The Encyclopedia of Games
Subtitle: Rules and Strategies for More than 250 Indoor and Outdoor Games, from Darts to Backgammon
Publisher: Metrobooks
Published: October 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781586630966
Subjects: Games/Puzzles; Games; Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords; Reference; BG-HUMOR/GAMES - BG-GAMES/PUZZLES; Games / Reference; Sale Books
Table of contents: title: Card games. Clock solitaire -- Grandfather’s clock -- Klondike -- Four corners -- Lovely Lucy -- Monte Carlo -- Ninety-one -- Gambling games. Chemin de fer -- Pontoon -- Poker games -- Draw poker -- Stud poker -- Texas hold ‘em -- Non-trick games. Cribbage -- Gin rummy -- Canasta -- Casino -- Scopa -- Trick games. Whist -- Contact bridge -- Hearts -- Euchre -- Pinochle -- Piquet -- Five hundred -- Children's games. Snap -- Slapjack -- Spit -- Beggar my neighbor -- Donkey -- Go fish -- Go boom -- Cheat -- Pelmanism -- Family board games. -- Monopoly -- Risk -- Clue -- Scrabble -- Trivial pursuit -- Race games. Fox & geese -- Fox & geese solitaire -- Cows & leopards -- Wolf & goats -- Halma -- Chinese checkers -- Backgammon -- Ludo -- Snakes & ladders -- War games. Chess -- Progressive chess -- Random chess -- Kriegspiel -- Shogi (Japanese chess) -- Xiangqi (Chinese chess) -- Checkers (draughts) -- Losing checkers (draughts) -- Italian checkers (draughts) -- Spanish checkers (draughts) -- German checkers (draughts) -- Russian checkers (draughts) -- Polish checkers (draughts) -- Canadian checkers (draughts) -- Turkish checkers (draughts) -- Territorial games. Go -- Horseshoe -- Nine men’s Morris -- Hex -- Reversi (Othello) -- Four field kono -- Alquerque -- Owari -- Domino games. Block & draw dominoes -- Block dominoes -- Cross dominoes -- Double cross dominoes -- Maltese cross dominoes -- Double nine cross dominoes -- Cyprus -- All fives -- Five up -- Bergen -- Matador -- Blind Hughie -- Mah-jongg -- Dice games. Craps -- Poker dice -- Indian dice -- Liar dice -- Yacht -- General -- Shut the box -- Pig -- Hearts due -- Help your neighbor -- Drop dead -- Parlor games. Apple ducking -- Beetle -- Matchbox race -- Pass the orange -- Winking -- Dumb crambo -- The game -- Sardines -- Murder in the dark -- Charades -- Scissors, paper, & stone -- Elves, gnomes, & giants -- Spoof -- In the manner of the word -- Blind man’s buff -- Buzz & buzz-fizz -- I have never -- Going blank -- Good morning madam -- Likes & dislikes -- Rubik’s cube -- Paper & pencil games. Tic-tac-toe -- Hangman -- Boxes -- Sprouts -- Alphabet race -- Battleships -- Poetry game -- Guggenheim -- Anagrams -- Crossword -- Consequences -- Short stories -- Lotto -- Word games & spoken games. I love my love -- Analogies -- I packed my bag -- Dictionary game -- Ghosts -- License plates -- I spy -- Twenty questions -- Who am I? -- Botticelli -- Association -- Spelling round -- Taboo -- Proverbs -- Coffee pot -- Written games. Legs -- Categories -- Headlines -- Quizzes -- Stairway -- Pictures -- Transformation -- Bridge the word -- Games of skill. Jacks -- Fivestones -- Pick-up-sticks -- Tiddlywinks -- Carom billiards -- Darts -- Ping-pong -- Outdoor games. Horseshoe pitching -- Lawn bowls -- Croquet -- Badminton -- Statues -- Tag -- Hide & seek -- Simon says -- Hopscotch -- Marbles -- Dodge ball.