Publisher - Great Game Products, Inc.

Origin of Bridge Baron Bridge Baron is the result of over 42 years of research, passion, and intelligent collaboration with some of the brightest minds in the country. The game was originally created by Tom Throop. He has devoted more time to this subject than any other person in the world and has pioneered the development of computer bridge programs.Tom knows a great deal about computers and the game of bridge. In 1958, while working at a US Navy Lab in the District of Columbia, he programmed a Univac computer to play bridge. The machine, which had a 1,000-word memory, could play only one round before it ran out of computer power. Some years later, Tom wrote some play routines using the GE time-sharing system.Later, Tom designed bridge software for Radio Shack, Apple, and Commodore computers. Eventually, he founded a company in Bethesda, Maryland called Great Game Products, Inc., that focused on selling his Bridge Baron software. (Excerpts from "Program for a Better Bridge Game" Washington Post, September 15, 1997.)Welcome to Bridge Baron, the world's
foremost computer bridge playing program.
Consistently top ranked by the
American Contract Bridge League.