Word of Recall

[Kish]

I'm not a bridge player, so I can't tell you how that works. Suits are ranked in power, I think.

No, trump works the same way there. Suits are ranked, in that you get more points if you win a hand where (say) spades are trump than if you win one where clubs are trump. But if clubs are trump, any club will take a trick in which everyone else played non-trumps.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Stuff

Excellent stuff. Very much agreed.

quoting is devilishly hard on my phone

You typed all that on your phone? Man, even more impressive.

GW

[BroomGuys]

I'm not a bridge player, so I can't tell you how that works. Suits are ranked in power, I think.

Trumps in bridge work the same way; the ranking of suits has to do with winning the bid before you play the hand, and how many points you get (the most point-valuable suit is actually no-trump).

In response to ScurvyCur: hear, hear. I think that's a good description of V's story in the battle. One thing I would enjoy seeing is if V's character development allows him/her to thwart the IFCC's plans as a result of lessons learned from his/her disastrous mistakes, but I'm sure wherever Rich does take the story will be good.

[Snails]

No, trump works the same way there. Suits are ranked, in that you get more points if you win a hand where (say) spades are trump than if you win one where clubs are trump. But if clubs are trump, any club will take a trick in which everyone else played non-trumps.

And that last point is the key. To "trump" someone strongly implies that the usual tactical details are irrelevant.