erratio comments on A Player of Games - Less Wrong

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Comment author: erratio 30 September 2010 08:05:03PM 0 points [-]

My understanding of the game is that the fun part is trying to determine whether you have the points and suits between you to go for a minor or major slam, and then finessing those extra two or three tricks you need to actually get it. The rest is just window dressing to build tension.