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From: bs@faron.UUCP (Robert D. Silverman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,rec.games.bridge
Subject: Re: want recommendations for MS-DOS bridge game
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Date: Fri, 26-Jun-87 10:45:55 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 26 10:45:55 1987
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In article <3380@ihlpg.ATT.COM> trl@ihlpg.ATT.COM (tr lowe) writes:
>Having just purchased an AT&T PC6300+, I am interested in purchasing
>a good game of computer Bridge.
>
>Can anyone recommend a good game ?  About how much should it cost ?
>Also, are there some bad ones I should stay away from ?
>Has anyone had experience running the Bridge game on an AT&T 6300+ ?
>
 
It depends on what you mean by 'good game'. By my standards, all of the
existing ones are so bad that they are a waste of money. They all make
stupid, idiotic mistakes that even novices wouldn't make and their
bidding is universally atrocious.

I wouldn't waste money on such a product. The state-of-the-art just isn't
there yet. Maybe when as much time and effort has been spent on computer
bridge as chess we'll have something decent but I doubt it. Chess is a
deductive game, based on complete information. Bridge is an inductive one,
often based upon estimates of your opponents playing abilities. Such things
are currently beyond our understanding of how to program properly.
 

Bob Silverman