Rules
Strategies
Scoring
Bidding
Betting Systems
As far back as the eighteenth century, Edmund Hoyle was recognised by his contemporaries as the leading authority on card games. Now, like Webster and Roget, the name, Hoyle, stands for authenticity - in this case, in the field of indoor games. Expanding the tradi-tion of its predecessors, which concen-trated merely on the rules, Ainslie's Complete Hoyle instructs the reader in the play of any game that uses cards, counters or dice and is popular through-out the Western world.
Some 1800 easy-to-find entries cover all the well-known games, giving every conceivable variation and strategy. For example, games such as backgammon, blackjack, canasta and mah-jongg have no fewer than twenty-five entries each in the index; chess, rummy and the soli-taire games have over fifty each; and the famous pastimes of contract bridge and
poker have nearly 150 entries apiece. But also, there are descriptions of hund-reds of more unusual games that can add variety to your gaming pleasure.
This book is divided into four main sections: card games; board and table games; gambling-casino games; and games for club, car and tavern. Then, under each, are separate headings to en-able you to find the game of your choice immediately. Or, if your query is more specific, there is the index.
So, whether you are curious about any sedentary game, or merely browsing, Ainslie's Complete Hoyle is the indis-pensable standard reference for its rules of play and, for some of the more popular ones, the strategy needed to win.
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