I LOVE this game and definitely appreciate the app. However, the computer sometimes makes plays that would make no sense in real life....1. Computer will lead off a new hand with off suit aces instead of playing the joker first to start to draw trump out. 2. When opposing team is obviously out of trump, computer/partner will pull me out of trump even when there are boss suit plays (they have an off suit ace, off suit king is good, etc). This happens even when it is shown/known opposite team is out of trump (not just because of the card/trump counts).3. There are lots of issues where no trump or misere is called. Partner will use joker on my ace (messing up a run) or will use joker instead of throwing off on a misere defense. I’ve been trying to particularly practice those types of hands so I can play better the next time I play with my family and it’s hard to hone tactics when the computer will make bad plays.

Love the game and play a lot. It is the best 500 bid game I’ve found. However there’s a couple of things that need fixed in the algorithm. Computer players can bid Misare (we always called it Nello), even when it’s a lower bid than my bid. No matter what I bid, if one of the computer players bids misare they get the bid. Also, would like to see your computer partner not play the joker on No Trump when I play an ace. Happens all the time on No Trump. Those are the 2 biggest flaws that I have found.

Hi James - great work on the game, it’s awesome! A few minor improvements to the partners game-play could make it so much better however.1. Calling as many tricks as needed to win: Why does my partner insist on calling the highest number of tricks possible when we only need a smaller number to win? Example - we’re on 490 points, no one else bits yet my partner goes straight to 8 hearts (invariably losing) when only 6 was needed? 2. Wasting high cards. The partner seems to play their highest card even if it is going to lose. Example - the opposition plays the joker, although my partner cannot win they still play a jack/ ace etc while they hold lower cards. The next hand the opposition plays a lower card which we could have beaten...3. In line with the above, when the opposition is leading my partner seems to treat jacks of the same colour (left or right) as regular jacks - and as such throws them off instead of the queen, king or ace trump cards (if they’re holding any). Thanks

I don’t know who wrote this program but they obviously have no understanding of how to play it. All my comments are with me playing the computer only. The programmer has no comprehension as to how to make bids. For example we may only need 10-30 points and the opponent is way behind, and they both have passed, so logically you would at most make a 6 bid to win the game. But not this programmer he has my so called partner bid 8 and then really didn’t have the cards to bid even 6. Then as previously stated in a review my partner will play a card that the hand is already mine and then cause us to be set. It is very frustrating playing this game with the programmers total lack of understanding on how to play cards!!! I would recommend this game only if you are going to play online and then that brings another total set in illogical programming idiotic things.