What is a bridge tally card?

A personal scorecard for social bridge: each round you note your table, your partner and your pair’s score. Because partners change every round, the tally is per player, and the highest personal total at the end wins the evening.

How does party bridge rotation work?

The common engine: winning pairs move up a table after each round, movers split as partners, and table one’s winners either stay or loop to the last table depending on your setup. The sheet prints guides for two, three and four tables.

How many tally cards do I need?

One per player — a sheet carries four, so print two sheets per table of four and a couple of spares.

How are rounds scored on a tally?

However your party plays: Chicago four-deal scoring, rubber-style points, or simple win/lose marks. The card just needs a number per round to add up.

Printable Bridge Tally Cards — Party Bridge for 2, 3 or 4 Tables

Table

Partner

Score

Total

Table

Partner

Score

Total

Table

Partner

Score

Total

Table

Partner

Score

Total

**Simple rotations** — after each round the winning pair at every table moves up one (table 1 stays), and winners split as partners at the new table. Ghost rounds repeat until the party says stop.
Setup	How to run it
2 tables · 8	Winners at table 2 move to table 1; losers at table 1 move to table 2. Movers split up; new partners cut for seats.
3 tables · 12	Winners move 2 → 1, 3 → 2, and table 1’s winners drop to table 3. Split every moving pair.
4 tables · 16	Winners move up one table (1’s winners loop to 4). Split every moving pair; losers keep their seats but change partners.

Simple rotations — after each round the winning pair at every table moves up one (table 1 stays), and winners split as partners at the new table. Ghost rounds repeat until the party says stop.

Setup

How to run it

2 tables · 8

Winners at table 2 move to table 1; losers at table 1 move to table 2. Movers split up; new partners cut for seats.

3 tables · 12

Winners move 2 → 1, 3 → 2, and table 1’s winners drop to table 3. Split every moving pair.

4 tables · 16

Winners move up one table (1’s winners loop to 4). Split every moving pair; losers keep their seats but change partners.

Running party bridge

Party (or progressive) bridge turns a partnership game into a social one: play a round at your table — typically four deals — then the room rotates, partners change, and your tally card follows you. By the last round everyone has played with and against most of the room, which is the point. Highest personal total takes the prize.

The rotation, without arguments

The engine printed on the sheet is the classic: winners move up, movers split. It needs no chart lookup and survives any number of rounds. If your club prefers fixed Howell-style movements, run those — the tally cards don't care how the bodies move, only that scores land in rows.

Scoring rounds

Chicago scoring (each round is four deals, vulnerability rotating) is the traditional partner to a tally evening, and our rubber bridge pad prints its point values if a table wants them at hand. Plenty of parties simplify to raw points or even games-won — the card adds anything.

Frequently asked

Both pairs tie a round — who moves? House choice; the common fix is a single extra deal or a high-card cut. Decide before round one and write it somewhere visible.

Odd number of players? Run a sit-out seat that rotates, or draft the host — tally cards make a skipped round obvious and fair.

Printable Bridge tally cards

Party Bridge

Name ______________

Name ______________

Name ______________

Name ______________

Running party bridge

The rotation, without arguments

Scoring rounds

Frequently asked

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