The Encyclopedia of Games: Rules and Strategies for More than 250 Indoor and Outdoor Games, from Darts to Backgammon

Rules and strategies for more than 250 indoor and outdoor games, from darts to backgammon. Cover Back Cover Title Contents Introduction 1. Card Games Patience Games Clock Patience Grandfather’s Clock Klondike The 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 Contract Bridge Hearts Euchre Pinochle Piquet Five Hundred Children’s Games Snap Slapjack Spit Beggar my Neighbour Donkey Go Fishing Go Boom Cheat Pelmanism 2. Board Games Family Board Games Monopoly® Risk Cluedo (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) Draughts (Checkers) Losing Draughts (Checkers) Italian Draughts (Checkers) Spanish Draughts (Checkers) German Draughts (Checkers) Russian Draughts (Checkers) Polish Draughts (Checkers) Canadian Draughts (Checkers) Turkish Draughts (Checkers) Territorial Games Go Horseshoe Nine Men’s Morrris Hex Reversi (Othello) Four Field Kono Alquerque Owari 3. Domino & Dice Games Domino Games Block & Draw Dominoes Block Dominoes Cross Dominoes Double Cross Dominoes Maltese Cross Dominoes Double Nine Cross Dominoes Cyprus Muggins Five Up Bergen Matador Blind Hughie Mah-Jongg Dice Games Craps Poker Dice Indian Dice Liar Dice Yacht General Shut the Box Pig Aces in the Pot Hearts Due Help Your Neighbour Drop Dead 4. Family Games Parlour 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 Bluff Buzz & Buzz-Fizz I Have Never Going Blank Good Morning Madam Likes & Dislikes Rubik’s Cube Paper & Pencil Games Noughts & Crosses Hangman Boxes Sprouts Alphabet Race Battleships The Poetry Game Guggenheim Anagrams Crossword Consequences Short Stories Lotto Word & Spoken Games I Love My Love Analogies I Packed My Bag The Dictionary Game Ghosts Number 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 5. Sporting & Active Games Games of Skill Jacks Fivestones Pick-up-sticks Tiddlywinks Carom Billiards Darts Table Tennis Outdoor Games Horseshoe Pitching Lawn Bowls Croquet Badminton Statues Tag Hide & Seek Simon Says Hopscotch Marbles Dodge Ball Resources & References Games Associations Reading List Index Games for One Person Games for Two People Games for Eight or More Games for Children Games for Travel Games lasting not more than half an hour Trade Mark Acknowledgements