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Patience with the JokerProfessor HoffmannVery rare set of original games making use of the Joker card, invented by Angelo John Lewis and published under his stage name. You will find games for one and two players. Goodall, London, 1907; 48 pages.
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Organized Fun: Adult Audience Participation Fun for Parties, Cruises, Resorts, ...Eve Lynn | ★★★★★ $7.95 to wish listPDF & EPUB | |
Murders in the Rue MorgeEdgar Allan PoeWith Murders in the Rue Morge, Edgar Allan Poe is the inventor of the model for the modern detective story consisting of a brilliant detective, his personal friend who serves as the narrator, and the revelation of whodunit that is revealed before the explanation of how the crime was committed. More specifically, Poe is also the father of the locked room mystery, detective stories where the impossibility of the crime takes center stage. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle acknowledged that he modeled his most famous Sherlock Holmes stories after Poe's detective story model by having Watson explicitly state in the first Holmes... | $3.99 to wish list | |
More Points SchmointsMarty BergenThe sequel to the bridge book of the year 1996.
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Modern American BiddingEric Kokish & Beverly KraftEric Kokish and Beverly Kraft, two of the world's leading bidding theoreticians, writers, teachers and international coaches, with impressive playing credentials, present a cohesive system with treatments aimed at improving constructive Standard American bidding based on their version of the Two over One system. Based on mainstream American methods (strong notrumps, five-card majors), Kokish-Kraft cover all areas of uncontested bidding and show you how to apply the agreements and treatments that comprise their version of modern Two over One. They offer solutions to difficult and subtle problems... | $49.95 to wish list | |
Marty SezMarty BergenThis ebook includes 114 very practical tips on a variety of subjects with practical, easy to digest examples.
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Magic in a GameJohn PalfreymanFrom the Foreword by Ali Bongo: So the telephone rings and the client says ... "Can you provide two hours entertainment?" ... "Of course!" ... you say, doing a quick bit of mental arithmetic to double your normal fee. Having confirmed the booking, you make a bee-line for the book-shelf to search for this book. Because this book ... plus a few bits and bobs ... will furnish the wherewithal for that extra hour of entertainment. Think of the advantages! You need only do one show in an afternoon instead of two ... no mad dash when the first show runs late ... less packing ... less wear and tear on... | ★★★★★ $5 to wish list | |
Le système d'enchères américain intermédiaireChris Hasney & Jerry Pottier & Alain LacourseLe volume II, le système d’enchères américain intermédiaire, effectue la transition aux méthodes modernes incluant les ouvertures à deux faibles. Il enseigne toutes les notions du « standard » américain d’une façon qui intègre ses formes variées. Ne vous méprenez pas sur le terme « intermédiaire ». Plusieurs joueurs de duplicata croient avoir atteint ce niveau lorsqu’ils ne peuvent plus jouer dans les parties novices. Ce n’est pas le cas. Le niveau « intermédiaire », tel que défini par les auteurs, peut qualifier certains joueurs ne possédant aucun point de maître... | $20 to wish list | |
Le système d'enchères américain de baseChris Hasney & Jerry Pottier & Alain LacourseLa série américaine de Bridge La série américaine de bridge est un ensemble de cours successifs sur les enchères. Elle est adaptée à l’apprentissage autodidacte ou de classe sous la supervision d’un enseignant de bridge professionnel. Les volumes I à III incluent des notions de jeu de déclarant et de défense qui sont reliées aux niveaux d’enchères enseignés dans chaque livre. Le volume IV est réservé aux vrais experts ; par conséquent, les leçons de jeu de déclarant et de défense n’ont pas été incluses car cela serait une insulte. La série complète nécessite... | $17.50 to wish list | |
Knight's Tour: With Free Choice of Start and EndChris Wasshuber
In the late 1980s I developed a method for the Knight's Tour which allows a spectator a truly free choice for the starting square and ending square of opposite color (same color start and end is mathematically impossible). This manuscript describes in detail this method. The method attempts to minimize memorization and teaches you a system to derive a proper complete tour on the spot. The method is so flexible that you can find several different tours for one pair of start and end points. Of... | ★★★★★ $25 to wish list | |
Jacoby Super AcceptsChris Hasney & Jerry PottierWant to know more about Jacoby Transfer Super Accepts? This excerpt from The Advanced American Bidding System may be helpful. What the heck, it's FREE. Give it a look. | ★★★★★ $0 to wish list | |
Illustrated Book of Patience GamesProfessor HoffmannLearn 63 fun and stimulating patience games from this book. A deck of cards, a flat surface and you are ready to challenge and entertain yourself. This is a translation from the German book Illustriertes Buch der Patiencen. 5th Edition, Routledge, London, 1904; 123 pages.
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How to Solve ConundrumsFrank Tousey | $10 to wish list | |
How To Beat Titled Players and Stronger Opponents: Middlegame Chess CourseIgor SmirnovMaster the 5 Chess Weapons and learn how to defeat opponents that are 200 or even 300 rating points ahead of you. Nowadays, you need to have some unique skills if you want to beat an experienced opponent. You need to have special knowledge which is not presented in chess books. Some strong players know these weapons, however they will never tell them to you. Nevertheless, now you can get this knowledge from the course How to Beat Titled Players. This course should not have been created. Actually, I wasn't going to share this information with a huge audience. I've had doubts about whether... | $59 to wish listsoftware | |
Grandmaster's Opening Laboratory: Chess Openings CourseIgor SmirnovDo you want to win chess games before they even begin? Then this chess course was designed for you. It will give you a complete opening repertoire on the GM's level and will make your pre-game preparation extremely effective. There is no guarantee that you will always win, but with this course your chances are guaranteed higher. In modern chess, computers have made opening preparation a very powerful and even decisive factor. Strong players spend most of their training time on opening analysis. There are serious reasons for doing that. Every chess player can recollect the following situation: ... | ★★★★★ $53 to wish listsoftware | |
Grandmaster's Opening Laboratory 2: Advanced Chess Openings Course - Bonus PackIgor SmirnovWhile studying the opening courses, The GM's Openings Laboratory and The GM's Openings Laboratory 2, students sent me their questions. I've prepared a detailed answer to every query.
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Grandmaster's Opening Laboratory 2: Advanced Chess Openings CourseIgor SmirnovAdvance your opening play to the level of Masters and Grandmasters! Learn the general principles of opening play. Get a powerful opening repertoire. What determines your WIN/LOSS in a chess game? Whether or not you win or lose is determined by your opening preparation, your middlegame skills, and your endgame technique. At the same time, the opening phase is MORE important because if you don't play it well, you will lose sooner than you can demonstrate your middlegame/endgame skills. How do you play an opening properly? In order to play the opening properly, a lot of people believe that... | $88 to wish listsoftware | |
Giocate!D. Angelo FerriThis ebook is a study of the classic Italian card games: Scopa, Quindici, Briscola, and Tresette. The author's interest in playing cards dates back to childhood, his grandparents, his family … they loved to play cards; so does he. In addition to rules, you will find beginner to advanced playing strategies and Ferri's method for secretly signaling your partner as to what cards you hold. This is based on the system he learned from one of his early influences - the great John Scarne. In addition to be being one of the greatest manipulator of playing cards and perhaps the greatest card mechanic of... | $6.95 to wish list | |
Games of Skill and ConjuringunknownInstructions for games, magic tricks, model building, giving shows, and more.
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Gamblers' Tricks With Cards Exposed and ExplainedJonathan H. GreenThis is an unusual mix of contents including magic card tricks, card games and how gamblers cheat at those games, other swindles and scams, a section on dice and cheating at dice games, as well as moralizing against the evils of gambling. Jonathan H. Green was a reformed gambler, who made a career exposing cheating via lectures, presentations and books. An earlier shorter edition of this book was published under the title Games and Tricks with Cards. If you are looking for an edited version and somewhat modernized rendition of this book you can find it here.
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Fat Free CardChris Hasney | $0 to wish list | |
Fall of the CardsDonald ParsonProblems of the type for which the author is infamous are limited in number, for they demand a combination of qualities not often found together. They should be problems rather than puzzles, instructive rather than baffling, presenting situations that arise in everyday play. They should be short and snappy, and answerable by a concise statement, preferably early in the game; for if delayed too long, variations in defense may lead to complications that... | $12 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Dick's Games of PatienceWilliam B. DickThis was the first widely popular American collection of patience games or solitaire with cards. 1883. Dick and Fitzgerald; 154 pages.
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Defensive Tips (used)Edwin (Eddie) KantarSoftcover in good condition. Published 1994 by Griffin Publishing. For details on the content see the digital edition. | $9.50 to wish list |