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WELCOME TO LAWBRANDAuroboros: Coils of the Serpent is a 5E campaign
setting by Chris Metzen and Warchief Gaming. The first release in
this universe, Worldbook: Lawbrand, is based on the roleplaying
campaign that Chris ran with his childhood friends in the eighties
and nineties, before heading to Blizzard to work on worlds such as
Warcraft, StarCraft, and more.As a 5E compatible source book,
Worldbook: Lawbrand gives players and GMs all the tools they'll
need to create their own adventures in this epic fantasy
world.Containing over a hundred pages of lore, as well as being
loaded to the brim with new options for character customization,
Worldbook: Lawbrand also features a comprehensive Adventures
section, designed to give GMs a way to launch imaginative
adventures for their party.Key Features: - Background and lore for
each Trade-City, faction, and key players that run them.- Four
brand new sub-classes and five new races unique to the setting, as
well as new magic items, spells, and magical tattoos known as
sigils.- Guides and recommendations on how to run adventures in
Lawbrand, including creating compelling stories, using the Mark of
the Serpent in your party, and more.Will you tame the world - or
shatter it?
Match 15 'before' and 'after' nature moments. Then, turn the cards
over to play again - but this time, use your memory to find each
pair. This card game builds first literacy and sequencing skills
with all your favourite animals from Slow Down - an ideal game for
2-4 players.
Now in paperback comes the first and authorized biography of Stuey
Ungar, the greatest card player of all time, who was backed by the
Mob in New York before moving to Las Vegas where he won the World
Series of Poker three times, then died mysteriously in a seedy
motel on the Vegas strip at the age of 45. He was the Jim Morrison
of the casino, a legend before he was of legal age. Stuey Ungar,
the son of a Jewish bookie on Manhattan's Lower East Side, dropped
out of high school to become an underground card-table sensation,
eventually taking out every top gin-rummy player on the East Coast.
Bankrolled by the Genovese crime family, Stuey would soon travel
around the country in search of new opponents and
opportunities--including poker. He would go on to win the World
Series of Poker a record three times. And then his luck began to
run out. One of a Kind is the startling tale of a man who won at
his game and lost control of his life. Whether tossing away his
winnings at the racetrack or on a single roll of the dice, Stuey
was notorious for gambling every single dollar in his pocket.
Though he had won an estimated $30 million in his lifetime, Stuey
had no bank account, not even a home address. He was found dead in
a Vegas motel--with $800 in cash on his person, the only money he
had left--at the age of forty-five. An intimate, authorized
biography--Nolan Dalla was commissioned by Stuey in 1998 to pen his
story, resulting in hundreds of hours of taped interviews and
conversations--One of a Kind illuminates the dark genius of one of
poker's most memorable figures.
Help your kids get off their screens and get moving! For kids aged
4-11 to help them learn why being active is good for you and instil
healthy habits that will last a lifetime On your marks, get set...
it's time to get busy! We all know that being active is an
important part of a healthy lifestyle, and it can be brilliant fun
too! Busy Bodies contains 52 illustrated cards each with a simple
challenge or sporty activity to get kids moving and thinking about
their physical and mental health. Each card also contains an
interesting fact to help kids learn why different activities can be
good for you. The set includes a 16-page booklet with useful tips
for parents and carers with information on how much exercise is
expected of the age range, a chart showing the different types of
exercise grouped into the main categories - strength-building,
heart health, coordination and agility, flexibility - and recipes
for some healthy post-activity snacks.
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High Society
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Reiner Knizia; Illustrated by Medusa Dollmaker
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A new edition of Reiner Knizia's classic auction game, where
players must out-bid each other to gain their rightful place within
high society. It's the turn of the century, and it's time to live
large. As the quintessential bon vivant you must spare no expense
following the latest trend and surrounding yourself with the
fineries of life that you justly deserve. Assert your status,
impress your peers, and avoid scandal at every turn. In Reiner
Knizia's classic auction game, players must bid against each other
for life's luxuries, while avoiding going bankrupt in the process.
High Society features 16 stunning Art Nouveau-inspired
illustrations by Medusa Dollmaker. Players: 3-5 Playing Time: 20
minutes Ages: 10+ Contents: 55 Money cards, 16 Oversized Status
cards
Time: Depends how long you last! Number of players: 2 Includes: 52
playing cards, plus an instruction card Ages: 18+ Assembly
required? No Batteries required? No Warning: Not suitable for
persons under 18 years. For adult use only. Who cares about
winning? In this game, it's the taking part that counts... This
X-rated version of the classic game of Snap is all about speed,
spontaneity and paying close attention to the sex positions on the
cards. It'll leave you and your opponent gagging for more.
Originally published in 1935, this is a detailed manual of Bridge
technique, 'As Used by the Leading Contract Bridge Tournament
Players, with Examples of Expert Bidding and Expert Play'. Contents
Include: Part 1 - Expert Bidding - What Every Expert Knows -
Valuing the Hand - The Opening Bid of One - Responses to Opening
Bids of One - Rebidding - Specialized Opening Bids and Responses -
Defensive Bidding - Penalty Doubles and Sacrifice Bids - Slam
Bidding - Psychic Bidding - Examples and Drills - Part Two -
General Principles - Declarer's Play - Defensive Play - Advanced
Play - A Series of Fine Hands
Chirp up your card games with the most beautiful birds in the
world. Includes 52 playing cards featuring illustrations of birds
ranging from the familiar to the exotic, plus two jokers. From the
cheerful red cardinal to the majestic white swan, the imposing
California condor to the flamboyant great blue turaco, these
delightful birds may make you forget your poker face
The Bridge Movements Encyclopedia. Duplicate Bridge Schedules,
History and Mathematics is an essential book for tournament
directors as well as bridge players curious about the history of
the game of duplicate bridge. This comprehensive volume supplies
you with all the movements ever thought of and many hundreds of new
ones. Included for each movement are the variations, modifications,
origins, authors and history of its development. Each movement is
then assessed for its measure of quality, called calibre. The
author presents a brand new event type, the Scissor movement - run
like any Howell movement. In this type of event the players play as
pairs as usual, but also have their teammates as another pair,
never meeting each other. This allows the event to be scored both
as teams and pairs, producing a winning team and a winning pair.
Duplicate bridge players will find the history of their favorite
game most intriguing. The book delves into the lives of well-known
figures such as John T. Mitchell and Edwin C. Howell. When did they
live, what did they contribute to bridge, and what were the
politics of their time? In addition, many lesser-known historical
figures are examined for their contributions to the development of
duplicate movements. For the mathematically inclined there are
plenty of interesting oddities. The mathematics of balance of
movements, giving the measure of quality, is thoroughly discussed.
The controversial debate over movement quality, along with its
history, is presented through the ideas and opinions of players and
mathematicians. IAN McKINNON is a mathematician, expert bridge
player, tournament director, author and computer professional.
Through circumstance, around 1970, he started tournament directing
at a major bridge club in Sydney which eventually led to him being
the senior Tournament Director within the Australian Bridge
Federation during the 1970s. He produced his first book, Bridge
Directing Complete, in 1979. All those years of experience, and the
last ten years of intense research and computer programming, have
resulted in this book.
Why is there a twelve on the cover of this blackjack book
instead of the usual twenty-one? No blackjack author in their right
mind would put a hand of twelve on the cover. Glen Wiggy did--he is
full of surprises like that. Part how-to manual, part memoir, 1536
Free Waters and Other Blackjack Endeavors--Finding Profit and Humor
in Card-Counting chronicles Wiggy's amusing experiences while
playing blackjack during more than eight hundred casino visits from
January 2001 until June 2008. It also introduces blackjack
card-counting in a fun and easy-to-learn format.
In addition to the everyday casino patrons, starving puppies,
angry pit bosses, French doughnuts, talking sea gulls, and 1536
bottled waters make unforgettable appearances in these entertaining
stories tailored for casual blackjack gamblers. For players
pursuing the game for serious profit, Wiggy also presents practical
tips on
- Aspects of blackjack basic strategy- Fundamentals of
card-counting- Techniques for managing money- Dangers of greedy
gambling behavior
Unlike most blackjack strategy guides, 1536 Free Waters and
Other Blackjack Endeavors won't teach you how to "kill" the dealer
or make a living playing the game. Instead, you'll learn basic
strategy and introductory card-counting skills that give you enough
confidence to approach the table with a positive attitude and
reasonable expectation of winning. Plus, you'll learn what to
expect from the cards and the wonderfully strange people and places
you may encounter. Enjoy the ride.
"Undoubtedly, the most enjoyable blackjack book I've read in my
twenty years as the editor of a gambling publishing company. It had
me laughing out loud."--Deke Castleman, editor for Huntington
Press
Read more at www.blackjackstories.com.
Originally published in 1897. The author was a famous conjuror who
many spent many years perfecting the hundreds of tricks and sleight
of hand methods described here. Contents Include: SLEIGHTS: The
Double Handed Pass - The Force - The Bridge - The Glide - The Color
Change, etc. TRICKS WITH CARDS: Magic versus Mnemonics - The
Hypnotised card - Cards Shot Against a Hat - The Demon Envelope -
The Obedient Card, etc. PREPARED AND MECHANICAL CARDS: The Changing
Card - The Torn Corner Card - The Flap Card - The Conjurer as
Marksman - The Envelope Card - The Coin Card - A Mysterious
Transformation, etc Contains many explanatory illustrations. Many
of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s
and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.
Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and
artwork.Envelope Card - The Coin Card - A Mysterious
Transformation, etc
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