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9780550103369 English 0550103368 "Chambers Card Games" includes a wide-ranging selection of almost 100 card games: setting out the rules, explaining how to play, and offering strategies and hints. Clear and concise, this new fully-illustrated collection is authoritative yet--as importantly--great fun. There's a glossary, a history of card games, advice on card-playing etiquette, and information on playing cards on the Internet. Find the card game you're after with the useful list of alternative names, or use the number of players index to find a game for every occasion. There's also a unique supplement on cheating: protect yourself from card sharks . . . or pick up a tip or two to get ahead on the sly., From snap to baccarat, patience to gin rummy, Chambers Card Games offers a wide-ranging selection of more than 120 card games. Clear and concise, this new fully-illustrated collection sets out the rules, explains how to play and offers strategies and hints. Written by card games experts and specialist consultants, Chambers Card Games is authoritative yet - as importantly - great fun. In addition to the games, there's a glossary of card terms, a brief history of cards, advice on card-playing etiquette, information on online card resources and interesting trivia facts. A handy index of games by alternative names enables users to find a particular game quickly, while an index by number of players allows browsing to find a game for every occasion, from a solitary wet afternoon to a riotous social evening with friends. Plus there's a unique supplement on how to cheat at cards: learn about double discards, crooked deals, marked cards and short decks, and so protect yourself from card sharks - or pick up a tip or two to get ahead on the sly.
9780550103369 English 0550103368 "Chambers Card Games" includes a wide-ranging selection of almost 100 card games: setting out the rules, explaining how to play, and offering strategies and hints. Clear and concise, this new fully-illustrated collection is authoritative yet--as importantly--great fun. There's a glossary, a history of card games, advice on card-playing etiquette, and information on playing cards on the Internet. Find the card game you're after with the useful list of alternative names, or use the number of players index to find a game for every occasion. There's also a unique supplement on cheating: protect yourself from card sharks . . . or pick up a tip or two to get ahead on the sly., From snap to baccarat, patience to gin rummy, Chambers Card Games offers a wide-ranging selection of more than 120 card games. Clear and concise, this new fully-illustrated collection sets out the rules, explains how to play and offers strategies and hints. Written by card games experts and specialist consultants, Chambers Card Games is authoritative yet - as importantly - great fun. In addition to the games, there's a glossary of card terms, a brief history of cards, advice on card-playing etiquette, information on online card resources and interesting trivia facts. A handy index of games by alternative names enables users to find a particular game quickly, while an index by number of players allows browsing to find a game for every occasion, from a solitary wet afternoon to a riotous social evening with friends. Plus there's a unique supplement on how to cheat at cards: learn about double discards, crooked deals, marked cards and short decks, and so protect yourself from card sharks - or pick up a tip or two to get ahead on the sly.