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The Penguin Book of Card Games

By David Parlett

The Penguin Book of Card Games book

The Penguin Book of Card Games

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Description
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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
688
Release Date:
2008-08-07
Publication Date:
2009-04-28
Publisher:
Transworld
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0141037873
ISBN13:
9780141037875
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Maximum Reading Age:
99
Weight:
504 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
43 cm
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