Rules for Card Games is a sophisticated guide to 30 of the most popular card games with easy-to-follow text and illustrations. The book is designed with ultimate cross-over appeal in mind; it's a great offering for hostesses, dads, grandparents, and college kids. After all, card games bring all kinds of people together!While there are many "ultimate" card rule books crammed with fine print, this book represents a selective group of 30 of the most popular and easy-to-learn games. The text is easy to follow and, wherever possible, diagrams and illustrations are used to help spell out the rules and strategy.

Introduction -- Glossary of Basic Terms -- Games for Beginners: Kings in the Corner -- Fan Tan -- Golf -- Crazy Eights -- Casino -- Trick-Taking Games: Whist and Scotch Whist -- Hearts -- Eucre and Hasenpfeffer -- Melding Games: Rummy and 500 Rummy -- Gin Rummy -- Hand and Foot -- Canasta -- Bidding Games: Spades -- Oh Hell! -- Napoleon -- Cinch -- Pinochle -- Card Game Cocktails