What is an upgrade?

An upgrade is a full version of Bridge Baron available to current Bridge Butler owners at $59.95 plus shipping and handling. Bridge Butler owners can get a $15.00 rebate when they purchase Bridge Baron directly from Great Game Products. The rebate form is included in the Bridge Butler package and includes the complete details on how to receive the rebate.

In order to get this rebate you have to purchase the Bridge Baron directly from Great Game Products at 1-800-426-3748 and not from any other retailer or catalog. Only the original rebate form included in the Bridge Butler box will be accepted. No photocopies will be honored.

How do I order the Bridge Baron?

You may order the Bridge Baron through our web order page at http://www.bridgebaron.com/secureorder.html, or you can order by calling us at 1-800-426-3748.

How does the rebate work?

1. Order Bridge Baron directly from Great Game Products. Your name, address and order information will be entered into our database.

   If you order the Bridge Baron online, please print out a copy of the order and mail it in with the rebate. Although it is not necessary for us to have a copy of the order, it makes it easier for us to approve the proof of purchase.

2. Mail the completed rebate form, along with the Bridge Butler UPC code to:

   Great Game Products
   7825 Tuckerman Lane, Suite 206
   Potomac, MD 20854

3. We will locate your information in our database as proof of purchase and then mail a $15.00 check back to you.

Why should I upgrade my Bridge Butler to the Bridge Baron?

The Bridge Baron is our deluxe bridge playing program. A demo version is included on your Bridge Butler CD-ROM.

There are many additional features included on Bridge Baron that are not in Bridge Butler, including:

• Different playing levels, and other settings to increase the level of bidding and play.
• Keep player statistics with the percentages of contracts made and contracts set. Statistics can be saved for each contract type: part scores, game hands, and slam hands.
• Network play.
• Several additional deal settings to choose from, including user entered deals and user generated deals created with the Deal Generator.
• Additional game types include:
  • Chicago (Party Bridge)
  • Single Deals
• Three more bidding systems:
  • Two-over-One Game Force
  • Acol
  • La Majeure Cinquiçme
• Over 40 additional optional bidding conventions include:
  • Astro
  • Benjamin 2-Bids
  • Bergen Raises
  • Brozel
  • Cappelletti
  • Checkback Stayman
  • Control Asking Bids
  • Control-showing Cuebids
  • D.O.N.T
  • Drury
  • Extended Stayman
  • Flannery
  • Forcing 1NT over 1H/1S
  • Ghestem
  • Grand Slam Force
  • Inverted Minor Raises
  • Invisible Cuebids
  • Landy
  • Lebensohl After Double of Weak Two-Bid
  • Lebensohl After Overcall of 1NT
  • Mathe Asking Bids
  • Maximal Overcall Doubles
  • Mini-Multi
  • Minor-Suit Stayman
  • Multi 2D
  • Multi-Roman
  • New Minor Forcing
  • Ogust
  • Preemptive Reraises
  • Responsive Doubles
  • Reverse Drury
  • Roman Keycard Blackwood
  • Smolen
  • Splinter Bids
  • Texas
  • Unusual over Unusual
  • Voluntary Bid of 5 in a Major Suit
  • Weak Jump-Shift Responses
  • and more
• Additional option during the bidding:
  • Bidding flowcharts that map out the process Bridge Baron uses to decide on its bid.
• Compete in bridge tournaments and receive scores based on the actual tournament results:
  • ACBL Baltimore Regional 1995
  • ACBL San Diego Summer 1994 Nationals
  • ACBL Albuquerque Summer 1997 Nationals
  • ACBL St. Louis Fall 1997 Nationals
  • ACBL Reno Spring 1998 Nationals
  • ACBL Indianapolis Fall 1991 Nationals
  • ACBL Kansas City Spring 1993 Nationals
  • ACBL Boston Summer 1990 Nationals
  • ACBL Washington, DC Summer 1993 Nationals
• Play complete bridge matches of up to 16 boards each, with either IMP's, Board-a-Match or Total Points scoring methods.
• Practice bidding conventions on millions of different deals, including "near misses."
• Test your declarer play with 120 challenging deals designed by Easley Blackwood.
• The Deal Library allows players to create, save and edit deals in a disk file, and can be used to read other PBN (Portable Bridge Notation) files.
• The Deal Generator allows players to create deals meeting specified point-count and distribution criteria, and can be used to create deals conforming to particular bidding sequences.