Bicycle Official Rules of Card Games [Paperback]

United States Playing Card Company (Author), Joli Quentin Kansil (Editor), Tom Braunlich (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1999

The United States Playing Card Company, makers of Bicycle brand playing cards, brings you this comprehensive guide to over 250 card games. Complete with a history of playing cards, advice on choosing a card game, and 'bet-you-didn't-know inserts'; this book is a thorough reference for card games. This new edition, with countless illustrations, is designed for ease of use and ready reference. The "Game Sidebar" that appears before each major game allows readers to determine, at a glance, the number of players and cards required, and the degree of skill and complexity for each game. All you need is this book and a deck of Bicycle brand playing cards to enjoy one of America's favorite pastimes!

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From the Publisher

This official rules book comes to you from The United States Playing Card Company, best known for their Bicycle cards that have been the best selling playing card brand for over 100 years. The company based out of Cincinnati, Ohio, manufactures and distributes playing cards, casino cards, children's card games, collectible tins, and card accessories worldwide. Who better to turn to as the authority on playing cards than the company that has historically dominated the industry?

From the Back Cover

Fun! Informative! Entertaining! Whether you're an experienced card player or have never played before, this comprehensive guide contains what you need to know! The "Bicycle Official Rules of Card Games" is much more than just a rule book: families will enjoy finding old favorites and new games to play; serious card players will value the book as a definitive resource; novices will pick up the basics quickly and easily; trivia buffs can browse for interesting stories. Designed for ease of use and ready reference, the guide includes unique diagrams that illustrate, almost at a glance, the basics of a specific game. All that's missing is a deck of America's favorite Bicycle playing cards!

Product Details

• Paperback: 338 pages
• Publisher: United States Playing Card Company; 88th edition (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889752061
• ISBN-13: 978-1889752068
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #381,115 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Thorough, February 11, 2003

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Julie Peters Akey "kabuka1" (Honolulu, HI United States) - See all my reviews
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This book of card game rules is extremely thorough. It lists every possible version of every card game you've ever heard of. It is easy to use and easy to understand. I was looking for a book with just the basics so we don't argue about the rules every time we play, but this has much much more but still manages to be relativly small and lightweight.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Cheap, May 7, 2003

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The book is made of those newsprint-type papers and the print is crooked on the page. The solitaire rules are very sparce and miss most of the rules I was looking for.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Info, but you can get it for free online., October 29, 2005

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Michael L. Whitt "AKA NeuroNomad the Sci-Fi Nut." (Western Kentucky, USA) - See all my reviews
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You can find the exact same infomation on the Us Playing Card website. While the coverage is pretty good, it's hard to pay for what you can get for free. Pagat also has much of the same material on their website.