Chambers Card Games : 100 best-loved games
Arnold, Peter, 1931-2013
eBook
Abstract: Clear and concise, this new fully-illustrated collection is as fun as it is authoritative. It features a glossary, a history of card games, advice on card-playing etiquette, and information on playing cards on the Internet.
Main title:
Chambers Card Games : 100 best-loved games / Peter Arnold.
Author:
Arnold, Peter, 1931-, authorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
Second edition.
Imprint:
London [England] : Chambers Harrap, [2011]Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2013.
Collation:
1 online resource (112 entries) : 163 images ; digital files.
Notes:
Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: viii, 412 pages : illustrations (some colored)
Contents:
Card Games. Accordion -- All Fours -- Baccarat -- Beggar My Neighbour -- Belvedere -- Bezique -- Bisley -- Blackjack -- Black Maria -- Brag -- Bridge -- Calabresella -- Calculation -- California Jack -- Calypso -- Canasta -- Casino -- Cheat -- Cinch -- Clock -- Comet -- Coon -- Crazy Eights -- Cribbage -- Demon -- Easy Go -- Écarté -- Euchre -- Fan Tan -- Five Hundred -- Flower Garden -- German Whist -- Gin -- Go Fish -- Hasenpfeffer -- Hearts -- Hoggenheimer -- King -- Klaberjass -- Klondike -- Knaves -- Knockout Whist -- La -- Le Truc -- Limited -- Loo -- Miss -- Monte Bank -- Napoleon -- Newmarket -- Nomination Whist -- Oklahoma -- Old Maid -- Ombre -- Omnibus Hearts -- Panguingue -- Pelmanism -- Pig -- Pinochle -- Piquet -- Pitch -- Poker -- Polignac -- Pontoon -- Pope -- Preference -- President -- Pyramid -- Quinto -- Ranter Go Round -- Red Dog -- Rockaway -- Rolling Stone -- Rummy -- Russian Bank -- St Helena -- Salic -- Schafkopf -- Scotch Whist -- Shithead -- Sir -- Skat -- Slap-Jack -- Slippery Sam -- Snap -- Snip-Snap-Snorem -- Solo -- Spade the Gardener -- Spider -- Spinado -- Spoil -- Switch -- Tablanette -- Thirty-One -- Towie -- Trente et Quarante -- Vacancies -- Vanishing Cross -- Whist -- Yukon --More About Playing Cards. Card Games Basics -- Card Games Glossary -- Playing Cards History -- Court Cards -- Customs, Practices and Etiquette -- Card Sharp's Guide.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9780550101792 (print)0550101799 (print)9781784020576 (online)
Dewey class:
795.4
LC class:
GV1243
Language:
English
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Subject:
BRN:
502305
Electronic access:
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