Card Games

by David Parlett

There's a card game to appeal to every kind of taste -- from the intellectual intricacies of bridge to the psychological experiment of poker. Teach Yourself Card Games includes classic games, such as piquet and bezique; national games from abroad, such as skat and scopa; timeless favorites like rummy; and modern inventions, such as barbu.

Genres: Reference, Games

320 pages, Paperback

First published March 3, 1994

About the author

Parlett is a noted games scholar who has written extensively on the history of board and card games, as well as inventing several of his own.