card games

"Four years ago, five kids started a game. Not all of them survived. Now, at the end of their senior year of high school, the survivors--Owen, Madeline, Emerson, and Dax--have reunited for one strange and terrible reason: they've been summoned by the ghost of Ian, the friend they left for dead. Together they return to the place where their friendship ended with one goal: find Ian and bring him home. So they restart the deadly game they never finished--an innocent card-matching challenge called Meido. A game without instructions. As soon as they begin, they're dragged out of their reality and into an eerie hellscape of Japanese underworlds, more horrifying than even the darkest folktales that Owen's grandmother told him. There, they meet Shinigami, an old wise woman who explains the rules: They have one night to complete seven challenges or they'll all be stuck in this world forever. Once inseparable, the survivors now can't stand each other, but the challenges demand they work together, think quickly, and make sacrifices--blood, clothes, secrets, memories, and worse. And once again, not everyone will make it out alive"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of over fifty card games for families, from "War" and "Go fish" to "Contract rummy" and "Euchre".

Presents an illustrated guide to the rules and instructions of fifty-two card games.

A guide to card games and tricks.

Contains instructions for playing more than 350 card games, including Texas Hold 'em, cribbage, bridge, and others.

"A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why-and how-we play them. Checkers, Backgammon, Chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and Bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and the behavioral design that make them pleasurable. Roeder introduces thrilling competitors, such as evangelical minister Marion Tinsley, who across forty years lost only three games of checkers; Shusai the Master, the last Go champion of Imperial Japan, defending tradition against "modern rationalism"; and an IBM engineer who created a backgammon program so capable at self-learning that NASA used it on the Space Shuttle.

"[This book] shows how to play some of the best tabletop games in the world, from classic strategy games like Settlers of Catan to . . . games like Gloomhaven. Throughout the book, you'll learn the different genres of tabletop and board games; how to play each game; rules and strategies to help you win; and even where to play online--including . . . expansions to keep your favorite games fresh and exciting"--Provided by publisher.

After a trial-by-fire introduction to the world of Vanguard, Aichi has settled into the cardfight community, making friends and rivals, but when a rogue gang appears, threatening to take over Card Capital, Aichi and his friends experience the pain of defeat as well as the thrill of Riding the Vanguard.

Three card fighters--Ren, Kai, and Aichi--will compete to define the real strength of a rare quality that sets some players apart from others, PSY Qualia, the ability to "read the flow of the cards.".

The latest showdown between Psy Qualia users pits Ren agains newcomer Aichi. As they both peer into the game and forecast the flow of their cards, the outcome seems inevitable, but even a weak will can have a strong influence.