Card Games For Dummies
Card games offer loads of fun and one of the best socializing experiences out there. But picking up winning card strategies is a bit of a challenge, and though your buddies may think that picking up the rules of the game is easy, winning is a totally different story.With Card Games For Dummies, Second Edition, you’ll not only be able to play the hottest card games around, you can also apply game-winning strategies and tips to have fun and beat your opponents. Now updated, this hands-on guide s
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 An overall look at some great games, May 20, 2000 By
This review is from: Card Games for Dummies (Paperback)
This book has some fun games! It has popular games like Hearts, Rummy, and Cribbage. It also has games that I have always wanted to learn how to play, like Euchre and Canasta. In all, the book discusses over twenty games. The layout of the book is a discussion about games. Even if you have felt confused before in reading through card game rules, this book is an excellent introduction to playing card games. It goes over everything that happens in the game, from the rules, to strategy and tips, to history of the game-a fascinating book. Because it goes in-depth into each of the games, you will not find one place in the chapter that has a concise list of the rules. The rules are scattered throughout the discussion of the chapter. I found it useful to check a book of rules from the library to read along with this book. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
 Most frustrating & least helpful book I’ve ever read on any subject, ever., March 24, 2009 Amazon Verified Purchase(What’s this?)
This review is from: Card Games For Dummies (Paperback)
This is the most frustrating & least helpful book I’ve ever read on any subject, ever. I’ve read & understood texts on everything from software engineering, to military strategy, to electromechanics and audio circuitry design and repair, to wood furniture refinishing, to home repair – but this book is a total failure. The reason: It is TOTALLY written for PEOPLE WHO ALREADY KNOW all the “slick cardshark jargon”. THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR PEOPLE NEW TO CARD GAMES. If you don’t ALREADY KNOW HOW TO PLAY, this book won’t even TRY to teach you! Basically, Amazon user Gadgester’s review is dead-on: I’ll repeat his opening and closing statements, cause I can’t say it any better: “Simply put, this is absolutely one of the worst instructional books I’ve read. If you know nothing (or next to nothing) about card games — like I still don’t after reading this book twice — avoid this very confusing book. … I haven’t read a book as frustrating as this one in a long time. I highly recommend you stay away from it. ”
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This review is from: Card Games For Dummies (Paperback)
I wasted big money on this book. The author doesn’t bother to explain (in simple terms) ANYTHING!! I can’t add to the other 0ne-star reviews here….both of them nailed it on the head. If you are new to cards and want to learn….get another book…browse..find anything but this…..you’re just going to get confused and frustrated……..
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An overall look at some great games,
This book has some fun games! It has popular games like Hearts, Rummy, and Cribbage. It also has games that I have always wanted to learn how to play, like Euchre and Canasta. In all, the book discusses over twenty games.
The layout of the book is a discussion about games. Even if you have felt confused before in reading through card game rules, this book is an excellent introduction to playing card games. It goes over everything that happens in the game, from the rules, to strategy and tips, to history of the game-a fascinating book.
Because it goes in-depth into each of the games, you will not find one place in the chapter that has a concise list of the rules. The rules are scattered throughout the discussion of the chapter. I found it useful to check a book of rules from the library to read along with this book.
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|Most frustrating & least helpful book I’ve ever read on any subject, ever.,
This is the most frustrating & least helpful book I’ve ever read on any subject, ever.
I’ve read & understood texts on everything from software engineering, to military strategy, to electromechanics and audio circuitry design and repair, to wood furniture refinishing, to home repair – but this book is a total failure.
The reason: It is TOTALLY written for PEOPLE WHO ALREADY KNOW all the “slick cardshark jargon”. THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR PEOPLE NEW TO CARD GAMES. If you don’t ALREADY KNOW HOW TO PLAY, this book won’t even TRY to teach you!
Basically, Amazon user Gadgester’s review is dead-on: I’ll repeat his opening and closing statements, cause I can’t say it any better:
“Simply put, this is absolutely one of the worst instructional books I’ve read. If you know nothing (or next to nothing) about card games — like I still don’t after reading this book twice — avoid this very confusing book. … I haven’t read a book as frustrating as this one in a long time. I highly recommend you stay away from it. “
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|Totally Confusing for ANyone New to Cards,
I wasted big money on this book. The author doesn’t bother to explain (in simple terms) ANYTHING!!
I can’t add to the other 0ne-star reviews here….both of them nailed it on the head.
If you are new to cards and want to learn….get another book…browse..find anything but this…..you’re just going to get confused and frustrated……..
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