Card Games For Two

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CARD GAMES FOR TWO
"I have confined my attention to games where not only the rules must be learnt but also the various factors which go towards giving a would-be player a real insight into their finer points.
The same pack of fifty-two cards can be used for the playing of so many games that it appears more useful to detail only those where the element of skill is in itself a sufficient incentive to try them without the addition of a financial stake. Where four or more people are playing cards, it may appear necessary to have some monetary interest, however small, but when two people only are playing, this becomes less desirable and therefore the game itself should be the main interest.
Of the games that I have sought to teach you in the following pages, all have a history, all are steeped in tradition, but like good wine, they all improve with age. In fact, the only comparatively new games included are 'Gin-Rummy' and 'Canasta', and even these are nothing more than a highly... Tovább

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CARD GAMES FOR TWO
"I have confined my attention to games where not only the rules must be learnt but also the various factors which go towards giving a would-be player a real insight into their finer points.
The same pack of fifty-two cards can be used for the playing of so many games that it appears more useful to detail only those where the element of skill is in itself a sufficient incentive to try them without the addition of a financial stake. Where four or more people are playing cards, it may appear necessary to have some monetary interest, however small, but when two people only are playing, this becomes less desirable and therefore the game itself should be the main interest.
Of the games that I have sought to teach you in the following pages, all have a history, all are steeped in tradition, but like good wine, they all improve with age. In fact, the only comparatively new games included are 'Gin-Rummy' and 'Canasta', and even these are nothing more than a highly developed American version of a very old game.
When you have tried out these games and mastered their technique, you may well think some of the tactics that I have suggested are inferior to your own ideas. You may well be right. Over the years the progress and development of a pack of cards has never stood still. One of its main attractions is that it probably never will." Vissza