Psyche Register
The NSWBA has introduced a "Psyche
Register"
If you psyche in an NSWBA event, you must
record it in the Psyche Register.
Congress
conveners may also require entrants to record their psyches in
this register.
What is a psyche?
A psychic call is a deliberate and
gross misstatement of honour strength or suit length.
Are psyches allowed? What restrictions are
there?
A player may make any call
(including a psychic bid), without prior announcement, provided
that such call is not based on a partnership understanding. (Law
40)
But, a player may not make a psyche based on a
special partnership understanding unless an opposing pair may
reasonably be expected to understand its meaning, or unless his
side discloses the use of such call or play in accordance with
NSWBA regulations.
Why are we keeping a
register?
"Once is
happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time it’s enemy
action
." - Auric Goldfinger, speaking to James Bond.
If you psyche repeatedly without properly disclosing
what you do, partner may be more likely to recognise it than
opponents. That’s unfair. (And if deliberate, it’s cheating!)
The psyche register can be used to observe psyching
patterns, and to confirm nobody is behaving inappropriately, or
being unfairly disadvantaged.
Who has to report a
psyche? How?
Every psyche
must be reported. The player who psyches must report it.
After the session, collect a
Psyche Report Form from the Director,
fill it in, and give it to the Director.
Or, download the form. 
Fill
it in and email it to the NSWBA office at
.
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