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The Penguin Book of Card Games Book

Whether you're a seasoned card sharp or an online poker wannabe, you'll find The Penguin Book Of Card Games contains everything you'd ever need to know about playing cards.Read More

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  • Foyles

    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.

  • ASDA

    Features various games from Bridge to Newmarket to Whist and Pontoon. This book takes us through several games to choose from. It also covers games played with other types of cards. It offers a 'working description' of each game with the rules and variations and origins of each. It includes an appendix of games. It is suitable for novices.

  • Waterstones

    Features various games, from Bridge to Newmarket to Whist and Pontoon. This book takes us through several games to choose from. It also covers games played with other types of cards. It offers a 'working description' of each game, with the rules, and

  • Blackwell

    From games of high skill to games of high chance, this compendium features a working description of each card game, including the rules, variations, and origins of each. The Penguin Book of Card Games is the authoritative up-to-date compendium...

  • Penguin

    Auctions, trumpless hands, cross-ruffing and lurching: card players have a language all of their own.

  • 0141037873
  • 9780141037875
  • David Parlett
  • 7 August 2008
  • Penguin
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 688
  • 2Rev Ed
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