According to Hoyle: Official Rules of More Than 200 Popular Games of Skill and Chance with Expert Advice on Winning Play

by Richard L. Frey

Book Overview

"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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 044991156X
• ISBN13: 9780449911563
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

It's a classic.

This book is the old version with all the old rules, and, since I am an old guy, I like things old. The book was just as expected.

Indispensible

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.

Great book

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...

Wonderful way to win friends to proper use of rules

I have used the Book of Hoyle for many years. We We have made our winter trek to the south and I forgot my book of Hoyle. I cannot be without it as we need it for our weekly card games with friends. We are having trouble buying in our area and want to know "whats up" It is a must for every household.

The How's and Why's of game-playing, Intro through advanced!

As a child we played many games as a family, learning new ones as we advanced in understanding. Dad bought the Book of Hoyle which we referred to whenever we tried to learn a new game. He told us to take it with us when we played at other peoples' homes, "No such thing as 'House Rules'. Tell them you go by the Book of Hoyle or you don't play". It settled a lot of disagreements before they became volitile. I, too, gave my five children the book to learn from and take with them as their "Bible of Game Playing". Excellent strategies! This purchase is for a man in prison, to hopefully stop any arguments before they start!