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So here's an idea for a game. Let's call it "inductive bridge".

1) Rules of play are as for standard contract bridge.

2) You may use whatever conventions you like. There is no obligation to tell anybody what they are.

3) Have fun figuring out the opposing partnership's conventions!

Yes, it'd be a whole different ball game. But would it be worse?

Discuss.

(Full disclosure: I played bridge competitively at university.)

(Update: seems k_sze was ahead of me.)

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I think it would be a worse game. :)

I used to play an ok amount of bridge.

I enjoyed trying unusual systems, but playing against them were less fun. Sure you can play some advanced relay system, but even with open information about the system needing to figure out exactly how your relay system is built takes away the focus from the core of the game that is enjoyable: Finding the right bid, and then meeting it in play.

It would probably be a nightmare. Just try playing with an abundance of "psychic bids", and the game becomes more or less random guessing

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