From:	Col. G. L. Sicherman [SMTP:colonel@shell.monmouth.com]
Sent:	Thursday, October 02, 1997 12:40 PM
To:	heber@avana.net
Subject:	pseudo-team individual movement

Dear Dr. Eber,

	I cannot see any difficulty with adapting an ordinary 8-player
individual movement for team play.  An example:

	Table 1 N - stay put.
	Table 1 W - go to 2 W.
	Table 1 E - go to 2 S.
	Table 1 S - go to 1 W.
	Table 2 N - go to 1 E.
	Table 2 W - go to 2 E.
	Table 2 E - go to 2 N.
	Table 2 S - go to 1 S.

Suppose you play four hands in each round.  You will need 4 boards,
used like this:

1. Table 1 plays boards 1 and 2.  Table 2 plays boards 3 and 4.
   At each table the same pair plays N-S on both boards.

2. Switch boards between the tables.  This time, a different pair
   plays N-S on each board, thereby switching the team alignment.

3. The players rotate, reshuffle, and continue from step 1.

The only flaw in the 8-player rotation is that it cannot be arranged
so that each player has each other player as L.H.O. once and R.H.O. once.
If you desire this form of balance, just have E and W exchange seats
between the boards in each pair.  (They might object!)

It may also be possible to satisfy this constraint with a non-rotational
movement, in which the players move from seat to seat differently in
different rounds.  (They might object to this too!)

Does this method answer your purpose?

					--Col. Sicherman