The Card Games Bible: Over 150 Games and Tricks

by Hamlyn Publishing Group

Over 100 of the world's most famous and fascinating card games and tricks

The ultimate card-player's companion, crammed with over 300 pages of games to provide hours of engrossing entertainment playing in groups or by yourself. A tricks section provides ways to astound your friends and family with your seemingly effortless skills. Both games and tricks cater for a range of abilities so that you can progress and expand your repertoire.

Bridge, Brag, Poker, Rummy and Cribbage - all the classics are here, along with all their variations, as well as lesser known games such as Red Dog, Beleaguered Castle and Quinto. With easy-to-follow explanations for each game including their origins, rules, ranking of cards and tactics, as well as clear illustrations of sample hands, scoring systems and a full glossary of terms, you can quickly make yourself familiar with games you've never tried. Tricks include sleights and shuffling tricks, tricks with prepared packs, magic tricks and mathematical tricks.

Challenge yourself and have fun no matter where you are - all you need is a pack of cards and The Card Games Bible.

Genres: Games, Nonfiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published October 6, 2014

About the author

Hamlyn is a UK publishing company founded by Paul Hamlyn in 1950 with an initial investment of £350. His desire was to create "fine books with the common touch" which remains the foundation of its commercial success. It is part of the Octopus Publishing Group, now owned by Hachette Livre.

Reviews

[Max Pietsch]

Great book. Goes over a lot of different card games in a clear way.

[Zander]

good book if you like learning new things and games, all different games you can play with 1 person all the way up to 20 their are also card tricks.

[Zoe]

ok

[Alan Draycott]

Loved the tricks session. A fortnight's holiday, a new trick a day. Gosh it's good if you want to irritate the family.