Somewhere in your house tucked away in some dark dusty drawer you probably have a deck of standard playing cards. You may have used them to play Poker or Bridge and thought that was all they were good for but that is true no longer. In this book are the directions and rules for more than 52 new and original card games. Why spend loads of money on specially printed card sets that are designed for only one game when you can use those old cards to play a wide variety of new games? Take a break from the electronics, gather the family and friends together, and try out some new and exciting card games.
Today, of course, most dice that people use to play games are made of plastic. Many are the basic white cubes with black dots (called pips) stamped onto them but there area wide variety of variations available to the collector.
Provides rules, tips, strategies, and an index by number of players needed, for games requiring only the standard deck.
A leading inventor and collector of games, Sid Sackson is also an expert on game history. For this highly entertaining volume, the self-proclaimed "game addict" has selected over 60 popular games from around the world.
Many players designate other cards to be wild; as, deuces wild, or nines wild. A player may not trade for such additional wild cards as he may for a joker.) When a wild card has been used in a sequence, any card not already represented ...
The Ultimate source of family entertainment, packed with over 200 card games, yet so handy it can be taken anywhere.
This means that present-day interpretations of these cards don't have an early historical basis. ... He claimed that tarot cards were linked to ancient Egypt, and he assigned esoteric meanings to them, many of which are still used today ...
10-minute Card Games
Includes easy-to-read instructions and illustrations of strategy for 101 card games.
Provides step-by-step instructions for playing 30 card games for one to four or more players.
Card Games