StevenG, on 2014-January-12, 03:49, said:
For most BBO games, the Laws of Kitchen Bridge would be appropriate.
The problem would be that there would be as many sets of Laws as there are kitchens.
Not that I mean to knock the game! This is what I played for 10 years with my grandparents before I ever played a hand of duplicate!
barmar, on 2014-January-12, 20:29, said:
Or they should have two versions, just like the laws for f2f bridge. Or laws that depend on a director could have two versions: one with a TD, one without. In fact, it seems like this would also make sense for the f2f laws -- it would ensure that the parts that aren't dependent on a TD stay in sync
If the Laws were better written and more comprehensive you would need a director far less frequently. Last night we played a match held privately, and had a situation with two penalty cards. Law 51A stipulate that in such a case, when both cards could be legally played to a trick, the declarer chooses which one. Our team of two county directors and two club directors did not know what happened to the other card. We had to bother one of the EBU's top directors to find the answer. He was happy to help, but we were lucky to be able to get in touch with him, since there are few others whom we would have taken so comfortably at their word.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones -- Albert Einstein