Chambers Card Games for Families : The Ultimate Family Pastime

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780550101846
• ISBN10: 0550101845
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2011-11-02
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Summary

How to play more than 50 family card games Ranging from slap-jack and snap to patience and pontoon, these games are highly entertaining as well as quick and easy to learn. The book includes simple games that children can play on their own, as well as more intricate games for the whole family, and is ideal for players of any age and experience. With clear descriptions, helpful illustrations, and useful tips, this is an essential companion for hours of family fun.

Author Biography

Peter Arnold is an author and editor whose more than 50 books include Card Games for One, Easy Card Tricks, and How to Play Poker.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Card Games
Accordion	p. 3
Bango	p. 5
Beggar My Neighbour	p. 7
Bismarck	p. 9
Casino	p. 13
Cheat	p. 19
Chinese Ten	p. 21
Clock	p. 24
Commerce	p. 26
Crazy Eights	p. 29
Cribbage	p. 31
Cucumber	p. 38
Demon	p. 40
Fan Tan	p. 43
Farmer	p. 46
Fifty-One	p. 49
Go Fish	p. 51
Golf	p. 54
Gops	p. 56
Jubilee	p. 59
Klondike	p. 61
Knaves	p. 63
Knockout Whist	p. 66
Linger Longer	p. 68
Menagerie	p. 70
My Ship Sails	p. 72
Newmarket	p. 74
Nomination Whist	p. 77
Obstacle Race	p. 80
Old Maid	p. 82
Omnibus Hearts	p. 84
Pelmanism	p. 87
Pig	p. 89
Pip-Pip!	p. 90
Pontoon	p. 94
President	p. 99
Rams	p. 104
Ranter Go Round	p. 108
Rockaway	p. 110
Rolling Stone	p. 113
Romanian Whist	p. 115
Rummy	p. 118
Scotch Whist	p. 124
Sequence	p. 127
Sixty-Six	p. 129
Slap-Jack	p. 134
Snap	p. 136
Snip-Snap-Snorem	p. 138
Spade the Gardener	p. 140
Stealing Bundles	p. 142
Switch	p. 145
Thirty-One	p. 147
Twenty-Nine	p. 149
War	p. 151
More About Playing Cards
Card Games Basics	p. 154
Card Games Glossary	p. 157
Court Cards	p. 161
Playing Cards with Children	p. 163
Index
Games by Number of Players	p. 166
Games by Alternative Names	p. 167
Games by Age of Players	p. 168
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