Book Description
Card playing has been a popular pastime for more than five hundred years -- and there is still no better way to bring a family together. This compact yet comprehensive volume contains the rules and strategies for a wealth of fun and action-packed card games that the entire household can enjoy -- from bridge to go fish to pinochle to skat. No matter if your preference runs to the challenging or to the zany, there is something for everyone in these pages, expert player and novice alike. Get ready to start dealing!
More than sixty family-friendly games
Play-by-play diagrams
Games specifically designed for children
Long-time favorites and little-known gems
A useful glossary of card-playing terms
Card Games FROM THE PUBLISHER
Provides a two-colour guide to the rules and strategies of 90 popular family and children's card games. Methods of play are illustrated and games featured include "all fives", "auction pitch", "Boston", "bridge", and bridge variations, "briscola", "calabraella", "canasta", "casino", "cribbage", "grand", "hearts", "rummy", "seven-up", "Scotch whist", "vint" and "whist". Of the card games featured for children, "beggar-my-neighbour", "card dominoes", "cheat", "donkey", "my ship sails", "old maid", "snap", "spit", "stealing bundles" and "war" are a few examples.
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