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

Fire your imagination with these fun storytelling cards. Reviving the Victorian craze for 'myrioramas', the 20 picture cards can be placed in any order to create seamless scenes. Almost infinite combinations of cards provide endless storyscaping possibilities. Traverse an enchanted landscape as you build a perpetual panorama inhabited by fire-breathing dragons, magical unicorns and sinister shadow figures. With many games to play and millions of stories to tell, each turn of the card is a new adventure. Where will the story take you? There are over two quintillion storyscaping possibilities, and you can build a seamless panoramas stretching up to 170cm!

From Banksy to Basquiat, Haring to Hockney, and Yayoi to Yoko, your favorite artists have gathered in this deck of cards. Artist Cards is a standard poker set, with the four classic suits. Each card features a different artist, with an illustration and short bio. Who needs art history class when you can celebrate the great artists, instead, with a round of cards?

Because of television, the game of choice for most new poker players is no-limit Hold'em. This has led to changes in the game. With so many players trying to emulate their TV heroes, they tend to play too many weak hands, call too many bets with marginal to poor holdings, and try to make too many big bluffs. Today's skilled player must learn to adapt to these changes in this complex game. This book covers all aspects of the smaller, fixed buy-in, no-limit hold'em games from understanding your opponents to learning about pot odds. Included are topics seldom written about such as finding the proper amount to bet, how to manage your mental game, bankroll considerations, and how to beat the rake. Also introduced is "The Matrix Theory: " a unique tool for understanding just what hands you should play and how they should be played depending on a matrix of considerations few think about. If you are looking for the most comprehensive guide to fixed buy-in cash games, you need this book!

Rolf Slotboom draws together a number of innovative and revolutionary ideas including: * Winning strategies for cash games, tournaments and adjustments for on-line play * His revolutionary short stack approach for full-ring Pot Limit Omaha * An in-depth analysis of deep stack Pot Limit Omaha and No Limit hold'em * A successful kamikaze" style for tournament play This book will be of great interest to anyone who is serious about their poker, It will be especially useful for intermediate players who are looking to improve their understanding of complex poker concepts.

The sit'n'go (single table tournament) format is one of the most popular and exciting ways to play poker. However, ten players sitting at one table and playing for three prizes is not the only possible format. There are many other ways that these events can be run and these can provide a lucrative opportunity for the skilled player. In "Secrets of non-standard Sit'n'gos," Phil Shaw navigates you through these exciting variants and explains how you can make them profitable. The alternative formats discussed include: * Heads-up sit'n'gos (2-player)* 6-max sit'n'gos* Sit'n'gos with two tables* 45-player and 180-player sit'n'gos* Step systems (with prizes as entries to bigger money sit'n'gos)* Hyper turbos* Super satellites ...and many more As well as a deep examination of the correct strategies for all these events, "Secrets of non-standard Sit'n'gos" also analyses the most effective way to capitalise on rakeback and reward programs.

10 metallic colored pencils feature foil-stamped labels for Red Planet exploration and identification.

Featuring Photos from NASA!

• Great gift for anyone interested in space exploration
• Perfect for notes, coloring books, or drawing
• High-quality, two-tone art pencils

Let NASA's Mars imagery add color to your artistic and space quests!

Get crazy with The Wild Bunch! This discard game, based on Crazy Eights, will have you up to your ears in lions, monkeys, wombats and whales as you try to get rid of your cards before anyone else. The deck features animals instead of numbers so kids of any age can understand and play, and there are loads of exciting action cards to change things up: play the crab to reverse direction, or the kangaroo to skip over the next player!

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.

At the poker table, just like in the ocean, baitfish get gobbled up by sharks. To help you ascend to the top of the poker food chain, 52 Things To Pick Up Your Poker Game answers all the game’s most important questions with over 50 tips and strategies to give you the upper hand. So whether you’re a seasoned pro or a bare-bones beginner, this handy, information-packed guide will take your poker game to the next level by helping you discover: Bluffing techniques and when to use them—or not use them Winning strategies when you don’t have a winning hand What players to choose or avoid as your opponent How to help determine your opponent’s hand How to capitalize on your opponent’s weaknesses and your strengths

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Designed by some of Mensa's most cunning minds, this is a brain-training interactive puzzle pack crammed full of games and conundrums of many varieties, certain to challenge your linguistic and numerical abilities.

The Mensa Brain Games Pack contains a range of different activities, including eight separate games, so you'll be able to enjoy it again and again, on your own or with your family and friends. With a range of fiendish questions to enthral puzzlers of every level of ability, this a great purchase for anyone looking for a new challenge.

Mensa Brain Games Pack contains:

• Puzzle cards
• Board
• Counters
• Dice
• Fully illustrated book

Be guided and inspired by the world's richest and most powerful people with this creative set of oracle cards. Need to get your cash flow moving? Angela Merkel's guidance is at hand. Stuck in your search for the next big idea? Steve Jobs might have your answer. Pick a card and let 50 gurus of material success guide you through any life, career and business dilemma.

* A fresh, colorful take on classic playing cards!

* 2 vibrant decks of high-quality playing cards

* Each deck features a unique design: the back of one has a color gradient from red to green while the other has a gradient from blue to purple

* Decks are set in a deluxe rainbow tin-perfect for gifting

Video poker is one of the hottest games to hit the casino floor! Flashing screens entice players to try their luck at drawing winning card combinations. Although most people believe that winning is a matter of hit or miss, there is actually more to mastering these machines than the luck of the draw. Now author Linda Boyd has written "The Video Poker Edge--a detailed user-friendly guide to help you gain the winning edge over video poker machines. "The Video Poker Edge begins by explaining the basics of video poker. It then presents sound mathematical strategies tailored to each game's specific probability. Throughout the book, full-color illustrations clarify the recommended tactics for various card hands. As an added bonus, the author has included handy strategy cards with valuable tips. These cards can be removed from the book and taken along to the casino for reference during play. If you want the inside info on which video poker games provide the most bang for your buck--if you want to minimize your risk and maximize your winnings--"The Video Poker Edge will revolutionize your video poker experience.

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.

Originally published in London in the 1920s as a revised and enlarged edition based on Hoyle's early works of the 1700s. The book is an illustrated compendium of over eighty games and their varieties including card, billiard and board games. These are fully explained with rules and advice on play. 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.

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!

Mozaa is a colorful combination between domino and mosaic. It is the edge matching game that brings out the artist in you. The box contains sixy-four cards, which all have a unique color combination. Take a playing card from the stack and place it next to the cards on the table, in such a way that the colors on the edges match. The one who creates the most and largest color fields wins the game.

Scores of methods-previously known only to card experts-include passes, palming, false shuffles, false cuts, changes, crimps, jogs, reverses, rear palms and more. Altogether, 341 sleights and tricks. 318 illustrations show exact position of fingers and hands.

Based on Anna Faris's hit podcast Unqualified, Dealbreakers is an irreverent party game that explores what happens in a romantic relationship after that initial swipe right. Gather your friends, open your mind, and prepare to discover what you're really willing to accept from a romantic partner! Would you banish someone who bought off-brand cereal? What about a loud chewer? In this game players can be both sappy and silly as they explore what really counts as a dealbreaker in a new relationship with the help of Anna Faris -- who asks celebrities these very same questions on her top-rated podcast! Each round begins with a scenario card that sets the scene, and players must each select a "dealbreaker" card they believe will convince the round's leader to abandon the date. But even the dealbreakers that seem terrible on first blush might be excusable for the right person! As players explore these questions, they'll learn more than they ever thought about themselves, their friends, and, of course, how to avoid dating axe-murderers. This party game includes: * 30 date scenario cards + 5 bonus "wild card" scenarios * 300 deal breaker cards * 15 create-your-own deal breaker wild cards * Full-color, 32-page illustrated book with rules of game play and a personal essay from Anna Faris

With this book, anyone can develop a versatile repertoire of first rate card tricks. The authors, both noted authorities on magic, present complete, easy to understand explanations of basic techniques and over 100 complete tricks. More than 120 line cuts make explanations easy to follow, so that even beginners can develop professional-level skill. 121 figures.

Old Masters Memory Game collects the most famous and beloved portrait painters from the 16th and 17th centuries in one game that is fun to play, educational, and a feast for the eyes. The task, as always, is to collect two cards that make one set: in this case, two portrait paintings by the same painter. The sets are clearly recognizable by the posture of the figure, facial expression, the style of painting, and attributes like clothes and hairstyle. To help, there is always the brochure with all the paintings in pairs and a little explanation on the painters. This is a wonderful gift item for gift shops and all museums that collect the old masters. The game consists of 50 cards of 25 sets featuring world-famous portraits by the likes of Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticello, Titian, Frans Hals, Albrecht Durer, Goya, and many others.

Reproduction of a Civil War era poker deck of 55 cards with full-length, single-ended court figures. Box reproduced with original tax stamps showing hand cancellation on June 2, 1864.