Card Abbreviatons Key

 

Greetings and salutations from your Bubbe, always happy to provide explanations.

 

I have been using abbreviations for hands on the new card, and realized that some of you may not be familiar with them. Here’s a “Section Titles” key that could help you:

Y= Year section (e.g. 2022)

E=2468 (“Even numbers”)

LN=Like Numbers

M= Multiplication hands (if we had them this year)*

A=Addition hands (if we had them this year)*

Q=Quints

CR=Consecutive Runs

O=13579 (“Odd numbers")

W=Winds and Dragons

3=369 section

S=Singles and Pairs

 

*If the League comes up with any new sections/categories, I’ll improvise something for those groups, too!

 

The second part of the hand is the “number,” based on the order it appears on the card, for instance, if it’s the third hand in the 2022 section, it’s Y3.

 

There may be a modification to the number, if there is more than one version. If it’s got two versions based on number of suits involved, such as the fifth line of the 2468 section which offers one- and three-suited versions, there is E5.1 and E5.3.   If it has two versions based on the number line, such as the first hand in Consecutive Runs which has the numbers 1-5 and 5-9, the versions are called CR1a (lower) and CR1b (higher).

 

Finally, if it’s a CONCEALED hand, it’s written in RED in the articles.

 

I hope this is helpful to you. I’ll explain more about why I had this system, later, but this should be useful for understanding these most recent articles!

 

Feel free to contact me with questions or comments about anything, via bubbefischer@gmail.com —this particular article was prompted by several readers’ concerns, and I think many more of you will benefit from the “key” as well!

 

Talk to you soon!

 

Bubbe