bridge, you play exactly four hands of Bridge. The winner is the partnership that scores the most points. Whilst played offline with a computer partner against the computer, if you share the 'tournament number' with a friend they can play the same hands on their device.
In Tournament Bridge you play at your own pace against players from around the world in duplicate style Bridge tournaments. Each player in a tournament plays the same hands with the winner scoring the most points.
What is Bridge?
Bridge is a trick taking card game played by four players who form two partnerships. Players within a partnership face each other across a table. Traditionally, the players are referred to by the points of the compass - North, East, South and West. The two partnerships are North/South and East/West.
Designed for both beginners and more advanced players you can choose how you prefer to play. There are plenty of features if you are trying to learn Bridge including auto play and hints. Meanwhile the more advanced players can use the bid analysis or replay hand features to explore different lines of card play.
GAME FEATURES:
* Approximately 2 billion hands built in for you to enjoy.
* Play game points or slams all day if that is what you want to do.
* Compare your bidding the Bridge V+ AI bidding.
* See how the computer would have bid and played the hand.
* Replay from any bid or card for that 'what if' moment
* Play in Bridge tournaments.
* Create your own Bridge club and play against friends.
* Get hints.
* Play any or all of North, South, East or West if that is your preference.
* Ask the computer how it has interpreted the bids made.
* Lots of display options to suit your individual and device preference.
* All the Bridge AI is in the app so you do not need any online connection to play.
PLEASE NOTE:
Bridge is free to download but ad-funded. You can choose to remove the adverts via a single In App Purchase if that is your individual preference.
Bridge tournaments cost money to host and run. You can choose to play for free by watching a short video advert to earn some Ticketz. Alternatively you can purchase Ticketz using the In App Purchases available.
DEVELOPED BY BRIDGE PLAYERS
The team behind Bridge have been producing Bridge games for over 40 years. One of our first products was Bridge Challenger released in the early 80s!
Do we get every bid correct or play every hand perfectly? absolutely not!. Often there is no one single correct answer making Bridge the game we love. Meanwhile we continue to develop and improve the game.
COMMENTS + SUGGESTIONS.
Please feel free to contact us via our support email if you have comments and suggestions. Please include any Deal Id if you are commenting on specific deals as that is the only way we can reasonably play the hand in question here.