Hoyle's Rules of Games
Published on 1. December 2001
384 pages
978-1-101-10023-3 (ISBN)
Description
Here is the perfect gift for novice and expert game enthusiasts alike. With Hoyle's Rules of Games you'll learn how to play games, sharpen your strategy, and settle disputes with the revised and updated edition of this essential reference guide-now covering over 250 classic and popular games!
Whether you're a casual gamer looking for a reference guide for your next family game night or whether you take the rules a little more seriously, this essential guide to card games, board games, and game strategy is for you. It also makes the perfect companion to board game gifts for children this holiday season: they'll love the game, but they'll love winning even more!
More than 250 years after Edmond Hoyle first published his guide to the game Whist, Hoyle's is still the definitive name when it comes to the rules of the game-whether it's bridge, backgammon, Scrabble® or Blackjack. With Hoyle's Rules of Games, all you need to have hours of fun with family and friends is a board game or a deck of cards!
The game player's basic reference, this handy guide has now been updated and expanded and includes rules, strategies, and odds for over 250 games, including such favorites as:
• Scrabble®
• Canasta
• Contract Bridge
• Gin Rummy
• Chess
• Backgammon
• Solitaire games: Nestor, Pounce, Pyramid, and Russian Bank
• Poker variations: Anaconda, Blind Tiger, and Hold 'em
• Children's games: Beggar-your-neighbor, Memory, and Slapjack
• Computer games: Minesweeper and Freecell
• ...And more!
Whether you're a casual gamer looking for a reference guide for your next family game night or whether you take the rules a little more seriously, this essential guide to card games, board games, and game strategy is for you. It also makes the perfect companion to board game gifts for children this holiday season: they'll love the game, but they'll love winning even more!
More than 250 years after Edmond Hoyle first published his guide to the game Whist, Hoyle's is still the definitive name when it comes to the rules of the game-whether it's bridge, backgammon, Scrabble® or Blackjack. With Hoyle's Rules of Games, all you need to have hours of fun with family and friends is a board game or a deck of cards!
The game player's basic reference, this handy guide has now been updated and expanded and includes rules, strategies, and odds for over 250 games, including such favorites as:
• Scrabble®
• Canasta
• Contract Bridge
• Gin Rummy
• Chess
• Backgammon
• Solitaire games: Nestor, Pounce, Pyramid, and Russian Bank
• Poker variations: Anaconda, Blind Tiger, and Hold 'em
• Children's games: Beggar-your-neighbor, Memory, and Slapjack
• Computer games: Minesweeper and Freecell
• ...And more!
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Windows
File size
4,60 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-101-10023-3 (9781101100233)
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Albert H. Morehead | Geoffrey Mott-Smith | Philip D. Morehead
Hoyle's Rules of Games, 3rd Revised and Updated Edition
The Essential Guide to Poker and Other Card Games
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Hoyle's Rules of Games
The Essential Family Guide to Card Games, Board Games, Parlor Games, New Poker Variations, and More
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12/2001
3rd Edition
Dutton / Signet
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Hoyle's Rules of Games
Descriptions of Indoor Games of Skill And Chance, with Advice On Skillful Play. Based On the Foundation Laid Down By Edmond Hoyle, 1672-1769
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03/1992
Dutton / Signet
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Morehead/Mott-Smith : Hoyle'S Rules of Games
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12/1983
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Persons
Albert H. Morehead (1909-1966), known as the "modern Hoyle," was the games editor of the New York Times, a lexicographer, and the author of more than 50 books on card games. Some of his works include The Complete Book of Solitaire and Patience Games and the world-famous Contract Bridge Summary.
Geoffrey Mott-Smith (1902-1960) was cochairman of the ACBL Laws Commission, editor of the ACBL Bridge Bulletin 1935-36, a contributor to The Bridge World, a writer, and a cryptographer. During World War II, Mott-Smith served as chief instructor for the OSS in the training of cryptographers and cryptanalysts. He wrote or cowrote more than 29 books on games and served as games consultant for the Association of American Playing Card Manufacturers.
Philip D. Morehead is the editor of The New American Webster Handy College Dictionary and The New American Rogets College Thesaurus and the author of the New American Crossword Puzzle Dictionary and The New American International Dictionary of Music. He is the son of late lexicographer and games expert Albert H. Morehead, the original co-editor of this book, who was the Bridge Editor of the New York Times for over 25 years and the editor of many books on games.
Geoffrey Mott-Smith (1902-1960) was cochairman of the ACBL Laws Commission, editor of the ACBL Bridge Bulletin 1935-36, a contributor to The Bridge World, a writer, and a cryptographer. During World War II, Mott-Smith served as chief instructor for the OSS in the training of cryptographers and cryptanalysts. He wrote or cowrote more than 29 books on games and served as games consultant for the Association of American Playing Card Manufacturers.
Philip D. Morehead is the editor of The New American Webster Handy College Dictionary and The New American Rogets College Thesaurus and the author of the New American Crossword Puzzle Dictionary and The New American International Dictionary of Music. He is the son of late lexicographer and games expert Albert H. Morehead, the original co-editor of this book, who was the Bridge Editor of the New York Times for over 25 years and the editor of many books on games.
Content
Hoyle's Rules Of GamesCard Games
All Fours
Barbu
Bridge
Briscola
Casino
Cribbage
Eleusis
Klaberjass
Hearts
Oh Hell
Palace
Pinochle
Piquet
Rook
Rummy
Sixty-Six
Skat
Spades
Stops
Triumph
Variety
Solitaire
Card Games for Larger Groups or Parties
Card Games Played by Children
Gambling Games Poker Other Gambling Games
Dice, Board, and Other Games Dice Games Dominoes Board Games Parlor Games Computer and Online Games
Resources Glossary
Index Of Games
Accordion Aces High Aces Up Acey-Deucey All Fours Anoconda Arlington Asian Poker Auction Bridge Auction Forty-Fives Auction Pinochle Auction Pitch Austrailian Poker Authors
