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The ultimate book of family card games / Oliver Ho.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Sterling, ©2012.Description: x, 118 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781402750410
  • 1402750412
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Chapter 1. Capturing Games. Easy: Beggar-My-Neighbor ; Gops ; Ninety-Nine ; Slapjack ; Snap ; War -- Medium: Egyptian Ratscrew ; Kemps ; Knack -- Hard: Basra ; Cassino ; Pishti ; Scat ; Scopa/Scopone -- Chapter 2. Shedding Games. Easy: Chase The Ace ; Cheat ; Fan Tan ; Go Fish ; Old Maid ; Pink Nines ; Snip Snap Snorem -- Medium: Comet ; Crazy Eights ; Dudak ; Musta Maija ; Palace ; Pits ; Sift Smoke ; Svoi Koziri ; Switch -- Hard: Durak ; Pishe Pasha ; Stops ; Tien Len ; Zheng Shangzou -- Chapter 3. Patience Games. Easy: Concentration -- Medium: Dictation ; Spit -- Hard: Racing Demon ; Russian Bank ; Spite And Malice -- Chapter 4. Rummy Games. Easy. Authors ; Donkey (Pig) ; My Ship Sails And My Bird Sings -- Medium: Basic Rummy ; Tonk ; Wushiyi Fen -- Hard: Conquian ; Contract Rummy -- Chapter 5. Trick-Taking Games. Easy. Rolling Stone -- Medium: Whist -- Hard: Ecarte ; Euchre ; Hearts ; Pitch ; Spades.
Summary: A collection of fifty-six card games.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 795.4 H678 Available 33111008446912
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Pick a card game--any game! Everyone loves to play cards, and this ultimate collection has all the fun favorites, including rummy, spades, war, old maid, go fish, snip snap snorem, and hearts. There are over 50 games in all, organized by type and difficulty, and complete with instructions, rules, strategies, color illustrations, and a brief note on each ones origins.

Includes index.

A collection of fifty-six card games.

Chapter 1. Capturing Games. Easy: Beggar-My-Neighbor ; Gops ; Ninety-Nine ; Slapjack ; Snap ; War -- Medium: Egyptian Ratscrew ; Kemps ; Knack -- Hard: Basra ; Cassino ; Pishti ; Scat ; Scopa/Scopone -- Chapter 2. Shedding Games. Easy: Chase The Ace ; Cheat ; Fan Tan ; Go Fish ; Old Maid ; Pink Nines ; Snip Snap Snorem -- Medium: Comet ; Crazy Eights ; Dudak ; Musta Maija ; Palace ; Pits ; Sift Smoke ; Svoi Koziri ; Switch -- Hard: Durak ; Pishe Pasha ; Stops ; Tien Len ; Zheng Shangzou -- Chapter 3. Patience Games. Easy: Concentration -- Medium: Dictation ; Spit -- Hard: Racing Demon ; Russian Bank ; Spite And Malice -- Chapter 4. Rummy Games. Easy. Authors ; Donkey (Pig) ; My Ship Sails And My Bird Sings -- Medium: Basic Rummy ; Tonk ; Wushiyi Fen -- Hard: Conquian ; Contract Rummy -- Chapter 5. Trick-Taking Games. Easy. Rolling Stone -- Medium: Whist -- Hard: Ecarte ; Euchre ; Hearts ; Pitch ; Spades.

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