52+ New Games

(For Those Old Cards)

by Kenneth P. Langer

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Somewhere in your house tucked away in some dark dusty drawer you probably have a deck of standard playing cards. You may have used them to play Poker or Bridge and thought that was all they were good for but that is true no longer. In this book are the directions and rules for more than 52 new and original card games. Why spend loads of money on specially printed card sets that are designed for only one game when you can use those old cards to play a wide variety of new games? Take a break from the electronics, gather the family and friends together, and try out some new and exciting card games.

  • ISBN: 978-0-9899257-3-0
  • Publication Date: December 2017
  • Retail Price: $15.99
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  • Edition: First
  • Pages: 257
  • Illustrations:
  • Charts:
  • Binding: Perfect
  • Features:
    • A discussion of game design
    • 52 original games
    • 6 casino card games
    • 4 math games
    • Indices

Contents:

  • Introduction
    • Why I Wrote The Book
    • The Architecture of Games
    • Types of Games
    • My Game Design
    • Final Notes
  • 52 New Card Games
    • The Throne of Games
    • Alliances
    • Art For Sale
    • Bank Robbery
    • Baseball
    • Battle Cards
    • Bocce
    • Bowling
    • Break The Rules
    • Cardzee
    • Castle Conflict
    • Catching Clover
    • Code Breaker
    • Diamond Mine
    • Dice Battle
    • Double Tricks
    • Draft Picks
    • Dragon’s Lair
    • The Drive To Work
    • Four By Fours
    • The Front Nine
    • Gold Rush
    • The Great Race
    • Gridiron
    • High Noon
    • Hold It!
    • It All Adds Up
    • Knight Wars
    • The Ladder of Fortune
    • Matching Towers
    • Murder in the House
    • Pay Attention
    • Pirates!
    • Pocket Solitaire
    • Racers
    • Room Escape
    • Royal Chess
    • The School of Magic
    • Set!
    • Spy Hunt
    • Straight Stacks
    • Stymie
    • Submarine Hunt
    • Sudol
    • Swords and Shields
    • Tennis
    • To Catch A Thief
    • Towers of Tens
    • Traders
    • Treasure Hunter
    • The Trickster
    • Zombie Apocalypse
    • 52 Acts of Kindness
  • Casino Games
    • Slot Machine
    • Roulette
    • Craps
    • Fan-Tan
    • Single Card Baccarat
    • Pachinko
  • Math Games
    • Math Slap
    • Dice Math
    • Red Jack
    • Bonk!
  • Appendices
    • Index of Games by Players
    • Index of Games by Cards and Dice
    • Index of Games By Theme
    • Index of Games by Mechanic
    • Terms
  • About the Author

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