{"id":732,"date":"2026-07-10T11:47:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/callerscaddy.de\/?page_id=732"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:47:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:47:36","slug":"progressive-squares-simulator-with-partner-swap","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/callerscaddy.de\/en\/progressive-squares-simulator-with-partner-swap\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive Squares Simulator (with Partner Swap)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Progressive Squares are easy to run once you know a few simple rules\u2014see Gene Trimmer&#039;s book&nbsp;<em>Specialized Squares and Crowd Pleasers<\/em>. This partner\u2011change variant, however, goes beyond the book: the simulator lets you explore what happens when couples are broken up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each block is a couple, split into two: the&nbsp;<strong>left half is the man<\/strong>, the&nbsp;<strong>The right half is the woman<\/strong>. Same color and number means an original couple. There are two modes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Move<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 drag a block onto a neighbor to Pass Thru; the whole couple travels together. This changes\u00a0<em>where<\/em>\u00a0dancers stand, never\u00a0<em>who<\/em>\u00a0is partnered with whom.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Swap partners<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 drag to send the women through by the same rule while the men stay put. This changes the\u00a0<strong>bond<\/strong>, and the affected blocks turn red.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because the two layers are independent, resolving now takes two steps: first&nbsp;<strong>close the bonds<\/strong>&nbsp;(undo the partner changes until \u201cBonds intact\u201d turns yes), then&nbsp;<strong>close the positions<\/strong>&nbsp;(move your Pilot Square back home, and the symmetry takes the rest with it).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So watch all four indicators\u2014<strong>Men home, Women home, Bonds intact, All home<\/strong>. Seeing the man of your Pilot Square back is no longer enough; his original partner has to be next to him too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Honestly, for a caller this variant is probably too much to track and remember. As written\u2011down choreography it can absolutely be pulled off\u2014but ad lib, almost certainly not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prefer the basic version, where couples always stay together?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/callerscaddy.de\/progressive-square.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Head back to the simple simulator.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Try it out in the simulator!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/callerscaddy.de\/progressive-square-partners.html\" title=\"Progressive Square \u2013 Swap Simulator\" style=\"width:100%; height:640px; border:0; border-radius:12px;\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Progressive Squares are easy to run once you know a few simple rules\u2014see Gene Trimmer&#039;s book Specialized Squares and Crowd Pleasers. This partner\u2011change variant, however, goes beyond the book: the simulator lets you explore what happens when couples are broken up. Each block is a couple, split into two: the left half is the man, the right half \u2026 <a title=\"Progressive Squares Simulator (with Partner Swap)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/callerscaddy.de\/en\/progressive-squares-simulator-with-partner-swap\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Progressive Squares Simulator (with Partner Swap)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-732","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/callerscaddy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/callerscaddy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/callerscaddy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callerscaddy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callerscaddy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/callerscaddy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":733,"href":"https:\/\/callerscaddy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/732\/revisions\/733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/callerscaddy.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}