The full pack of 52 cards is used, poker cards ranking from Ace (high) to 2 (low). Thirteen cards are dealt to each player and the remaining 26 cards are placed face downwards between them, to form the stock.

THE PLAY

The non-dealer leads to the first trick. thereafter the player who wins a trick leads to the next. A player must follow suit if he can. The winner of a trick takes the top card of the stock, the loser takes the next card. The first 13 tricks are played without a trump suit, and do not count in the final score.

When the stock is exhausted, the two players bid as in Bridge the dealer first; bidding continues until one player passes a bid, double or redouble. The player who does not make the final bid leads to the first trick, and the play continues as in the parent game. The players score as in Bridge.

If a player revokes during the playoff the first 13 tricks, or if he draws a card out of turn, or sees more than one card when drawing from the stock, his opponent, when it is his turn to draw from the stock, may look at the two top cards and take either. Other irregularities are governed by the laws of Bridge.

HONEYMOON BRIDGE WITH A WIDOW

In this version of the game, the players sit in adjacent seats and the cards are dealt into four hands (as in the standard game ) of 12 cards each. The remaining four cards (the widow) are placed face downwards in the centre of the table.

The players bid as in the standard game (the dealer bids first ) and when a bid has been passed, doubled or re-doubled, the player who has won the declaration takes up the widow hand and, without showing it to his opponent, takes one card into his own hand, one into his dummy, and gives the other two cards to his occonent to take one into his hand and the other into his dummy.

The player who has won the declaration may demand the opening lead to be made either by his opponent or by his opponent’s dummy.

SEMI-EXPOSED HONEYMOON BRIDGE

The players in this version sit in adjacent seats and the cards are dealt as in standard game, except that the first six cards to the dummies are dealt face downwards in a row, the remaining cards, six face upwards on the top of them and one face upwards by itself.

The dealer bids first, and the bidding ends when a bid has been passed, doubled or redoubled. The hand on the left of the player who has won the declaration leads to the first trick.

The play and scoring are as in the parent game, except that a player may play from his dummy only a face-upwards card. When a face-upwards cards has been played, the card under it is turned face upwards, and is available for play.

Games for Five or More Players