The Hamlyn Illustrated Book of Card Games
Description:... "Endless hours of entertainment can be obtained from a pack or two of playing cards. This fact is so well recognised that few homes do not contain a pack in at least occasional use. Unfortunately most people do not get full enjoyment from their card playing because they know so few games. Addicts of solo whist would be surprised at how easily bridge can be learnt, and how superior a game it is. Pairs who play cribbage might find themselves delighted by piquet. Solitary players who ring the changes on three or four games of patience are perhaps unaware that they would be equally fascinated by at least a dozen others. What the average card player requires to increase his pleasure is not another treatise on the rules of games, with dry lists of penalties for infringements, but a clear concise account of how the best games are played, and that is what this book provides. When people sit down to play cards, the first limitation imposed upon the choice of game is the number who wish to play. Therefore the games have been arranged in sections according to the number for which they are best suited. Illustrations, in two colours, help to explain the principles, and where necessary imaginary deals have been used to demonstrate the finer points of the games. Banking and party games are dealt with separately and games found in these sections range from baccarat, which is mostly played in casinos, to fan tan, a game which can be enjoyed by children, as one of the colour picture shows."--Book jacket flap.
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