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The Complete Book of Card Games Peter Arnold

The Complete Book of Card Games By Peter Arnold

The Complete Book of Card Games by Peter Arnold


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Summary

Including over 90 card games for all ages, this book contains easy-to-follow explanations of the rules and order of play. Each description is complemented by clear illustrations of sample hands and scoring systems. A full glossary of terms is given.

The Complete Book of Card Games Summary

The Complete Book of Card Games by Peter Arnold

Including over 90 card games for all ages, and for one, two, three, four, five or more players, this book contains easy-to follow explanations of the rules, order of play, ranking of cards, tactics and the origins of each game. It includes classics such as Bridge, Brag, Poker, Rummy and Cribbage with all their variations, in addition to lesser known games such as Red Dog, Beleaguered Castle and Quinto. Each description is complemented by clear illustrations of sample hands and scoring systems.

About Peter Arnold

Peter Arnold has written over 40 books on football, cricket, boxing, gambling, snooker, darts and cards. He was the co-author of the successful Complete Book of Card Games and General Editor on The Official Rules of Sports and Games. He lives in London, England and Spain.

Table of Contents

Games for two players: All Fours; Bezique; California Jack; Casino; Colonel; Comet; Cribbage; Ecarte; Eights; German Whist; Gin Rummy; Honeymoon Bridge; Jo-jotte; Klaberjass; Le Truc; Pinocle; Piquet; Russian Bank; Tablanette. Games for three players: Black Maria; Calabrasella; Cut-throat Bridge; Five Hundred; 500 Rum; Knaves; Oklahoma; Ombre; Schafkopf; Sket; Towie. Games for four players: Auction Pitch; Bridge; Bint; Calypso; Canasta; Cinch; Euchre; Pinocle; Polignac; Quinto; Solo Whist; Whist. Games for five or more players: Brag; Coon Can; Crazy Eights; Lift Smoke; Loo; Napoleon; Panguinge; Poker; Rummy; Scotch Whist; Spoil Five. Party games: Fan Tan; Newmarket; Pip-Pip!; Pope Joan; Ranter Go Round; Red Dog; Rockaway; Spinado; Thirty-One. Banking games: Baccarat; Blind Hookey; Chemin de Fer; Easy Go; Hoggenheimer; Lansquenet; Monte Bank; Racing; Slippery Sam; Trente et Quarante; Vingt-et-Un. Patience games (for one player): Beleaguered Castle; Bisley; Calculation; Demon; Golf; Klondike; La Belle Lucie; Little Spider; Maze; Three Blind Mice; Miss Milligan; Paganini; Royal Parade; Saint Helena; Spider; Sultan; Terrace; Windmill.

Additional information

GOR000598553
9780600604136
0600604136
The Complete Book of Card Games by Peter Arnold
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Octopus Publishing Group
2001-08-15
256
N/A
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