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The Penguin Book of Card Games
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Product Description
The Penguin Book of Card Games is the authoritative up-to-date compendium, describing an abundance of games to be played both for fun and by serious players. Auctions, trumpless hands, cross-ruffing and lurching: card players have a language all of their own. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, seasoned specialist in card games, takes us masterfully through the countless games to choose from. Not content to merely show us games with the conventional fifty-two card pack, Parlett covers many games played with other types of cards - are you brave enough to play with Tarot? With a 'working description' of each game, with the rules, variations and origins of each, as well as an appendix of games invented by the author himself, The Penguin Book of Card Games will delight, entertain and inform both the novice and the seasoned player.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #8913 in Books
- Brand: David Westnedge
- Published on: 2008-08-07
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.10 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 688 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
David Parlett is a games inventor, consultant and author. He is a card games expert of international repute. A former language teacher then technical journalist, he has been freelancing in the games world since editing Games and Puzzles magazine in 1974. His many books include: The Guinness Book of Word Games (1995), A Dictionary of Card Games (1992) and The Penguin Book of Word Games (1982). He lives in South London.
Customer Reviews
Holiday fun in a book
I never realised so many card games existed. Then my friends introduced me to this book and crikey! This book plus a pack of cards is all you need to keep an entire family having fun on holidays, whether you are in the sun by the pool or in Britain in the rain. The whole family loves it.
Thorough and well-written
Hundreds of games in here - compact book and very easy to read. Nice historical introduction to each 'type' of game.
cards
Bought as an xmas gift, looks very informative, practical and well laid out. Hope it gets lots use, and brings much pleasure...
