The boards for the Xmas party have been dealt in the normal way.  However, each comes with a rule which modifies how the board is to be played.  These rules have been gathered from various sources including the EBU and Bridge clubs both nationally and internationally.  The rules are designed to amuse and to entertain but also to challenge the players to get a good result.

There will be 16 boards.  Scoring will be "aggregate", i.e. the board scores are simply added together to get a total for all 16 boards.  BridgeMates will be used.