The New Complete Hoyle

by Albert H. Morehead and Richard L. Frey

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385249624
• ISBN13: 9780385249621
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 692 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 12

Customer Reviews

Great Book and Great Games

I bought this book for my brother-in-law who conducts games and doll exhibition each year in their showroom [...] located in Mysore, India to the public. He received great reviews about the exhibit from the visitors and also in National newspapers I also bought other books listed below * Asian Games: The Art of Contest * Favorite Board Games You Can Make and Play * The illustrated guide to world chess sets * The World of Games: Their Origins and History, How to Play Them, and How to Make Them * Games Magazine Big Book of Games II: 10 Great Years * Games Magazine Big Book of Games * The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games * Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations * Classic Woodturning Projects with Bonnie Klein: 12 Skill-Building Designs * Oxford History of Board Games * The Game Makers: The Story of Parker Brothers, from Tiddledy Winks to Trivial Pursuit * The Book of Classic Board Games * My First Amazing Game Board Book * The New Complete Hoyle Revised

More stuff, less fluff

This is, far and away, the best "Hoyle" book of games I have---and I have quite a few. Rather than fill empty space with irrelevant pictures or wasted space, this two-inch plus thick tome gives you the information you need to play the game in an easy to follow and easy to read format. If I'm reading another "Hoyle" book and find an ambiguity, I ultimately pull this book out to resolve the issue. It's also filled with interesting historical information on the various games, and conveniently lumps the various games together by family: Poker; Rummy (including Gin Rummy and Canasta); Whist (including Bridge); Euchre (including Five Hundred); Hearts; Stops (including Crazy Eights); All Fours (a.k.a. High-Low-Jack); Bezique (including Pinochle); and Miscellaneous (including Skat, Cribbage, and Piquet). There are then separate sections of Patience (Solitaire) games, children's card games, social gambling games, dice games, casino gambling games, tile games (including dominoes and Mah Jong), board games (such as chess, backgammon, and checkers), and parlor games. A must-have for the family that prefers each other's company over the cold blue glow of a flickering television set.

Terrific Tome for Card and Board Games

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

Great book of Games! Easy to learn instructions!

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

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.