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 Improve
Your Backgammon
by Paul Lamford
Improve Your Backgammon is the ideal book for those
looking to advance from the basics and build a better understanding of the
intricacies of backgammon. In this book, ex-British champion Paul Lamford
follows on from his earlier book, Starting Out in Backgammon, to develop
further the strategies needed to master this fascinating game. * Revolutionary
layout allows readers to absorb the key ideas * Numerous test positions help
players gauge their progress * Explains how strong backgammon players deal with
typical problems
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SECTION
 Paperback - 128 pages (23 January, 2003)
expected price £10.39 Buy
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 501 Essential
Backgammon Problems
by Bill Robertie
The problems are typical of positions that appear in everyday
backgammon and not unusual or tricky positions that an expert may get wrong.
The difficulty of the problems range from very easy to hard with the majority
in the intermediate/advanced level. It's target audience is everybody from
beginner to expert level. The only group that maybe wouldn't find many parts of
this book valuable would be world class players, but even they would add this
to their collection. A must for a potential world class player and monster
value at the price.
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SECTION
Paperback - 360 pages (November 1999) expected price £11.96 Buy
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 Backgammon for Serious Players
by Bill Robertie
The five sample games give some good insight
on tactics to be used in modern backgammon. The author explains why moves are
better than others, gives alternative plays and the general principles behind
them. Some interesting comments are made on how to play the cube in the
situation deriving from the sample games. Getting good at backgammon requires
to study as many matches as possible and this book will give some material to
start with. It is recommended to read the book several times as it brings a new
understand each time. Some occasional mistakes in the diagrams and notations
might make the reading a bit difficult for the beginner at times if he's not
able to spot them!
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Paperback - 256 pages ( 1
December, 1997) expected price
£10.17 Buy
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 Cribbage: How to
Play and Win
by Reiner Knizia
This guide to Cribbage first introduces
the game to those who have never played, then explains its intricacies to more
experienced players and gives advice for improving the chances of winning. The
book describes the six-card and five-card games in detail and shows numerous
card combinations. See Cibbage
Section
Paperback - 111
pages ( 5 October, 2000) expected price
£7.99 Buy
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 Card Manipulations
by Jean Hugard
This is an excellent collection of card sleights and a
few tricks. My only complaint is that some of its methods require every ounce
of your attention to comprehend them. Not completely clear in some areas but
other than that it is excellent!
Paperback - (15
April, 1974) expected price
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 Great Card Tricks
by Reiner Knizia
Most of the card tricks shown in this book require no
sleight of hand, so it should be suitable for beginners. For more advanced
players, six sleights and their numerous variations are explained. The book
shows how to control a card, how to make false cuts and how to force a card. It
also shows the drop sleight and the double lift, and how to baffle an audience
by apparently reading their minds, identifying a chosen card, turning one card
into another, moving cards around, and finding all the aces.
Paperback - 128
pages (30 March, 1996) expected price
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 The
Expert at the Card Table
S.W. Erdnase
This is the famous first book on card
magic. It makes no excuses for being originally written as a way to cheat at
cards for money. A few of the sleights have been updated since, you wouldn't
want to deal from bottom as described within, and you wouldn't want to deal
seconds as described here either, but the rest is pure magic. This only deals
with 'PURE' card manipulation, no dodgy decks for erdnase. If you are prepared
to put in the practise, and you want to be more impressive than David Blane,
buy this book, if you want quick easy magic, but only being able to do one
trick, buy a svengali deck. by the way, S.W. Erdnase is actually E.S. Andrews
backwards. A professional gambler and cardsharp of the early 1900's.
Paperback - 130
pages (23 November, 1995) expected price
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 Dice Games Properly
Explained
by Frank & Simon
Buttler
Everyone plays and enjoys dice
games - dice have been used for longer than playing cards as a source of
amusement. This book goes a long way to explaining why: the sheer diversity of
ways that dice can be used to play games is reflected here. Reiner Knizia has
assembled some eighty dice games, together with an equal number of variations
and game variants, to produce a singularly entertaining book. The games range
from historical favourites, through popular pub and parlour games, betting
(casino) games and even some original designs by the author himself.
Paperback - 224 pages ( 2 November, 1999) expected price £3.99 Buy
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