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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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!

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Albert H. Morehead(1909-1966), known as the "modern Hoyle," was the games editor of theNew York Times, a lexicographer, and the author of more than 50 books on card games. Some of his works includeThe Complete Book of Solitaire and Patience Gamesand the world-famousContract Bridge Summary. Geoffrey Mott-Smith(1902-1960)was cochairman of the ACBL Laws Commission, editor of the ACBLBridge Bulletin1935-36, a contributor toThe 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. Moreheadis theeditor 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 andThe New American International Dictionary of Music. Heis the son of late lexicographer and games expert Albert H. Morehead, the original co-editor of this book, who was the Bridge Editor of theNew York Timesfor over 25 years and the editor of many books on games.