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The Games Treasury: More Than 300 Indoor and Outdoor Favorites With Strategies, Rules and Traditions

by Merilyn Simonds Mohr

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In one convenient, fully illustrated volume, award winning author Merilyn Simonds Mohr brings together all the instructions, tactics & strategies for every family's favorite games. This authoritative, clearly written guide is sure to find a permanent place in every home or cottage where games are played with enthusiasm. THE GAMES TREASURY features: * Refreshers for old favorites like LIAR'S DICE, PING-PONG, EUCHRE, CRAZY EIGHTS & BADMINTON; * Elementary rules to get you started in classics like CHESS, GIN RUMMY & BRIDGE; * New twists to games you always thought you knew how to play: 9 variations of CHECKERS, more than 15 ways to play TAG, 20 different kinds of POKER, over 40 games of SOLITAIRE; * The ins & outs of DARTS, HORSESHOES, CROQUET, SHINNY & VOLLEYBALL; * Games for the parlor: CHARADES, PASSWORD & THE TRIVIA GAME (here is the guide to settle all arguments); * Games for the car: I SPY, WORD CHAINS & GHOST; * Games for the kids when they don't know what to do: MARBLES, JACKS, DODGE BALL, RED ROVER & BLIND MAN'S BLUFF; * The original folk rules behind such commercial games as OTHELLO, YAHTZEE & PICTIONARY; * Rules for all those board games in the back of your closet: MONOPOLY, SCRABBLE, & CHINESE CHECKERS.… (more)
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In one convenient, fully illustrated volume, award winning author Merilyn Simonds Mohr brings together all the instructions, tactics & strategies for every family's favorite games. This authoritative, clearly written guide is sure to find a permanent place in every home or cottage where games are played with enthusiasm. THE GAMES TREASURY features: * Refreshers for old favorites like LIAR'S DICE, PING-PONG, EUCHRE, CRAZY EIGHTS & BADMINTON; * Elementary rules to get you started in classics like CHESS, GIN RUMMY & BRIDGE; * New twists to games you always thought you knew how to play: 9 variations of CHECKERS, more than 15 ways to play TAG, 20 different kinds of POKER, over 40 games of SOLITAIRE; * The ins & outs of DARTS, HORSESHOES, CROQUET, SHINNY & VOLLEYBALL; * Games for the parlor: CHARADES, PASSWORD & THE TRIVIA GAME (here is the guide to settle all arguments); * Games for the car: I SPY, WORD CHAINS & GHOST; * Games for the kids when they don't know what to do: MARBLES, JACKS, DODGE BALL, RED ROVER & BLIND MAN'S BLUFF; * The original folk rules behind such commercial games as OTHELLO, YAHTZEE & PICTIONARY; * Rules for all those board games in the back of your closet: MONOPOLY, SCRABBLE, & CHINESE CHECKERS.

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