When you're captain, lead your partner

Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, the writers of the "Animal Crossing: Wild World" video game, said, "When you're a team of one, you're always captain."

In bridge, you are a team of two. During the bidding, normally you have a two-sided conversation to decide the best contract. Occasionally, though, one of you takes charge - assumes captaincy - our topic this week.

This happens when partner has described his hand accurately. He typsically leaves the final decision to his partner.