The Penguin Book of Card Games by David Parlett

The Penguin Book of Card Games by David Parlett

The Penguin Book of Card Games is the authoritative up-to-date compendium, describing an abundance of games to be played both for fun and by serious players. Auctions, trumpless hands, cross-ruffing and lurching: card players have a language all of their own. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, seasoned specialist in card games, takes us masterfully through the countless games to choose from. Not content to merely show us games with the conventional fifty-two card pack, Parlett covers many games played with other types of cards - are you brave enough to play with Tarot? With a 'working description' of each game, with the rules, variations and origins of each, as well as an appendix of games invented by the author himself, The Penguin Book of Card Games will delight, entertain and inform both the novice and the seasoned player.

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ISBN 13	9780140463446
ISBN 10	0140463445
Title	The Penguin Book of Card Games
Author	David Parlett
Series	Penguin Handbooks
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	1979-11-22
Number of pages	480
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