Learn when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em with Card Night, a collection of 52 classic card games, including rules and strategies. Featuring step-by-step, illustrated instructions, and two indexes that organize each game by difficulty and number of players needed, Card Night includes directions for playing all the most popular card games, including Hearts and Bridge, Rummy and Go Fish. In addition to providing the rules of standard game play, Card Night also details the fascinating stories and peculiarities behind some of the world's most famous card decks, some of which were used as currency, tools for propaganda, and even as a means for sending coded messages. Offering one game for each week of the year, Card Night is the go-to companion for weekly game nights, long car rides, and rainy days spent at home. Wow your friends and family with your game playing prowess and keep them entertained with fascinating details from playing card history.

This is a fantastic compendium of the greatest card games from around the world, including the history, rules, and winning strategies for each game, with more than 400 illustrations. It covers everything from fun and simple games for beginners and family players, to professional tips and expert guidance for advanced play in serious games of chance. It is a comprehensive, practical guide to over 200 games, explaining how to play and win. It offers clear instructions make the book a useful one for players at all levels - beginners, intermediates and experts. It covers all the world's most popular games, including bridge, gin rummy, blackjack, poker, solitaire, piquet and cribbage. It details the rules of each game, with strategies for play, history and fascinating facts about famous players. This essential reference for card-game players brings together all the best card games, including canasta, bridge, rummy, blackjack, cribbage, whist, solitaire and poker. The book opens with a brief history of cards, with tutorials for beginners on general play, and a gold mine of tips for intermediate and advanced players. The practical heart of the book is divided into two sections covering trick-taking and non-trick taking games. Here are all the classics plus scores of lesser-known treats such as Thirty-One Rum and Spit. Whether you want to settle a dispute about rules or find a new game for the family, this is the only book you will ever need on the subject.

This book gives a full account of modern Acol and of the whole range of defensive and competitive bidding. It is suitable for players up to a high standard but will readily be understood by less experienced players as each topic starts with the fundamentals. The play of the cards is covered in all important aspects, with an emphasis on mental approach and on principles of wide application. Deals are presented in a way that allows the reader to develop his thoughts and arrive at solutions. There are many hints of practical value that will stay in the mind.

Bring some drama to your card table with 54 of the most influential TV stars and series creators, arranged into four suits: Hearts = Comedy, Clubs = Drama, Diamonds = Crime, Spades = Fantasy & Sci-fi Includes illustrations of all the big names, from George R. R. Martin and David Simon to Elisabeth Moss and Sarah Jessica Parker.

If you think TikTok is just an old Ke$ha song and your back feels like it's gonna crack any time you bend over, this Millennial Loteria: El Mid-Life Crisis Expansion Pack is perfect for you. With new cards like El Back Pain, La Insomnia, and El Dad Bod, you'll not only feel seen, but attacked as well. Because if you can't laugh at yourself, Gen Z will do it for you. Millennial Loteria: El Mid-Life Crisis Expansion Pack includes: * 10 new cards * 10 extra game boards * 108 extra bitcoin tokens OMG IMPORTANT INFO: This expansion pack does not contain the full Millennial Loteria game, which is sold separately. If you don't own it yet, make sure to add one to your cart. Like, right now!

Is it morally permissible to plunder a drunken player's riches at the poker table? Is it morally permissible for casinos to provide free alcoholic beverages to patrons while they gamble? The Ethics of Poker is the first text of its kind, asking and answering the ethical questions above, and many others related to playing poker for real money. The Ethics of Poker is of immediate interest to poker players wishing to do the right thing morally and anyone interested in philosophy and applied ethics. But more importantly, the moral lessons learned from a study of the ethics of poker provide moral direction for our daily lives, since there are definite moral rights and wrongs, even within poker.

Playing cards that feature beautiful hummingbird photography This gorgeous deck of playing cards, put together by award-winning nature photographer Stan Tekiela, features 54 striking photographs of North America's hummingbirds, including the Ruby-throated, Black-chinned and Rufous hummingbirds. Anyone who appreciates birds will love having these cards for playing their favorite games.

You can just hear Chandler ask, "Could this deck be any kitschier?" These unofficial playing cards pay homage to the iconic and beloved '90s sitcom, Friends. In these Friends Playing Cards, the sextuplet is (more or less) coupled off and assigned to the four suits. Ross and Rachel are (on- and off-again) hearts. Monica and Chandler are diamonds, because Monica asked to be diamonds and who's going to argue with her? Then the ever-quirky Phoebe takes spades, leaving the loveable Joey as clubs. Who else could be the Joker but - "oh, my, GOD!" - the inimitable Janice? As 2019 marks 25 years since the first episode of Friends aired, there's never been a better time to deal these cards and whittle away some time with the very best of your friends.

Originally published in 1899, this is a comprehensive guide to the many intricacies to the game of Solo Whist. It is a complex game with many laws and tricks, with this guide intending to guard against some of the common mistakes made by players new to the game. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include: General Review of the Principles of the Game - The Calls - The Laws of Solo Whist - Propositions and Acceptances - The Solo - The Misere: When to Declare - The Abondance: How to Play it - The Open Misere - The Abondance Declaree - Illustrative Hands: The Play

A hilarious parody of the popular Mexican bingo game has been flipped on its head again. If you loved playing 'Millennial Loteria' with all your BFFs, then you'll love the challenge of putting together this colourful, fun and durable jigsaw puzzle inspired by the brand that 'The Chicago Tribune' said gave loteria "a genius millennial makeover".

Galison's Paper Dogs Playing Card Set features 50 Reed Evins Paper Dog portraits plus 2 cats for the joker cards! Galison playing card sets are packaged in a sturdy drawer style keepsake box perfect for gifting and easy storage. * Includes 2 decks of cards * Drawer Box Size: 5.75 x 4.25 x 1.25", 150 x 110 x 30 mm

Poker is a centuries-old American game. Why has it become so popular in the twenty-first century? What does current interest in the game tell us about ourselves and some of our most pressing social issues? In this timely and thought-provoking book, Andrew Manno offers important insights into the intersection of gaming, gender, and capitalism that illuminate how the shift to a casino capitalist economy-combined with a culture of toxic masculinity-impacts workers and how it has led to the rise of populism in the United States that manifested in the 2016 election of Donald Trump.

David Bird, the world's leading humorous bridge writer, joins forces again with Ron Klinger, one of the world's best-known bridge teachers and authors. The result is a scintillating new collection of stories about the bridge-playing Rabbi. Where else would you find an unnervingly plausible account of a Rabbi gambling his holiday money in a high-stake rubber game against three wealthy Arabs? And where might you chance upon a parable such as the Synagogue team facing a team of Catholic priests and nuns (hired professionals!) as part of the St Benedict Commemoration celebrations? As readers of KOSHER BRIDGE and THE RABBI AND THE WEAKER SEX (previously KOSHER BRIDGE 2) will expect, the humour is sparkling and the bridge brilliant. Sit back, hold tight, and enjoy this vastly entertaining book.

teNeues NYC Stationery is proud to share our newest offering, classic Playing Cards with our signature style curated from museum art and illustrations from our favourite artists around the world printed on embossed, premium blue-core card stock in a gift box with flip-top magnetic closure. Our Mid-Century Modern Chairs pattern by Hail Tiger Studio is a fun and casual design paying homage to one of our favourite 20 century styles of home decor and furniture. Our little portable box is giftable and great for travel, fits in any bag and the magnetic closure keeps the cards together between games. Standard deck of 54 playing cards including 2x joker cards Full-colour, richly -printed artwork on embossed, blue-core card stock Giftable flip-top box with magnetic closure Box measures: 69 x 95 x 25 mm Kathryn Warren is the illustrator and designer behind Hail Tiger. She earned her B.F.A. in graphic design with honours from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

This book explores the rise and increased acceptance of gambling in America, particularly the growth of the game of poker, as a means for examining changes to the American Dream and the risk society. Poker both critiques and reinterprets the myth of the American Dream, putting greater emphasis on the importance of luck and risk management while deemphasizing the importance of honesty and hard work. Duncan discusses the history of gambling in America, changes to the rhetoric surrounding gambling, the depiction of poker in the Wild West as portrayed in film, its recent rise in popularity on television, its current place in post-modern America on the internet, and future implications.

This expertly presented book gives all the information needed to begin playing cards, with advice on the rules and strategies of each game. The bulk of the book is 200 card games, covers fun and classic games for families and friends. Special sections on poker and bridge guide you through all the basic information needed to begin playing. For every card game there is an explanation of the type of pack required, ideal age, playing and scoring, and plenty of diagrams of sample games. This beautifully presented guide is a great resource for all card game enthusiasts. Suitable for beginners and advanced players alike, this practical book will teach you everything you need to play a variety of exciting games* Learn how to play classics such as Baccarat, Cribbage, Go Fish, Gin Rummy and Kaluki * Similar card games are grouped, so it is simple to find fun and challenging family games as well as advanced games * A special focus on poker gives rules and winning strategies, skills and tactics, with useful tips for players at all levels as well as expert guidance for professional players * Clearly explained with more than 1200 easy-to-follow photographs and illustrations

Immerse yourself in some of the most fascinating worlds of classic literature with this themed trivia and game card deck

Put your Jane Austen knowledge to the test with a 16pp booklet and 52 trivia and game cards, each one featuring a multiple-choice trivia question, charade, game or challenge about the people, places and relationships of Jane Austen's works.

Packed with trivia questions, party games, charades and challenges; and illustrated with vintage illustrations that make for a delightful game of Snap or Memory - there is something for everyone in this new series of quiz and game decks.

In your hands lies the destiny of one of history's great civilisations. Under constant threat of attack, you must conquer new lands, oversee dramatic scientific and cultural advances, and lead your people into the era of empire. Expand too rapidly, and unrest will bring your civilization to its knees; build up too slowly, however, and you might find yourself a mere footnote of history. As one of eight radically asymmetric civilisations, you will compete to become the most dominant empire the world has ever seen.

Imperium: Classics is a standalone game that contains the Carthaginian, Celt, Greek, Macedonian, Persian, Roman, Scythian, and Viking civilisations and an individual solo opponent behaving as each nation. It is fully compatible with Imperium: Legends for players wanting to expand their pool of civilisations even further.

This power-packed book on beating no-limit hold'em is one of the three most influential poker books ever written. Negreanu headlines a collection of young, great players - Todd Brunson, David Williams, Erick Lindgren, Evelyn Ng and Paul Wasicka - who share their insider professional moves and winning secrets. You'll learn about short-handed and heads-up play, high-limit cash games, a powerful beginner's strategy to neutralize professional players, how to mix up your play, bluff, and win big pots. The centerpiece, however, is Negreanu's powerful and revolutionary small ball strategy. You'll learn how to play hold'em with cards you never would have played before - and with fantastic results. The preflop, flop, turn and river will never look the same again. It is a must-have!

Bridge is played around the world - and often regarded as the best of all card games. 'Many games provide fun, but Bridge grips you. It exercises your mind. Your mind can rust, you know, but Bridge prevents the rust from forming' Omar Sharif In this book David Bird builds on TEN WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR BRIDGE and presents ten further ways to increase success at the bridge table. In the area of bidding, the Jacoby 2NT convention is described - the most popular way nowadays of showing a strong major-suit raise and investigating slam possibilities. When bidding slams, it is critical to identify the presence or otherwise of the six key cards (the four aces and the king-queen of trumps) Roman Key-card Blackwood allows you to do this. Two important variations (Kickback Blackwood and Exclusion Blackwood) are explained. The Lebensohl convention is covered also, both when partner's INT has been overcalled and when you are responding to a double of a weak-two bid. On defence, the important topic of disrupting declarer's communications is explained. The book will also show how you can become an 'awkward defender', the sort of player that no declarer likes to face. Finally, five important areas of declarer play are addressed: holding up in a suit contract, using the entries provided by the trump suit, how to block the defenders' suit at no-trumps, the various ways to avoid an adverse ruff or overruff and how to overcome a 4-1 trump break.

Match the upper sides and undersides of the wings of 25 species of butterfly from around the world in this beautifully illustrated matching game. With all kinds of stunning species - from the painted lady to the purple emperor - this fun and educational game is an ideal gift that will appeal to nature lovers everywhere. Includes a mini dossier on each species. Can also be used as a memory game when you get to know the butterflies. Collect more pairs than your opponent to win!

While we already know that the 90s was the coolest decade in recorded human history, what was the pinnacle of culture in the era of CD-ROMs and Pogs, The Fresh Prince and butterfly clips? Clash of the 90s is here to decide. The flip phone or the Nintendo 64? The Spice Girls or Britney Spears? Home Alone or the Tamagotchi? What was the raddest, the most influential? Which changed the course of human history? Battle these icons to pick a victor. To play, deal all the cards equally, and no peeking! In turns, flip the card on top of your deck and choose from one of six categories: Freshness, Radness, 90s-ness, Game Changer, Influence or Legacy. Each have numerical values. Read one out, and if your icon's score beats the rest, take all the played cards from that round.

* TEST YOUR MEMORY with this unique cast of internationally identical twins to match up * THE SAME BUT DIFFERENT each of the 30 sets of twins has a different photography style and background but don't think it will be easy to pair them! * BESTSELLING SERIES the 60 cards are designed to help stimulate your brain * EYE-CATCHING DESIGN the box utilizes the Pantone Color of the Year to make the design POP! * FOR ALL AGES can be played with children, friends or family