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Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of Games / Including all indoor games played to-day. With suggestions for good play, illustrative hands, and all official laws to date

R. F. Foster

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 935 pages

Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of Games is a comprehensive reference on indoor and card games of its era. It presents rules, official laws, advice on good play, and illustrative hands in a step-by-step, dictionary-like format. It is engaging for game enthusiasts and anyone curious about how people once played.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. FOSTER’S COMPLETE HOYLE
  2. PUBLISHERS’ NOTE.
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. INTRODUCTION.
  5. THE WHIST FAMILY.
  6. THE POKER FAMILY.
  7. THE EUCHRE FAMILY.
  8. ALL FOURS FAMILY.
  9. HEARTS.
  10. THE BÉZIQUE FAMILY.
  11. NATIONAL GAMES.
  12. ODD GAMES.
  13. BANKING GAMES.
  14. TABLE GAMES.
  15. BILLIARDS.
  16. CHANCE AND PROBABILITY.
  17. TEN PINS.
  18. GENERAL LAWS, FOR ALL CARD GAMES.
  19. Technical Terms.
  20. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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