Nikki Katz - The Everything Card Games Book: A complete guide to over 50 games to please any crowd

THE
EVERYTHING
CARD GAMES
BOOK

A complete guide to over 50 games
to please any crowd

Nikki Katz

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Katz, Nikki.
The everything card games book / Nikki Katz.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-59337-130-6
1. Card games. I. Title. II. Series: Everything series.

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The EVERYTHING Card Games Book

Dear Reader:

Do you enjoy card games, but find you need clarification on and wanted you ever been with a group of friends some rules? Have you looking to brush up on a card new game? Are up, to try out a is fo r you. Growing that you once played? Then this book can remember many game playing card games and loved wrote this book to I absolutely with my mom. I evenings spent playing cribbage and to give you an introduction to favorite games with you games, share my games, trick-taking games, gambling on how a variet y of other solitary find detailed instructions games for kids, and more. Youll players are and/or score each game. Since play, bet, also find known to constantly history deal, bid, to the rules, youll changing and adding instances Ive included a variations of each card game. In many strategies for winning. So the game, and you can even read of with some friends or by yourself, break out a deck of cards, flip to a game that sounds interesting and learn to play it!

Have Fun and Win Big,

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To my husband and daughters

Contents

Acknowledgments

Thanks to my agent, Barb Doyen, at Doyen Literary Services, Inc., for playing matchmaker and mediator between Adams Media and myself. Another round of applause for my editor, Kate Burgo, for giving me the chance to prove myself with this topic under such short notice.

A loving thank you goes out to my husband, Jason, for dealing with me in times of stress and deadlines. I also want to send my love to my mom, Barb, for all of her support; to my daughters, Katelyn and Kendall, for allowing me to write this book while they were napping; and to my brother, Kenny, for being a great friend. A special thought goes out to my dad, Ken, for always being supportive and wishing the best for me.

Top Ten Placesto Play Cards

Play a gambling game at your local casino.

Play a game of solitaire on your next plane trip.

Play a game against your computer during your next lunch break.

Join some friends on the Internet and play a competitive game.

Take a trip to Las Vegas or Atlantic City and test your card-game knowledge while seeing the sights.

Join a local card group to play your favorite game.

Sign up for a card-game tournament and do your best to win.

Grab your children and play a family game at your dining-room table.

Break out a deck of cards at the next party you attend.

Lay out your favorite solitaire game on your bed and relax with some music.

Introduction

ARE YOU SICK OF PLAYING GIN RUMMY but dont know any other card games? Feel like youre going to want to walk out on your spouse if you have an argument over the rules of euchre one more time? Or maybe youre just fed up with expensive, bulky board games that provide no variations? If you answered Yes! to any of these questions, then this book is for you. The simple pack of fifty-two cards offers entertainment for players aged eight to eighty, with single-player pastimes like Patience (and the hundreds of variations on the theme) to complex strategy games like Sheepshead. Learning to play card games will give you a sure-fire standby for those rainy days while youre on vacation and offers a far more sociable get-together with friends than watching a movie. Card games are even educational for children, teaching them addition skills, how to match, and all about recognizing suits and numbers.

Almost everybody has a favorite card game and a great mental image of playing cards in the past. Maybe you remember playing War on the floor with your sister, getting angry every time you lost an ace in a battle... or maybe you played gin rummy with your grandparents every time they visited to babysit you while your parents went out to dinner... or perhaps you played at the blackjack tables with your best friend on spring break in college... or maybe you and your husband sat side by side and played video poker on a cruise during your honeymoon. Whatever the game and whatever the source, we all have a favorite card game (or two).