The book of games

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The book of games

[general editor, Peter Arnold]

Chancellor Press, 1992

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Originally published: 1985. - 2nd ed. published 1989 as: The Hamlyn book of games

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book teaches readers how to play and win more than 40 of the world's most popular board and card games. The rules and basic principles of each game, and many of its variants, are described and accompanied by helpful step-by-step diagrams. In addition there are sections on the most successful strategies and example games are played through with instructive commentaries. Table games such as backgammon, chess, dice games, hex, shogi and draughts, card games such as cribbage, bridge, solo whist, tarot, piquet and gambling games such as baccarat, blackjack, craps, new market, red dog, roulette and brag are included.

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Details

  • NCID
    BB23777302
  • ISBN
    • 185152178X
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    207 p.
  • Size
    31 cm
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