The Everything Card Games Book: A complete guide to over 50 games to please any crowd

by Nikki Katz

If you find yourself coming down with a case of rainy-day boredom or "I can't watch another rerun on TV" syndrome, grab the closest deck of cards and get ready for some serious fun! The Everything Card Games Book is packed with loads of variety to keep you entertained for hours with games you can play solo or with a group of people. Wow your friends and family with your card-shark skills by mastering these basic games - along with a handful of more advanced ones, too! In addition to key rules and instructions for play, The Everything Card Games Book provides tips on shuffling and dealing, essential etiquette, and knowing when to hold and when to fold.
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The perfect way to get you up to speed on more than fifty popular games, The Everything Card Games Book is your wild card for scoring big. Pull up a seat, gather your friends, and let the games begin!

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

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Reviews

[William L. · Rating 3 out of 5]

¨Do you enjoy card games, but find you need clarification on some rules? Have you ever been with a group of friends and wanted to try out a new game? Are you looking to brush up on a card game that you once played? Then this book is for you.¨(Katz page 1). I enjoy the quantity and multiple variations of card games that are mentioned in this book. And the widespread selection of games, from adult games like poker all the way to kid friendly games like go fish. plus this extensive amount of games falls into another thing I like about this book. What I ´ m referring to is the organization format. As previously mentioned, the general selection of these card games have different selections depending on what type of game it is. For example on from pages 21 to 34 it explains the rules of single player games like Free Cell, Golf, Spider, and etc. and then from pages 35 to 50 it explains how to play two player games like Cribbage, Piquet, and many more. The two things I dislike has to do with how these games´ rules are explained. There are time where it has left me confused on the instructions on various games like Oh Hell!, Gin Rummy, and Anaconda(and that´s just a couple of games). Not to mention that the book has this thing called E Facts and E essentials, and what these things are are just a little oh don´t forget that in this game you need to do this or that. It is honestly quite annoying, like why not just include this fact in the main body paragraph. Anyway this book is generally a pretty fun book to read about if you want to learn a card game.