Bridge is a mind sport where players must use logic, strategize, and communicate with their partner.

Various trick-taking games can be played with 2 or 6 players, but "Bridge" is played only with 4 players. The four players are named North, East, South, and West. North-South makes a pair, and East-West makes another.

You need a deck of 52 cards with 4 suits (symbols) to play bridge.. There are 13 cards in each suit. Suits are called ♠ Spades, ♥ Hearts, ♦ Diamonds, and ♣ Clubs.

The highest card in each suit is the Ace, followed by the King, the Queen, and the Jack; we call them honors. Low cards ranked from 10 to 2 are called "spot cards".

The dealer distributes all cards among 4 players, one card at a time. When no cards are left, each player has 13 cards – we call it a "hand". 

We call one game of bridge a deal or a board.

Each deal has 2 parts: the bidding and the card play. In the bidding, players offer contracts to determine a trump or no-trump contract and the number of tricks the winning partnership needs to win in the card play. In card play, players compete to win tricks. There are 13 tricks in game and the goal is to win as many tricks as possible. 

When the card play finishes, players count their tricks and score the contract. Each contract has its value for making or a penalty if not. Who wins depends on the scoring method. You can play at home and simply add up the score for each pair. But more interesting is to play tournaments and compare the score with other players. Players hold the same cards as others in the tournaments so there is no relevance to what cards you hold. The result depends purely on your skills.