This massive compendium reproduces in full color the graphics that appear on over 300 American editions of Authors Card Game dating from 1861 to the present. The collection by U.S. Games Systems also presents selected poems and popular phrases from forty 18th and 19th century authors. The Authors Compendium book is divided into five sections, starting with the Dr. Busby card games dating from 1843. The next section presents four different editions of the 1861 Authors Card Game. A selection of published writings from 19th century authors are included for the readers' enjoyment. The main section of the book reproduces the cards fronts and backs, portraits of the authors, and the charming box covers. The book also includes Authors Card Games from foreign language publishers, and other card games that employ the Authors method of game play. This historical book is for everyone interested in card games in general, and especially about the Authors Card Game. It is an invaluable reference work for researchers and libraries. Collectors will enjoy the opportunity to see so many Authors Card Games from a private collection never seen before in one location.

The Penguin Book of Card Games is the authoritative up-to-date compendium, describing an abundance of games to be played both for fun and by serious players. Auctions, trumpless hands, cross-ruffing and lurching: card players have a language all of their own. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, seasoned specialist in card games, takes us masterfully through the countless games to choose from. Not content to merely show us games with the conventional fifty-two card pack, Parlett covers many games played with other types of cards - are you brave enough to play with Tarot? With a 'working description' of each game, with the rules, variations and origins of each, as well as an appendix of games invented by the author himself, The Penguin Book of Card Games will delight, entertain and inform both the novice and the seasoned player.

This antique text contains a complete catalogue of Solitaire and Patience games, including tips, instructions, tactics, rules, and more. Written in plain language and compete with a plethora of helpful diagrams, this text is ideal for the novice card player and will be of interest to anyone looking to expand their card gaming repertoire. The chapters of this book include: 'About Solitaire Games', 'How to Choose a Solitaire Game', 'General Procedure of Solitaire', 'One-Deck Games', 'Two-Deck Games', 'Stripped-Deck and Four-Deck Games', and 'Russian Bank'. We are proud to republish this book complete with a new introduction on card games.

The story of the Atari ST is without doubt one of the most complex and indeed most interesting of any computer. Born out of the split of Atari's arcade division and consumer division in 1984, the ST was the first new product to come from Jack Tramiel's life saving takeover of the latter. Having previously been the head honcho of rival organisation Commodore he needed a machine that would not just take them on head to head but also take their leading market share from them completely. In less than a year Jack and his small team of designers and engineers managed to blueprint and manufacture a 16-bit computer for the masses not the classes. In doing so they managed to beat Commodore and their own Amiga computer to the market and truly kick-start the 16-bit revolution. In this book we take you through the life of the Atari ST computer range looking at a varied cross section of the 7000+ games available with a review and screenshot of each one. From classics released through the late eighties to modern homebrew titles, there are games of all genres and styles. With ten entries for each letter of the alphabet, this is not supposed to be a list of the best or the worst games; neither is it a complete guide to all that's available. It is simply a meandering journey through the decades of home computing history, designed to interest both the dedicated fan and the casual reader alike. A Compendium of Atari ST Games is a celebration of the historic home micro filled with nostalgic memories, new opinions, interesting stories, developer interviews and so much more besides.

-- The top-selling rules supplement for the GURPS system. GURPS Compendium I collects in one volume all the new rules that have been added to the GURPS character creation system since the GURPS Basic Set, 3rd Edition, was released in 1988. Compendium I contains hundreds of advantages, disadvantages, and skills, and other rules for character creation, all in one place!

This book will be the ultimate resource for Might and Mac players, with special information from the series' creator, Jon Van Cannegham. In addition to rounding out the story, providing solutions to the puzzles, and detailing the best players' tricks, the book contains maps of all dungeons and towns, lists of items available and their uses, lists of monsters to be faced, and much more.