BJ Bridge Benji Acol
Free
3.3.1for iPhone, iPad
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About BJ Bridge Benji Acol
Have you played contract bridge for some time and want to brush up on the latest conventions? Or do you just want to practice your game between visits to your bridge club?
BJ Bridge (BriJ for short) the duplicate bridge bidding and playing game for you. It has levels to suit both beginners and those who already play bridge. There's copious help at every stage, suggesting WHY as well as WHAT to bid or play.
This Free version BriJ uses a Benjaminised Acol bidding system.
There are alternative versions of BJ Bridge for Acol beginners and for the Standard American system of bidding
A separate PRO version offers a choice of systems, including SAYC (Standard American Yellow Card) as well as standard Acol systems and Benjaminised Acol Systems, all with an extensive choice of conventions.
With all versions of BriJ you can:
• Use bluetooth / local Wifi to connect up with other players
• practice bidding and playing as a partnership
• choose to play in defence (against your partner) or to play the contract independently
• play anywhere, without Internet access!
• choose to see all cards
• choose to see hands one at a time. Rotate the table to play an another hand
• bid from a familiar bidding box • see tricks are laid out as you would expect for Duplicate bridge
• see your results rated as a percentage
• download hands from BridgeWebs directly into BriJ and measure yourself against other players. Replay the hands against BriJ opposition to see where you went wrong! [Use option "Load"; then "Web search to find deals"; find your your club site; go to your results page; touch the "Hands" tab, then touch "Download as Pbn"].
• Import deals sent from other BriJ players
BriJ uses the same logic as real human players
• it does not cheat by peeking at the hidden cards to find that impossible play! So, you have a reasonable chance of beating your computer opponents
• like a real player, BriJ may make mistakes, but is improving all the time. Look out for later releases!
• BriJ deals are totally random. All completely free
• ask BriJ to predict what contracts are likely for each new deal
• ask BriJ to predict how many tricks ought to be made
• save any deal for playing at a later date
See the website http://bjbridge.org for details of the extensive optional features of BriJ, including information on how to get started with BriJ and its tutorial system. Please email bjsoftware42@gmail.com if you'd like to suggest improvements or report any problems.
BJ Bridge (BriJ for short) the duplicate bridge bidding and playing game for you. It has levels to suit both beginners and those who already play bridge. There's copious help at every stage, suggesting WHY as well as WHAT to bid or play.
This Free version BriJ uses a Benjaminised Acol bidding system.
There are alternative versions of BJ Bridge for Acol beginners and for the Standard American system of bidding
A separate PRO version offers a choice of systems, including SAYC (Standard American Yellow Card) as well as standard Acol systems and Benjaminised Acol Systems, all with an extensive choice of conventions.
With all versions of BriJ you can:
• Use bluetooth / local Wifi to connect up with other players
• practice bidding and playing as a partnership
• choose to play in defence (against your partner) or to play the contract independently
• play anywhere, without Internet access!
• choose to see all cards
• choose to see hands one at a time. Rotate the table to play an another hand
• bid from a familiar bidding box • see tricks are laid out as you would expect for Duplicate bridge
• see your results rated as a percentage
• download hands from BridgeWebs directly into BriJ and measure yourself against other players. Replay the hands against BriJ opposition to see where you went wrong! [Use option "Load"; then "Web search to find deals"; find your your club site; go to your results page; touch the "Hands" tab, then touch "Download as Pbn"].
• Import deals sent from other BriJ players
BriJ uses the same logic as real human players
• it does not cheat by peeking at the hidden cards to find that impossible play! So, you have a reasonable chance of beating your computer opponents
• like a real player, BriJ may make mistakes, but is improving all the time. Look out for later releases!
• BriJ deals are totally random. All completely free
• ask BriJ to predict what contracts are likely for each new deal
• ask BriJ to predict how many tricks ought to be made
• save any deal for playing at a later date
See the website http://bjbridge.org for details of the extensive optional features of BriJ, including information on how to get started with BriJ and its tutorial system. Please email bjsoftware42@gmail.com if you'd like to suggest improvements or report any problems.
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.3.1
Last updated on Mar 10, 2020
Old Versions
BriJ now supports the optional use of Dark Mode as introduced in the latest versions of iOS and iPadOS.
There are also several cosmetic changes to improve appearance in, for example, the icon bar, bidding box and options screens. The card table is enlarged to suit tall iPhones.
Fixes: removes spurious underlines on scoresheet; eliminates a problem with unresponsive BridgeWebs “download as pbn” (for iPad in landscape mode). avoids freezes when relaunching BriJ from a background state
There are also several cosmetic changes to improve appearance in, for example, the icon bar, bidding box and options screens. The card table is enlarged to suit tall iPhones.
Fixes: removes spurious underlines on scoresheet; eliminates a problem with unresponsive BridgeWebs “download as pbn” (for iPad in landscape mode). avoids freezes when relaunching BriJ from a background state
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Version History
3.3.1
Mar 10, 2020
BriJ now supports the optional use of Dark Mode as introduced in the latest versions of iOS and iPadOS.
There are also several cosmetic changes to improve appearance in, for example, the icon bar, bidding box and options screens. The card table is enlarged to suit tall iPhones.
Fixes: removes spurious underlines on scoresheet; eliminates a problem with unresponsive BridgeWebs “download as pbn” (for iPad in landscape mode). avoids freezes when relaunching BriJ from a background state
There are also several cosmetic changes to improve appearance in, for example, the icon bar, bidding box and options screens. The card table is enlarged to suit tall iPhones.
Fixes: removes spurious underlines on scoresheet; eliminates a problem with unresponsive BridgeWebs “download as pbn” (for iPad in landscape mode). avoids freezes when relaunching BriJ from a background state
3.2.1
Feb 18, 2020
The app title is changed to show that this version uses the Benji Acol bidding system.
Also, BriJ now works more consistently with the most recently released iPhones and iPads as well as the latest iOS and iPadOS 13.3 operating systems. For example, the ‘options’ screens are easier to use and the BriJ screens make better use of the available space on the latest iPhones. Some minor improvements.
Also, BriJ now works more consistently with the most recently released iPhones and iPads as well as the latest iOS and iPadOS 13.3 operating systems. For example, the ‘options’ screens are easier to use and the BriJ screens make better use of the available space on the latest iPhones. Some minor improvements.
3.2
Feb 4, 2020
The app title is changed to show that this version uses the Benji Acol bidding system.
Also, BriJ now works more consistently with the most recently released iPhones and iPads as well as the latest iOS and iPadOS 13.3 operating systems. For example, the ‘options’ screens are easier to use and the BriJ screens make better use of the available space on the latest iPhones.
Also, BriJ now works more consistently with the most recently released iPhones and iPads as well as the latest iOS and iPadOS 13.3 operating systems. For example, the ‘options’ screens are easier to use and the BriJ screens make better use of the available space on the latest iPhones.
3.0.1
Apr 6, 2019
. When connected with a partner, BriJ now offers the Claim button on the Host iPad or iPhone when playing in defence as well when playing as Declarer
. The EBU Green Book deals and EBU Fast Track deals are now available, as well as the EBU Red Book deals
. There are more club sessions for those who like to compare their play to 'real' players. A further 1000 deals available in -CLUB-SESSION-SAMPLES2
. The target number of tricks (shown in results for player BriJ1) is now always achievable by following the robot play suggestions
. Splinter bids are now observed after partner has responded to an opening bid with a suit bid and the opener is rebidding
. Discard suit choices are improved, keeping guards as well as potential winning cards
. A scoring discrepancy when playing on a rotated table is now resolved. Particularly important for CLUB-SESSION-SAMPLES play
. Fixes and stability improvements
. Many other cosmetic improvements, resulting from your suggestions. Thank you for these
. The EBU Green Book deals and EBU Fast Track deals are now available, as well as the EBU Red Book deals
. There are more club sessions for those who like to compare their play to 'real' players. A further 1000 deals available in -CLUB-SESSION-SAMPLES2
. The target number of tricks (shown in results for player BriJ1) is now always achievable by following the robot play suggestions
. Splinter bids are now observed after partner has responded to an opening bid with a suit bid and the opener is rebidding
. Discard suit choices are improved, keeping guards as well as potential winning cards
. A scoring discrepancy when playing on a rotated table is now resolved. Particularly important for CLUB-SESSION-SAMPLES play
. Fixes and stability improvements
. Many other cosmetic improvements, resulting from your suggestions. Thank you for these
3.0
Jan 13, 2017
. When connected with a partner, BriJ offers the Claim button on the Host iPad or iPhone. This now applies when playing in defence as well when playing as Declarer
. The EBU Green Book and EBU Fast Track deals are now available, as well as the Red Book
. More club sessions have been introduced for those who like to compare their play to 'real' players. A further 1000 deals available in -CLUB-SESSION-SAMPLES2
. The target number of tricks (shown in results for player BriJ1) is now always achievable by following the robot play suggestions
. Splinter bids are now observed after partner has responded to an opening bid with a suit bid and the opener is rebidding
. Discard suit choices are improved, keeping guards as well as potential winning cards
. A scoring discrepancy when playing on a rotated table is now resolved. Particularly important for CLUB-SESSION-SAMPLES play
. Many other cosmetic improvements, resulting from your suggestions> Thank you for these
2.6.1
Jan 13, 2017
* Option to suppress opposition bids.
This may be helpful during your early bridge lessons.
Find in 'options' > 'Which hands to bid’’
* Option for Hint Panel to be closed after one hint.
Find in 'options' > 'Hinting Features’
* Other fixes / improvements:
- Prevent Unassuming Cue Bid (UCB) over a 2-level opening (applies to PRO only).
- Avoid crash after 3NT response to a 1-suit opener (PRO only)
- Correction to pbn file when saving hands from a rotated table
- Smoother bidding 'one-hand-at-a-time', particularly with suppressed opposition bidding
- Fix for Splinter bidding (Pro only)
- Opening bid for 4441 hand now conforms to Acol method without 5-card majors
* Updates for compatibility with new 2018 buttonless iPhones and iPads.
* Support for split screen mode
* Improved bidding after non-Benji strong 2 bids (Pro only)
* Better inferences after response to partner's double
* Two over one bidding system improvements (Pro only)
* 'Touch to continue' now properly visible on score sheet
* Cosmetic improvements
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iPhone
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