October 22, 2000 was truly the day Tricolors first popped up on the internet. Actually we had been working on it for some months and sometimes we call July 9th day one. That date, midway between the 4th (Independence Day) and the 14th of July (Bastille Day), seems most appropriate for what evolved. For a little over four years now we have been quietly doing our bit to thaw the enmity between what used to be allies. The progress appears to be glacial but, finally, picking up a little tempo now.

We is a she: Dominique (French, but on a three year visa in the US at the time). A he: David (as American as they come, but born in England, and now living in Paris). And her son: Jerome (25, as French as it is possible to be, and a computer wizard). David had had, for a little over twenty years then, a small Bookaurant & Reststore called D-Pit in Oakhurst California, the gateway to Yosemite. The first project was ddbookline.com, the internet arm of D-Pit. From that beginning sprung tricolors.com. The first year or two saw steady growth but since then we have been in a maintenance mode. Having completed three games in the interim (including Common Denominator – which will now be featured on Tricolors) we are now ready to put some real energy into tricolors.

The original plan, and the direction we want to now reemphasize, is the building of bridges between three great countries. Our name came from the fact that there were three countries all sharing the same three tricolors (red, white, and blue). The United States, France, and Great Britain have many threads in common. They could and should slowly rebuild the friendships that have frayed with the vicissitudes of time.

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