By Alex J. Coyne © Great Bridge Links
More people pick up the game every day, and if you’re one of them, you should take a look at some of these bridge courses below. You’ll find something suited to your skill level whether you’ve never played bridge before, you haven’t played in decades or you last played yesterday.
Great Bridge Links Learn to Play
This is a fantastic section on our site that offers video and simple introductory courses for new and interested card players. Start with Videos, interactive play or books! You’ll find a great list.
Lessons and learning tools are available from the American Contract Bridge League. Everything you need to start learning this wonderful game.
The introductory module to bridge available in the Funbridge app is aimed at people who want to find out more about bridge rules and basics to be able to play their first bridge deals in a fun and simple way. Five chapters and an online dictionary will get you started and a great thing about Funbridge is you can start playing right away against robots. If you like the idea of playing against robots while you learn, find more offerings on our Play Online page which has a section for Robot Solitaire Bridge.
A Teacher First is an interesting little blog set up specifically for learning bridge. You can also find some cool bridge problems and resources including the famous ‘Bridge Placemat.’
Want to pick up some bridge knowledge fast? Check these guys out. They host a range of different online lessons and an accompanying app that gives you mobile access to the lessons as well as daily bridge hands and play against the computer. This looks like a great site!
Bridge Doctor: Free Bridge Lessons
While Bridge Doctor is paid software, you can find eight basic bridge lessons with an accompanying bridge quiz (and answers) hosted on their website.
If you’re looking for a great, fun bridge teacher that won’t bombard you with info, but will give you everything you need as an advanced player at the same time, Joan Butts Bridge and her Online School of Bridge Lessons is worth checking out. Plenty of resources are available, with the Lesson Archive over here.
Bridge quizzes and questionnaires are a great way to refresh your bridge knowledge, or to start picking up the game for the first time. Bridge problems are a quick way of exercising the brain and bridge skills.
Here are some great quizzes from around the web:
Richard Pavlicek hosts some great free bridge lessons on his website and offers a range of different bridge quizzes. Plenty for advanced players here, and more than enough for beginners.
Larry Cohen is a popular face at bridge courses, events and cruises. Several comprehensive bridge lessons are available on his website for free, and you’ll find many fascinating bridge problems as well.
Eddie Kantar’s Bidding Quizzes
If Bridge for Dummies was your introduction to the game, you’ll already be familiar with Eddie Kantar. Here are some of his bidding quizzes hosted online. In true For-Dummies-style, you can also find the bridge-related Cheat Sheet on the website here.
Looking for bridge aimed at kids instead? Here are a few links to inspire kids to play more Bridge!
Fun (and free!) for absolute beginners to learn bridge: rules, bidding, and strategy. Learn solo, at your own pace through 37 lessons, competitions, and challenges. You can also play offline.
An organization affiliated with the ACBL Educational Foundation, BridgeWhiz is a FREE, online course designed to teach children in grades 4 through 12 the essentials of a fascinating game whose benefits, intellectual stimulation, and adventure will last a lifetime.
MiniBridge is a fast-paced, shorter form of the game with the scoring a little different than standard. The simplicity of it makes it a great way to introduce kids to the game for the first time before getting into the more advanced concepts.
Teach Me to Play by Jude Goodwin is still one of the best bridge instruction books for kids out there – anyone with kids to teach should have this one on their shelf (and maybe some adults too). Originally published in 1988 it was revised and republished in 2020.
Some people learn best by watching. You can learn the basics of bridge with these introductory videos.
VIDEO: A brief animated introduction to the Game of Bridge
VIDEO: Join us for bridge with Shaw Taylor. Want to play bridge for fun? This video is for novices.
VIDEO: Bridge is for Everyone – a new series on YouTube with 56 lessons. Click here to enjoy and be sure to share with your friends and family. Click here for bidding exercises that go along with the videos.
VIDEO: New Tricks Bridge Club: Introduction For Schools – a fantastic little video – if you’re thinking about playing bridge, or teaching bridge in schools – this is a must see!
VIDEO: Fun Video Introduction to Bridge. This insightful talk and introduction to Bridge by twelve-year-old Mumbai resident, Anshul Bhatt, highlights his passion for the game.
VIDEO: Learn to Play Bridge in 10 Steps. The ACBL has put together a great series – perfect for beginner players!
This article was updated December 2025
