The card games bible : over 150 games and tricks.

Includes index.

Card games for one. Accordion -- Agnes -- Block eleven -- Calculation -- The carpet -- Clock -- Crossword -- Eagle wings -- Eight off -- Florentine -- Flower garden -- Fortune -- Grandfather's clock -- Klondike -- La belle Lucie -- Labyrinth -- Little spider -- Martha -- Pyramid -- Royal parade -- Scorpion -- Simple Simon -- Sir Tommy -- Six by six -- Three blind mice -- Vacancies -- Card games for two. All fours -- California Jack -- Casino -- Comet -- Cribbage -- German whist -- Gin rummy -- Jo-jotte -- Klaberjass -- Pinocle -- Russian bank -- Tablanette -- Trumps -- Games for three or more. 500 rum -- Auction pitch -- Black Maria -- Bridge -- Calabrasella -- Calypso -- Canasta -- Cinch -- Crazy eights -- Cut-throat bridge -- Double rum -- Euchre -- Five hundred -- Hearts -- Knaves -- Loo -- Napoleon -- Oklahoma -- Panguingue -- Polignac -- Rummy -- Scotch whist -- Card games for kids. Beat my neighbour -- Bisley -- Cardgo -- Cheat -- Colonel -- Demon -- Dominoes -- Dundee -- Go boom! -- Go fish -- Golf -- GOPS -- I promise -- King Albert -- Old maid -- Pairs -- Puss in the corner -- Snap! -- Speed -- Storehouse -- Three-stake brag -- War -- Games for parties. Authors -- Chase the ace -- Donkey -- Fan tan -- Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum -- Kemps -- Newmarket -- Pig -- Pip-Pip! -- Pope Joan -- Ranter go round -- Red dog -- Spinado -- Thirty-one -- Games for prizes. Baccarat -- Blind hookey -- Brag -- Chemin de fer -- Easy go -- Hoggenheimer -- Life smoke -- Monte bank -- Racing -- Slippery Sam -- Sweet sixteen -- Vingt et un -- Poker games. Poker basics -- Draw poker -- Draw poker: jackpots -- Draw poker: spit in the ocean -- Other draw poker games -- Stud poker: five-card stud -- Five-card stud, high-low -- Stud poker: seven-card stud -- Stud poker: lowball -- Texas hold'em -- Omaha -- Card tricks. Card handling for tricks -- Colour code trick -- Cut and locate -- Shuffle deduction -- Leader of the pack -- Facing up to the facts -- Empty your pockets -- Counting down -- Suit won't shuffle -- Role reversal -- The flipping trick -- Slip and slide -- Making the set -- Don't bet on it -- Top of the heap -- Feeling vibes -- Psychic powers -- Fool's gold -- Upwardly mobile -- Calling the shots -- It all adds up -- The twins -- Matching pairs.

This is the ultimate card-player's companion, crammed with over 300 pages of games to provide hours of entertainment. It includes a tricks section, which gives you ways to astound friends and family with your seemingly effortless skills. Both games and tricks cater for a range of abilities so that you can progress and expand your repertoire. All the classics are here, along with all their variations, as well as lesser-known games such as Red Dog and Klaberjass. Easy-to-follow explanations for each games and trick together with clear illustrations make this the perfect card book for any family.