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Author: Alex J Coyne

  • Embarrassing card confessions from the other side of the table

    I’d like to take a moment to get up close and personal with readers of the Prime Club. The world of card playing is filled with a wealth of interesting stories, and if you’ve been at enough card nights I’m sure that you will have a few stories yourself. What are some of the most…

  • Plots with bridge

    Several movies starring Ryan Reynolds contain subtle references to cards or tabletop games. In the bizarre flick The Nines, his character is seen playing backgammon – but every time, the dice rolls come up as nines. Other movies include references to chess. Reynolds was also selected as the star of a potential and yet uncreated…

  • 3 decades of classic bridge books

    Contract bridge has been around for a very long time, and precursor games such as whist for even longer. Bridge is still an evolving game, and there are new things happening almost every day. Its existence spans long enough that people have been playing the various forms of bridge for decades. What does this mean…