10 New Card Games Just for Fun

Do you enjoy playing cards with family and friends? This book provides some new card games for you to enjoy. Although these games include innovations, they're based on games you already play. These new games combine related elements of existing games to increase the fun. They're slightly easier and less complicated than the traditional games. And they don't involve chips, cash, or betting - just friendly competition. Each chapter includes rules, rationale, typical hands, and an example of the game. * The game of DIAMONDS resembles Hearts, except you try to take tricks, not avoid them. * Thus, in DIAMONDS players win points instead of incurring penalties. * DUMMIES FOR BRIDGE gives each player a dummy, so no player has to sit out the game. * STUD-DRAW POKER puts 2 cards face up on the table, then lets you draw new hole cards 3 times. * RUMMYTAIRE combines two games where the goal is to play all one's cards first. * TWENTY-TWO is similar to the casino game of 21, but each player gets to be dealer. * Other games, like WHIDGE and KRUMMY, offer gradual introductions to Bridge and Rummy. Ten New Card Games may even stimulate you to invent some games yourself.