Micro MiniBridge (http://www.osk.3web.ne.jp/~mcbridge/minib_e1.htm) allows you to play a team-of-four match against robots. These matches can be as short as four boards. You can feed in hands or take random deals. Robot play is not top-notch. Neither is robot decision-making about contract. Usually the way to win is to take a hard look at the two hands and and locate a superior contract (5♣ instead of the obvious 3NT) or playing in a minor and scoring 130 when the major suit preference of the robots only scores 110. The software is FREE, and you can play at home at your own pace. Perhaps your son will learn early that HCP is not the only factor in target selection. The robots seem to count HCP and look for major fits. That approach works frequently ... but the robots don't know when to ignore those factors and go for even better scores. Let me know what you think. Rod.Bias@Cutlip.Org
