The brilliant thing about THE 35 STEPS is that the concept was there all the time. It’s just that you were the first person to do it and that counts for a lot...That you may capture (just about everything about playing a basic game of contract bridge)and display it essentially all on one single page is the great beauty of its elegance.
Many of the World most historically important and critical at the time documents are just a single page...e.g.
Declaration of Independence
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Ending of WW2
Announcement of a future King.
THE 35 STEPS COMES COMPLETE WITH INSTRUCTION MANUALInspired by the the classic Hitchcock thriller, ‘THE 39 STEPS', ‘THE 35 STEPS' is a GRAPHIC BRIDGE CHEAT SHEET, a VISI-GUIDE to basic bidding of Standard 15-17 Strong No Trump, 5 Card Majors or Acol 12-14 Weak No Trump, 4 Card Majors, Contract Bridge. It is a summarized guide only, and as such does not replace text books or teachers, but is to be used as an adjunct to them. We highly recommend Paul Marston's INTRODUCTION TO BRIDGE and THE LANGUAGE OF BIDDING (ALSO LISTED HERE ON EBAY) as your very first two bridge books, available as both Standard and Acol. But every time you sit at your bridge table, go to your fridge, work at your desk, use your computer mouse pad or place mat, there it is - your LAMINATED COPY of 'THE 35 STEPS' right in front of you, all supplied together with the INSTRUCTION MANUAL. As a POWERFUL VISUAL IMAGE in FULL COLOUR on one SINGLE PAGE, this graphic bridge cheat sheet SUMMARISES THE OVERALL CONCEPT OF CONTRACT BRIDGE AT FIRST SIGHTING for both Duplicate and social bridge, Paul Marston having described it as "VERY SMART" and having displayed it both on the wall his Sydney's Grand Slam Bridge Centre, as well as having posted it on the home page of the Grand Slam Bridge Centre website. Many Australian clubs are now using the big Polycarbonate Bridge Club Boards of which Cairns Club EX-President, Ken Miller, said,"A WONDERFUL, INGENIOUS BRIDGE AID FOR BEGINNERS" There is a lot to ‘THE 35 STEPS': The graphic bridge cheat sheet displays high card, distributional and total points, opening bids, overcalls, takeout doubles, doubles, redoubles, responder's most common first bids, forcing bids, change of suit, short hand, game invitation, Transfers, Stayman, Blackwood, Gerber, trick, game, slam, status, bonus and penalty points and colourful playing tips. But most of all it shows the COMBINED PARTNERSHIP TOTAL PLUS OPENER'S REBID POINTS for each of the existing 35 steps in the 7 ascending levels of Contract Bridge, ALLOWING THE BIDS TO BE CALCULATED, thus making the graphic bridge cheat sheet not only a helpful TEACHING AID, but an AIDE-MEMOIRE for intermediate players, for that occasional ‘blonde' or ‘senior' moment. A 20% discount applies to all orders over $120 made by clubs or teachers. This excludes the large 1200 mm x 900 mm Polycarbonate Bridge Club Boards, supplied at cost as an incentive. An assorted club package is also available. Any size, type and format can be ordered MADE TO MEASURE – BUILT FOR PLEASURE! PLEASE REFER BACK TO ME FOR THE SIZE AND TYPE YOU WANT: A3, A4, A5 LAMINATES, MOUSE PADS, MAGNETIZED LAMINATES OR LARGE BRIDGE CLUB BOARDS VERIFIED FEED BACKS Simplified open one page, very useful Easiest cheat sheet to use
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