Book Description
This definitive book on games offers rules, strategies, and odds for more than 250 games, including:
* Scrabble(r) * Bridge * Chess * Backgammon * Minesweeper * Freecell * Gin Rummy * Canasta * Poker * and more.
Customer Reviews:
Family Fun.......2007-01-21
We have two pre-teens and love to play games, especially while camping. We had an old Hoyles book and started to go through different variations of poker, and the kids ate it up. Now they each have their own books, and they experiment with different games together all the time. IMHO, this is so much better for them than video games or TV that words can't express my appreciation for this gaming institution.
a great buy.......2006-12-05
I bought this book because, although I love card games, I play pretty infrequently and often forget the rules. This book contains rules and generally clear descriptions of play for an incredibly long list of games. In addition to card games, the book covers many board games, such as Scrabble and chess, and even a few computer games. There is no question that there are books that cover individual games in much more depth, but it's hard to argue with the low price of this volume when it comes to the sheer number of brief descriptions of games that it offers. Highly recommended to have on hand.
Perfect.......2006-06-04
For anyone who plays card games and other popular games, like backgammon, checkers, and chess, this book is absolutely essential. This book is next to the table so whenever anyone plays cards in my family the book is at hand. Any time I have a question on how many cards to deal for a game or how to total points or anything, we use this book. Recommended.
Hoyle's Rules of Games, Third Revised and Updated Edition.......2006-02-26
Great Book of games, only problem is the print is very tiny.
Sine qua non.......2000-12-13
Unless you have been part of a weekly poker game, you may not understand why I like this book, particularly the section on "ethics and etiquette," so much. There really is some honor among thieves. Life really is more fun (and chaos more enjoyable) when we adhere to the letter and spirit of the rules.
Book Description
"According to Hoyle" is the card-table synonym for Correct --a definitive guide to the correct playing of all known card games, with full descriptions and explanations of rules and techniques for each game and its variations.
B & W photographs throughout.
Customer Reviews:
A little dissapointed.......2007-02-26
Well, the information is a little old and doesn't cover some newer games either. Although it has a lot of card games in it my one complaint is the books layout. It reads like a novel and games are referenced in the index. Needs a much better layout and bold titles. Other than that it's not bad but really needs a revision.
Evrything is in here..........2007-01-17
Any card game you can think of is in here.
If you are looking for how to play that card game you used to play, or heard about, or forgot...this is the guide for you!
Card Games.......2007-01-10
This book is a valuable tool for the person who loves card games and wants to check on a rule of a certain card game. It is an excellent reference. Anyone who plays cards would find this to be a wonderful addition to add to their booklist.
Best Book of Games.......2002-03-31
Year's ago I had this book,but lost it over the year's. Now I'm buying it again,but more updated.I recomend if you want to learn how to play card games.
Excellent encyclopedia, just overwhelming.......2000-05-01
If you love card games, but just about played every game you know to death and need something new, this is a great book. This must have every card game with every variation of it ever concieved. It gives good explanation of each game, along with how they are played in different parts of the world. The problem with the book, however, is the same. It has every rule to every game ever written. It is not a good book for reading, but a great one to have on the side in case you are ever really bored, or can't decide on all the rules of a game. It is great for anybody with that old game they just can't quite remember all the rules to. Problem solution: if you find a game you like, have a hilighter pen readibly available for the table of contents. it is easy to loose track of what may have been a great new card game. Recommended only for real big card game buffs.
Book Description
"A must for anyone who wants to play a game and play it correctly."
Charles H. Goren
Whether you play card games, dice games, parlor games, word games, chess, checker, backgammon, or solitaire games, here is a comprehensive, up-to-date book with the complete rules of your favorite games of skill and chance. ACCORDING TO HOYLE gives not only the rules but expert advice on winning, too.
From the Paperback edition.
Customer Reviews:
I Got Game.......2007-03-11
Now I can Scrivel with game while playing alongside the big boys!
Indispensible.......2007-01-04
For a serious or even casual card/game player, this is simply one book you cannot do without. You can very easily and simply handle any dispute by refering to the very comprehensive rules. Want to learn how to play a new game. The book tells all.
Comprehensive Rules but Little Expert Advice.......2003-05-15
Frey (the author) provides the rules and history for an impressive, although not exhaustive, list of card, board and casino games. He succinctly describes the history and the rules of each game. The rules are written fairly clearly, although those who are not familiar with the proper jargon may find them difficult to follow. Moreover, Frey provides almost no "expert advice on winning play" as the subtitle of the book promises. Advice on strategy is reserved to only a handful of games and, when provided, it is too short and commonsense to enhance anyone's play. You may wish to purchase this book as a general reference on the rules of the game, but do not expect it to improve your play.
Difficult to understand.......2002-05-26
I found this book quite difficult to understand. It has too much jargon, and the instructions to the games are sometimes unclear. There is no glossary. It seems to be aimed at an audience that is already familiar with most of the games.
Great book.......2000-10-30
A great read for anyone interested in cards. I managed to pretend to my friends that I knew nothing about cards before cleaning them out after reading this book...
Book Description
The authoritative guide to the official rules of all popular games of skill and chance, now completely revised, updated and expanded. A book that belongs in every library, right beside the dictionary, the atlas, and the encyclopedia.
B & W photographs
Customer Reviews:
Definitive but not Always Clear.......2006-01-22
This is THE book to have for settling disputes over the rules of games. There is no substitute to have by your side when someone you are playing with makes up a rule and insists it is the way to go. (This cuts both ways. Sometimes I learn the rule I've always used is just something Granny made up so she wouldn't lose, but we won't go there). Thorough rules are given for the standard board games as well as card games.
Emphasis is on defining the rules rather than giving clear explanations of how to play. It is assumed that you already know the game and will be using the book as reference tool when an ambiguity comes up regarding the rules. As thorough and useful as the book is, I feel that, without being any longer, it could be a lot clearer in explaining the basics of most games to people who do not already know how to play them. For instance, I really doubt if four people who want to play bridge could figure out how to play it just by reading THE NEW COMPLETE HOYLE. If what you are looking for is help learning new card games, then I think a book like SCARNE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CARD GAMES would be more useful.
If you are looking for a book to settle all disagreements about the games you play, rather than a book to teach you new games, you cannot beat THE NEW COMPLETE HOYLE. Even if someone writes a better reference book on game rules some day, it won't matter, because it won't be "according to Hoyle." Hoyle's been the standard for 250 years, and it doesn't look like that is going to change any time soon.
Terrific Tome for Card and Board Games.......2002-10-13
More lurid books have I read,
but that goes better unsaid.
But still, just the same,
these rules of the game
is complete from alpha to zed.
Stop arguments with your family. Checkers really does have rules. Learn if you must jump the other guy, if you must move the piece you touch, and precisely when a red queen can be placed on a black king.
No one who plays games should be without "The New Complete Hoyle Revised." It was great 300 years ago (so I'm told) and is
great now.
Anthony Trendl
editor, HungarianBookstore.com
Authoritative, yes.......2000-02-26
It is true. This book is THE authority when it comes to games of skill or chance, and even games that combine the two (like all games that mean anything to anyone). But this book is too authoritative, almost facistic in its clinging to the rules of each and every game. All games need to grow and expand (or contract) from their traditional settings. This philosophy is not, I suppose by definition, a part of this book. Otherwise ... yes, a perfect book. Of its type.
Great book of Games! Easy to learn instructions!.......1998-07-01
This book gives you all the things you need to know about card, board, and dice games such as craps, baggamon, and poker! These are some of the many great games you can learn about in The New Complete Hoyle Revised! Learn all about other games such as gin, chess, casino games, bridge, and all of our other treasured games of chance that we love! Take the games that you thought you hated and give 'em a go! Hoyle makes learning card, dice, and board games fun! There are adult chance and betting games to children's games that bring back memories of your days of charades and fun! Have a blast reading the book, and a better time gathering the guys and playing a round of poker or two. Or three. Or perhaps even five! For the kids, on long car trips, you may say "are we there yet?" Bring a deck of cards, a maximum of ten dice, and your Hoyle book, look up a dice game such as lair dice or a card game like solitare and your parents will be shocked to hear you say "were there already?" For the boring, rainy days, pull out a deck of cards, look up in your Hoyle book a game that you thought you would never learn to play, and learn! The day will whiz by while you take turns with your brother playing war! Ask your sister to roll the die and see about a seven at craps! See? Completely revised, updated, and expanded! It even says so on the cover! The authoritative guide to the official game rules of popular games of skill and chance!
Hoyle rules the game.......1998-04-17
Sure you've been there the fight over how to play a particular game, or better yet the boredom on a rainy day when you've played all the Old Maid you can stomach. Whether you are looking to end a game of poker without bloodshed or want new ways to use that deck of cards Hoyle is the answer. Before you while away another boring day get cracking and secure a copy of Hoyle's latest.
Customer Reviews:
An excellent guide to hosting a poker party.......2005-12-26
I am the occasional hostess of the TEXAS HOLD'EM tournament held at the local American Legion.
Although there is only a page or two on HOLD'EM, the book has some excellent tips on hosting a party. The food, the table, and the availability of a vacuum cleaner for spills.
Texas Hold'em is like all other poker games in that it is most important to know your fellow players.
Some bluff, some don't. Ergo, KNOW YOUR OPPONENTS.
Rules of neighborhood poker according to hoyle.......2005-10-24
I bought this book looking for tips or rules of games for a home poker game. After all it does have the name Hoyle on it. Instead I got a book about the author and his buddies poker game. It does have some games in the second half of the book but you have to put up with stories about how his buddies bet and how they play and what type of players they are. This is not a Hoyles rule book of poker games
My Favorite Poker Book.......2005-08-19
I read this book for the first time 10 years ago and started a small-stakes ($20-$50) apartment game with a bunch of friends that has lasted ever since. As most people know, nobody is normally betting enough money to make Texas Hold Em very interesting for very long, so home poker games quickly degrade into a mix of non-poker games like Indian and Between-The-Sheets. This book provides enough variations on basic poker games to still play small-stakes poker without just pushing the high-winner of the night into dealing blackjack. It's not comprehensive and it's not encyclopedic and it's definitely from this author's point-of-view, and it's an excellent book.
Horrible..........2005-01-13
We bought this to keep around to settle our minor disputes over rules, and for most of the game information I guess it's not too bad. I mainly got it because I thought it was an "official" handbook, which it is anything but. But I would highly recommend that you don't waste your money on this one. Spend the extra cash and get something a little better. If you want to play poker that is, because what this guy talks about is NOT poker. Any game that doesn't involve 600 wild cards is, in his words, "boring."
Plus, if you play cards like he says in his scenarios you might get the crap beat out of you. Almost all of the dialogue involves string betting...and a lot of the other "etiquette" rules are also a bit off. So if you want to know some of the basics and how to play improperly...go ahead and get this one.
The Bible of Home Poker Variations.......2004-08-17
This is the single best book for learning crazy/wildcard poker
variations. It's only competition is half of AD Livingston's book
"Poker Strategy" and surfing the internet for "home poker". I
recommend this book so you can have it handy while playing.
The author describes dozens of variations and shows exactly how to
deal each of them; most include a sample hand. There is also advice on
hosting home games. Nearly no tactical or stategic advice is given.
This is for people who like to play poker for nickels, dimes, and
quarters with friends and family. If you want to learn how to win
poker at a casino or online, this is not the right book. If you want
to have a blast of fun at the beach house or kitchen table with a deck
of cards, this book is a must.
It is well written and fun to read.
Book Description
No online description is currently available. If you would like to receive information about this title, please email Routledge at info@routledge-ny.com
Customer Reviews:
Where's Spades?.......2002-09-06
How can the Complete Hoyle not include Spades?
Average customer rating:
- terrible
- Don't waste your time or money
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Customer Reviews:
terrible.......2000-01-07
I bought this (not from Amazon) as a reference, and only find the listing of poker hands in value of any use. Badly written, grossly out of date and a poor facsimile. One wonders how it remains on the market with so many better editions around. Anything but the "complete" Hoyle's
Don't waste your time or money.......1999-03-20
If you were expecting to get the hoyles book of card games rules, you will be very disappointed with this. It is very out of date, many games are not listed at all, and the rules are insufficient or incorrect even for a simple game like Hearts.
This book is published with very poor quality type, it is very difficult to read.
Book Description
Required Reading for Serious Photoshop Users
Photoshop is a powerful tool created for those with demanding image-processing needs. If you are an experienced user or a professional who wants to take advantage of the real power that lies inside Photoshop, this is the book that shows you how to tap the source.
The Hidden Power of Photoshop CS takes a rigorously image-focused approach starting with exercises to help you view images in terms of color and tone components. This is not just theory, but a set of practical techniques you can use to separate, modify, and recombine any image. This perspective provides an essential foundation for your work. Your guide and mentor, Richard Lynch, follows through with practical information on using Photoshop's most advanced tools for everyday imaging tasks. Finding these often obscure features is half the trick; understanding what they're actually for and how they work is the other. Here's just a little of what you'll learn:
- Understand how images work
- Introduce color to original black-and-white images
- Isolate and repair color and tone problems
- Master CMYK by performing manual CMYK separations
- Use layer modes, Blend If, and masks to make corrections and calculations
- Apply filters sensibly and practically
- Create photo-realistic objects from scratch using light, shadow, and color
- Work with vectors to create infinitely scalable art
- Use ImageReady's rollover and animation features to set your images in motion
- Use actions and scripts to simplify your workflow and enhance the interface
Customer Reviews:
Hidden Power of Photoshop CS.......2004-10-06
Since I just reviewed Photoshop CS Complete Course I thought that this book would flow from the basics to the more advanced features in CS, and hopefully give more insight into some of the new tools in Photoshop CS. This book is broken down into six major parts with nine chapters covering: Image Color, Altering Image Objects, Creating Objects, Photo-realism and Illustration. The book also comes with a tutorial CD in the back that corresponds to the different chapters plus is has a bonus selection.
Part one; chapters 1&2: Covers tone, color correction and separation. You get more in depth knowledge of curves, using channels and correcting specific colors. This may explain why some of your images may not output to your printer in comparison to what you see on the screen. Lesson learned make sure to calibrate your monitor. Chapter two covers color separations. You learn how to adjust each color separately. Being able to adjust each color separately gives you the control over taking your image from flat to it's full dynamic color range. You also learn how to create duo-tones, and how to separate CMYK color both manually and the automated way.
Part two; chapters 3&4: Covers altering image objects. The cloning tool & I have been friends forever. It's one of the tools that I use extensively with many of my photos with live models to cover blemishes and other unsightly marks on the face and hands area. Ch 3 covers the use of the cloning tool, healing brush and the patch tool. While using masks can be a bit frustrating, using a mask does help with some very time consuming modifications you might need to make to an image. This tweaking can make an otherwise flat image or over saturated image much closer to what you visualized. Ch four covers correction filters. We've all had noise in our images, noise is akin to grain in film sometimes a little bit is acceptable and other times it can really sink an image. In this chapter you learn how to smooth out color noise and tone.
Part three; chapters 5&6: Covers shaping objects, vectors and illustrations. Ch five deals with shaping objects, like buttons for a website, it shows how light and shadows give these objects depth. I really loved creating the seamless textures and tiling backgrounds segment. In my photography business it's "Senior" time and making my own customized graffiti wall is proving to be a neat choice for some of my clients. I am going to spend more time playing with the jigsaw puzzle component. Making an object from scratch shows why graphic artists get so much money. It's a very time consuming endeavor and you realize that those already designed graphics have a lot involved. Ch six covers vectors and illustrations. I have used Illustrator in the past and I really liked being able to make something small and then blow it up to the size of my desk and not lose any of the quality. You get a practical approach to building your own object, it might make some people want to start using Illustrator. This chapter also covers converting pixel images to vectors.
Part four; chapters 7&8: Deals with image output options and creating images for the web with Photoshop and ImageReady. Ch seven covers printing for at home and a printing service. Of course at home you could just reprint if it doesn't look right, with a printing service you need to have all of your settings done prior or your results may not match what you have in mind. There is usually more coordination between the user and printer to get all of the information and formatting. Not all printers are created the same: Laser, ink-jet and dye sub all have very different looks and feel to them. Make sure you know how your paper and the printing process you choose will interact with each other. Ch eight covers ImageReady. I haven't really used this program yet. However since it can create animated effects that will probably be the next program I start looking for more info on. You start using actions with this chapter. You learn how to make a complex and simple animation.
Part five; chapter 9: Deals with creating, editing and using actions. Let me tell you from a person that has had to resize and put my logo on thousands of images this is a feature that I will be the mistress of shortly. I do use the automate feature to have my images resized for my website, but I still am manually putting my logo across the front of my images using PaintShop Pro. So I'm looking forward to being able to tell Photoshop have at it. This is a very underused and discussed feature of Photoshop I feel. Some of us do lots of repetitive tasks in Photoshop and this baby needs to start earning it's keep more.
I do have a confession to make about this book. I am a reader and manual person, give me a book and I'm a happy camper. This book gave me a headache at times, I had to back track on some of the step-by-step instructions because they left something out or told you to turn something on or off later on during the steps. The book is in black & white except for the middle pages. Now I don't need color photos to make me happy but it certainly lets you know right off the bat if you are on the right track or not.
While the book has lots of knowledge it was at times confusing. You can't really skip around in this book many of the chapters make mention of some step you made in another chapter then you have to hunt for it and try to figure out how it fits into your current chapter. I had to put the book down and pick it back up after my brain had some time to process what it was I just read. Lot of information but you have to put aside some serious time if you want to master these secrets.
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