For card-loving bridge players, attracting youth is ultimate puzzle

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At the North American Bridge championships, thousands showed up to play. But perhaps the hardest puzzle this card game has to solve is how to attract youth.
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@hanzi696 2 жыл бұрын

I'm 26 & I've recently fallen in love with bridge. The game is alive & well 😎

@plrc4593 Жыл бұрын

Good for you. In my oppinion best game ever made.

@cassiewentworth6745 7 ай бұрын

I am so excited to hear that from a 26 year old youngster. That’s about when I started…it grabbed me so quickly and I still love the game. Please find a very good teacher…I don’t mean someone who says they know the game I am saying someone who is noted to be a fine player and hopefully is a teacher as well. If there is someone who teaches and you pay for lessons…do that. And do read…..anbout everything you can get your hands on about bridge. I went immediately into playing duplicate. My mother had no mercy. It was like putting a chick in a pond of alligators 😂 but I came right back and kept taking lessons from great players …I lived in Houston at the time and there was a great group of fine players. I am now 76 and still love the game and am active playing duplicate. Good luck. Would love to hear about your progression. I teach bridge and if you ever have a question…ask me. I would be glad to help.

@Majestal1 5 ай бұрын

Same here!!!

@Oonggaboong 6 жыл бұрын

Game: 5 minutes Arguing with friends why we lost the deal: 1 hour

@sangredelic 5 жыл бұрын

I love the game but people get way too intense about it. It takes too much time to learn and be good at and people nowadays don't have that kind of leisure time that they had when the game was more popular.

@plrc4593 Жыл бұрын

That's the beauty of the game.

@dannybin663 5 жыл бұрын

The trouble with young kids coming in is because of competition with other teen targeted games and the high skill entry. I’m 16 and played for 2 years. The first games were always loses and no one knows what’s going on. Teens are discouraged and many quit before even knowing how to play. Basically, the thought process is “why play bridge when I could play another easier online game?”

@jdm2626 5 жыл бұрын

There are plenty of newer card/board games that are more appealing and fun.

@opeyemisammychiyembekezomi1006 3 жыл бұрын

Can’t help, in my society playing card is already have a look of something to do with gambling. How can I play if people keep thinking with that perspective? While online game is just an activity for relaxing.

@plrc4593 Жыл бұрын

Do you still play bridge? :)

@dannybin663 Жыл бұрын

@@plrc4593 yes! Though it has mainly shifted online

@ericj199 5 ай бұрын

@@opeyemisammychiyembekezomi1006 Yes!! The immediate association of card games to gambling must go

@MrBlaisehebert 7 жыл бұрын

This was an interesting piece. But I feel it lacked some important context that could enlighten viewers on why it's hard to attract new players to this classic game. To simply blame the usual scapegoat of youth and video games is too simple. The fact is that Bridge is, in part competing against a new generation of other board games and card games. We are currently experiencing a new golden age of tabletop games. This revival which began in the mid 2000’s, driven in part by globalization which made European games more accessible to North American audiences. The emergence of crowdfunding platforms like kickstarter, that make it very simple for new game designers, to find their audiences, with some very earth shattering funding results. Other markers include the rise of board game lounges and bars, specifically made for social play. Live play podcasts, and video streams being common, has broaden the community of “who plays games” outside of small niches, and into the mainstream. The fact is that in 2017, with thousands of new games that have come out in the last decade, and close to 50 new ones coming out every week, it’s hard to keep up with the driving demand for new mechanics and player experiences. Can Bridge survive this new trend, or be swept under the mountain of yesterday. Only time will tell.

@SwobyJ 7 жыл бұрын

"Can Bridge survive this new trend" - No. Except as part of nostalgia wave.

@jdm2626 5 жыл бұрын

Pretty much hits the nail on the head.

@TheUniversialTurtle Жыл бұрын

im 17 and love bridge, im from NJ and cant find anyone else around my age who is willing to play or learn it, its sad

@plrc4593 Жыл бұрын

I know the pain. You must play bridge online for now and look for a partner. You may try to convince some of your peer. EDIT: if bridge is too hard for them, teach them 500 first. It's a very similar, but easier game.

@TheUniversialTurtle Жыл бұрын

@@plrc4593 i taught them spades instead, they pick it up a lot easier.

@kikileehantulaut5262 6 жыл бұрын

i play bridge and i am 10 years old

@joaov.m.oliveira9903 3 жыл бұрын

Oh that's so cute.

@50PullUps 3 жыл бұрын

2:45 'wow' Dude's genuinely impressed.

@ianboard544 7 ай бұрын

There is a bridge center where I live in SoCal but their schedule is geared toward retirees - during weekday business hours. Frustrating. Personally, I think it is one of those things waiting to be rediscovered.

@Ostsol 5 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure my parents met at a bridge table. :D

@josephgaming8213 5 жыл бұрын

I’d play if I knew how

@xnng 4 жыл бұрын

its fairly easy, I learned in a day. was pretty confusing at first

@farkass7440 3 жыл бұрын

The basics are easy, getting good is hard

@plrc4593 Жыл бұрын

If you want to learn bridge, I recommend to learn first 500. It's a very similar game, but much easier.

@fakeme3968 2 жыл бұрын

I'm here because I Love Lucy and leave it to Beaver show both played bridge.

@tomgorey9294 4 жыл бұрын

The ACBL should reduce it's strict conventions rules might keep people more interested

@plrc4593 Жыл бұрын

Dude, you have no idea how lucky you are having ACBL. I'm from Poland. A country of, currently, best bridge players across the world but totally fallen in love with awful Polish Club. Polish club compared to all other bidding systems is like algebra compared to arithmetic. Because of it bridge in Poland stuck and is dying out in my opinion.