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Chambers Pocket Card Games
Peter Arnold

Paperback
£5.99

ISBN: 9780550104250
Published: 23/05/2008
Extent: 288 pages
Illustrations: 94


 
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Summary:
Chambers Pocket Card Games is a compact new collection featuring dozens of card games, from old favourites to lesser-known treasures. Full details of how to play each game are enhanced by clear illustrations, while strategies and hints show how to compete like a pro. For the less experienced player, a guide to card games basics and a glossary of key terms provide all the essential info.


Games are indexed by alternative names, enabling users to find a particular game quickly, and by number of players, making it easy to find a game for every occasion, from a lonely wet afternoon to a riotous social evening with friends. From bezique on the beach to patience on the plane, Chambers Pocket Card Games is an ideal companion while on the move, as well as a handy guide for at home.


  • Dozens of entertaining card games, fully illustrated
  • Features games for children, family and friends, as well as for the solitary traveller
  • Includes lively descriptions and complete details on how to play
  • Contains a handy glossary and a guide to card games basics
  • Written by a card games expert


Table of Contents:
Introduction
Card Games
All Fours
Beggar My Neighbour
Bezique
Bisley
Black Maria
Brag
Bridge
California Jack
Canasta
Cheat
Clock
Crazy Eights
Cribbage
Demon
Fan Tan
Five Hundred
German Whist
Gin Rummy
Go Fish
Hearts
King Albert
Klondike
Knockout Whist
Napoleon
Newmarket
Old Maid
Omnibus Hearts
Pelmanism
Pig
Piquet
Poker
Pontoon
Pope Joan
President
Rummy
Scotch Whist
Shithead
Slap-Jack
Snap
Snip-Snap-Snorem
Solo Whist
Spider
Switch
Whist
More About Card Games
Card Games Basics
Customs, Practices and Etiquette
Card Games Glossary
Index
Games by Alternative Names
Games for One Player
Games for Two Players
Games for Three Players
Games for Four Players
Games for Five or More Players
Games by Type


About the Author(s):
Peter Arnold is an author and editor, most of whose 50 or so books concern sports and games. He has written histories and encyclopedias of boxing, cricket, football and the Olympic Games, and wrote the official FIFA guide to the 1994 Football World Cup in the USA. He has also worked as editor and main contributor of part-works on boxing and football, and has ghost-written instruction books for a West Indian Test fast bowler and a Canadian world snooker champion.


Peter devised some of the mental games for the television series The Crystal Maze. Several of his books are on table games, including some on individual card games, and he has written three books on gambling, one of which was described by a New York author as `the best history of gambling`. Many of his books have been published in the USA and in foreign-language editions.


Readership:
players of all ages and abilities


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