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Card Games is a detailed and fully illustrated guide to 52 of the most popular card games for all ages. A simple deck of cards can provide hours of entertainment for adults and children, so it's no surprise that card games are as popular as ever. From simple, fast-paced games for children to more complex, strategic games for adults, this family-friendly companion features 52 classic games for groups of all sizes. This handy guide provides detailed rules and instructions for each game, accompanied by clear, colored diagrams to help you master these fun, engaging games. Sales points:•A handy guide to 52 popular card games•Clear, detailed instructions and colored diagrams•Games to suit all ages •Games for one player upwards•Games include: Rummy, Blackjack, Cheat, Cribbage, Solitaire, Go Fish, Nerts and Whist

Sara Harper is a writer and editor with extensive experience in book publishing. She is a keen card player, and enjoys pitching her wits against her two sons.

Introduction

Agram: simple trick taking game
Beggar my neighbor (aka Beat your neighbor out of doors/strip jack naked): win all the cards and learn that some cards have special functions
Blackjack (aka Pontoon, 21): have the highest hand with the fewest number of cards
California Jack: first to get 10 points through trumping tricks - unusual as the stock is face up
Casino: score by capturing certain cards
Catch the 10 (Scotch Whist): simple trick-taking game
Cheat (aka I doubt it/B.S.): bluff to get rid of all your cards
Clock: solitaire where you organize cards in a clock shape
Crazy Eights: matching, to get rid of all your cards
Cribbage: First player to get 121 points
Egyptian Rat Screw: use challenge cards to collect all the cards
Gaps: version of solitaire
German Whist: two-player version of whist
Gin Rummy: reduce the count of your unmatched cards
Go boom: trick-taking to get rid of all your cards
Go fish: make sets of four
Golf: score the fewest points with 4 cards
Hearts: tricks with trumps to get the lowest score
James Bond: get four of a kind in all your sets of piles
Kemps: card swapping in partnerships
Kings in the Corner: play onto foundation cards to score the fewest points
Klondike: version of solitaire
Knockout whist: aim to win all the tricks of a hand to avoid being eliminated. Simple form of whist to teach children about tricks and trumps
Memory (Concentration): make pairs
My ship sails: collect 7 cards from the same suit
Nerts (aka racing demon and pounce): get rid of the nerts pile and add to the building cards to score the most points
Nifty 50: addition/subtraction of 4 cards to get as close to 50 as possible
Nines: nine cards to score the fewest points Ninety-nine: play cards to totals of 99
Oh hell (Oh well, blackout): bid on number of tricks you expect to win
Old Maid: don’t get left with the old maid
Pig: be the last player left
Play or Pay (round the corner) 2pp: win counters by getting rid of your cards
Rolling stone: follow suit to get rid of all your cards
Rummy: runs and sets to score the most points from your opponents
Sequence: get rid of cards and collect counters by playing on sequences
Sevens (Dominoes, Parliament): first player to to get rid of hand
Slapjack (aka slaps): slap your hand on the jack to win all the cards
Snap: be the first to spot matches and collect all the cards
Snip snap snorem: Get rid of all your cards by completing sets
Solitaire: sort the cards into suits
Speed: Get rid of all your cards by building onto foundation cards
Spades: trick taking, spades = trumps
Spit (Aka speed or slam): play cards in sequence, up or down, to get rid of all your cards
Spoons: collect four of a kind and be the last player left in the game
Steal the pile (stealing bundles): capture more than half the cards to win (very easy version of Casino for younger children)
Switch: crazy cards make this similar to Uno
Thirty-one (aka Blitz): combination of blackjack and texas hold’em
Tonk (tunk/knock]: rummy-type card game
Trash: make a set of cards from ace to 10
War: collect all the cards
Whist: be the first team to win 7 tricks

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Card Games The World's Best Card Games

Card Games The World's Best Card Games

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