liquid_quik
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Anybody interested in the game of bridge?
me, imo.
my grandparents taught me whist when i was really young and occasionally they would bring one of their friends over and we would play bridge.
my bridge/whist game really took off when i wrapped my head around the concept of not leading the King of a suit when i dont have the Ace and the Ace hasnt been played.
It took me a long time to figure out why I kept losing.
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liquid_quik
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Backgammon and/or bridge would be great, but they would probably require a complete series each for anything but a very basic introduction...
Bridge maybe would be less doable, but I really think that since gambling is such a big part of Backgammon and that the game can be played on some of the sites (or at least it could be in the past when i used to play on party) it would be a relevant game to teach.
Also, I made some slides for my upcoming Cribbage video. any suggestions on what to do? I was thinking just running 10 minutes of an intro to the game with some scoring ideas and a few basic hints and then jumping into game play and discussing the game and how i approach situations. I have one of my buddies who will be my opponent, which is going to be good, and GrantKropf might be on the line with me to ask questions, as he is new to the game.
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Fanshawe
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I teach a go class and my rating estimate is 1950 (go uses the same rating system as chess), so if there's interest, I could make a video. It would obviously be a very brief introduction (one would have to make a series just to outline the very basics of strategy), but it might get people interested.
Also, I'm fairly decent at chess (1900 ELO), so I could try to make a video on the basics of chess strategy and how to appreciate the beauty of the game.
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Troem
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I teach a go class and my rating estimate is 1950 (go uses the same rating system as chess), so if there's interest, I could make a video. It would obviously be a very brief introduction (one would have to make a series just to outline the very basics of strategy), but it might get people interested.
Also, I'm fairly decent at chess (1900 ELO), so I could try to make a video on the basics of chess strategy and how to appreciate the beauty of the game.
would be awesome 
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I teach a go class and my rating estimate is 1950 (go uses the same rating system as chess), so if there's interest, I could make a video. It would obviously be a very brief introduction (one would have to make a series just to outline the very basics of strategy), but it might get people interested.
Also, I'm fairly decent at chess (1900 ELO), so I could try to make a video on the basics of chess strategy and how to appreciate the beauty of the game.
OMG I don't even understand Go but am very intrigued by any game that looks down derisively on chess. I would definitely be interested in learning.
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