Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Marc Smith visits the final matches at the first Alt Swiss Teams-Pairs We return to the first Alt Swiss IMP Teams-Pairs with four matches remaining in the 13-round Swiss event. A reminder of the format, which is effectively IMP Pairs, where results in head-to-head matches are compared to a datum result, calculated by dropping the…

One thing that seems to be true for most bridge players is that they are, in some or another way, fans of the tabletop endeavour in general. I encourage bridge players to dip their hands into other games, including trading-card varieties, It enhances your strategy, teaches you to think in other ways, and expands what…

Tarot and bridge are related arts, and I’ve always found myself studying both. It’s only recently, though, that I realized that the tarot reading session looks much like the bridge game at a glance. The Tarot Session Versus The Bridge Game First, the atmosphere has to be right for the session. The good tarot reader…