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► Finding your friends on BBO
If you’ve accessed BBO and would like to play with someone you know, you need to know their BBO username, aka “handle”. To make it easier for Victoria players, you can find them in our online directory. Note that the list is only available to registered players. You must also have logged in to our website. Otherwise, you’ll get an “Access not allowed” message and instructions on how to correct the situation.
The next step is to actually befriend the person on BBO. You might be friends in real life but BBO doesn’t know (yet). So you need to ask your prospective friend and he/she then needs to reply. You do all of this on BBO through a few clicks. I’ve put together a two-minute video featuring me (HikerJP) and my friend-to-be (stonecrop1) going through the steps.
► Help Using BBO
BBO (bridgebase.com) can be somewhat overwhelming when you first start using it. Fortunately there are many web resources available to help you understand how it works.
As might be expected, ACBL has a large collection of tutorials explaining how to use BBO, which can be found here.
Alternatively, for a very good and short introduction (assuming you understand Australian), try this video by Peter Hollands.
Once you’re familiar with BBO, Pete will help you with table play here.
How to set up a casual table to play with your friends
Maybe you just want to play an open-ended casual game with some friends. It’s easy to set up a table. Watch this short video and you’ll be up and running in no time.