The Penguin Book Of Card Games Av David Parlett

<p>The <i>Penguin Book of Card Games </i>is<i> the</i> authoritative up-to-date compendium, describing an abundance of games to be played both for fun and by serious players.<br><br>Auctions, trumpless hands, cross-ruffing and lurchin card players have a language all of their own. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, seasoned specialist in card games, takes us masterfully through the countless games to choose from.<br><br>Not content to merely show us games with the conventional fifty-two card pack, Parlett covers many games played with other types of cards - are <i>you</i> brave enough to play with Tarot? With a ''working description'' of each game, with the rules, variations and origins of each, as well as an appendix of games invented by the author himself, <i>The Penguin Book of Card Games </i>will delight, entertain and inform both the novice and the seasoned player.</p>