Our numbers vary from month to month usually seeing around 6 to 13 people coming along and enjoying the game. We had a total of 16 people attend the May sessions.
What is so good about the game of 500 is that it is flexible and can accommodate any number of players. While 2 pairs might seem an optimal team we have recently been playing with 5 people in a team. This concept introduced by Shirley K makes the game more exciting. The person who makes the final bid and picks up kitty calls on a particular card that will assist them to take a trick. The person holding that card plays it during the course of the gang thus identifying themselves as the partner. If the nominated tricks are won/loss the partner gets half the points.
Keep shuffling.
Doug Smith
Convenor
Cards 500