When Kayaguchiya Integrated Circuits III, a genie, is released from the aspirin bottle he’s been stuck in for 14 years, there’s bound to be trouble. Jane had wanted to end her life in peace, but now she’s got a genie, things look up – until the apocalypse rears its ugly head.
Timely wisdom pulled from the popular card game in a format ideal for young people, parents, and others seeking practical guidance and perspective in their lives. Topics include the importance of education, experience, goals, commitment, honesty, integrity, self-reliance, and responsibility.
Canasta, the South American card game that reached the United States and became all the rage in the late 1940s and early 1950s is back, reincarnated and revitalized as Hand & Foot, a highly addictive new version that has been evolving for the past decade. “The Essential Hand & Foot” for the first time codifies the rules of the game, holding to the common basics and incorporating the best of the regional variations.
While the original version of Canasta is still popular, most of the people who play it learned how over a generation ago. For two or more players, Hand & Foot is a new generation’s edgier card game, filled with clenched teeth and moans and groans as players hope for the chance to play their Feet before someone else can go out, all the while avoiding the dreaded red threes.
One needs only to sit through the first round to learn how to play Hand & Foot. After that first game, new players are hooked and foolishly think that they have it all figured out. However, read “The Essential Hand & Foot” to find out why some players consistently win using such ploys as “priming the pump” and the “honey pot,” and why picking a pile containing red threes can sometimes be a good thing.
Clear, well-written instructions and numerous illustrations of card hands. Basic rules and scoring systems, customs, methods of play. For the experienced player, Fry discusses odds, percentage play, discarding, forcing a draw, “advertising,” taking cards “on spec,” and much more.
A manual to instruct gin rummy players in the intricacies and nuances of gin rummy in order to improve their knowledge and skills in the play of this particular game. It covers all aspects of the game for both face-to-face and Internet competition. Teaches how to play percentages, count cards, use of the “upcard”, speculating, knocking, reading opponents’ body language, cheating and courtesy. With appropriate illustrations and some interesting anecdotes. Also explains straight gin rummy, Oklahoma, Hollywood, and Oklahoma/Hollywood.
