Starting on Monday, we are going to be using boards downloaded from The Common Game for our games. We will also be using The Common Game as a second method of posting our results on the internet.  This will be for all our games EXCEPT for the Tuesday night team game and the Saturday afternoon pairs game.  

What is The Common Game? The Common Game is a service offered to local clubs across the country, which allows bridge players to compare their results with players at other clubs who are playing the identical hands.  The results are posted online on The Common Game’s website.

Participation in the Common Game does not affect a player's score or masterpoint award at the local club level. The ACBL masterpoint awards continue to be scored and reported as always.What does the Common Game offer players?

•  Players can compare their results with players across the country
•  Expert analysis of many of the interesting hands played
• Individual play analysis (if your club uses Bridgemates or Bridge Pads)

If you have an email address with the ACBL, your results will be emailed to you after the game.  For video tutorials and more information, you can go to www.TheCommonGame.com

It is important to remember that SBBC will still be posting our game results and hand records on our own website (southbaybridgeclub.com), as we have always done.  Viewing results on The Common Game is an alternative method of viewing your results that gives more information if you choose to use it. But if you are not interested, you can view the results on the club website as always.  There is going to be one slightly confusing thing about the 2 ways to view results.  If you view the results on our website, our 11:30 AM games will be called Morning Games. If you view the results on The Common Game, the 11:30 AM games will be called Afternoon Games.  This has something to do with The Common Game being scored across all the time zones in the country.

Because The Common Game uses your ACBL number as a sign-in pass code, players who are not ACBL members will have to use a special procedure.  If you are not an ACBL member and wish to use The Common Game, please contact Janice Scholler and she will walk you through how to sign on.