The Oxford guide to card games
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The Oxford guide to card games
Oxford University Press, 1990
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-344) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Unlike other books of card games, this is not primarily a book of rules or advice on improving play. Rather it is a survey of the origins and development of games, examining their popularity and social implications over time, their rituals and etiquette, why cards as designed as they are and how the games interrelate. Many of the myths about card games are exploded, such as that they are rooted in fortune-telling, they are synonymous with gambling, they were introduced to Europe by Marco Polo, or gypsies, or crusaders, or that all card games have unalterable, official rules. Some unusual games are described for the first time, while strange new light is cast on even the best-known games, like Bridge, Poker, Cribbage and Knockout Whist.
Table of Contents
- Players please
- what's in a game?
- a joke of cards
- a good deal of history
- Hoyle on troubled waters
- happy families
- betting and banking
- vying and bragging
- bluffing and poking
- matching and cribbing
- gone fishin'
- the realm of rum
- the patient pursuit
- simple tricksters
- five fingers make a hand
- from Hombre to solo
- from Whist to Bridge
- Tarot games
- primitive pointers
- Ace 11, Ten 10
- marriage lines
- lonely hearts
- flights of fancy.
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