--- product_id: 4520997 title: "The Penguin Book of Card Games: Everything You Need to Know to Play Over 250 Games" price: "845386₫" currency: VND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.vn/products/4520997-the-penguin-book-of-card-games-everything-you-need-to store_origin: VN region: Vietnam --- # The Penguin Book of Card Games: Everything You Need to Know to Play Over 250 Games **Price:** 845386₫ **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Penguin Book of Card Games: Everything You Need to Know to Play Over 250 Games - **How much does it cost?** 845386₫ with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vn](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/4520997-the-penguin-book-of-card-games-everything-you-need-to) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description 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. Review: A Master Tome of Card Knowledge - There's nothing to dislike here, unless you have a short attention span and just want quick bullet points on how to play games. I personally love the history and descriptions included, which aren't that long or tedious at all. It's like rules with a side of trivia! Finding new games to play can be like a fun little journey flipping through pages, but if you are in the mood for something in particular, it's easy enough just to go straight to that section and find what you need. I suppose some people might prefer the book were organized differently, but being that I barely knew 4 card games when I bought this, I actually really like starting with some I know (or thought I knew) and then reading about other games that are like it. This, I feel, makes it easier to learn something new without it being so foreign you have to keep referring back to the pages. I didn't even realize I've been playing "Go Fish" wrong ever since I was a child, or that there was a game by that name played in Italy in the 15th century but the rules of that game were lost to time! Review: Excellent Card Game Reference - So far I have found this book to be an excellent and fairly comprehensive reference for traditional card games. I have read the introductory material and rules for a few games and found the writing style to be accessible and the rules to be as comprehensible as I would expect. I expect to get lots of use out of this book and I am very happy with my purchase. About the formatting; before purchasing I read a number of reviews stating that this book suffered from some serious OCR and formatting issues. While I am sure the authors of those reviews were not imagining things, as of now (April 2014) the book seems to have been fixed. I did notice that most of the diagrams and tables are images and some of them take up entire pages; I am guessing that this might have been their solution to the formatting issues. The image solution doesn't bother me as the text in them is an appropriate size, although you might have an issue you if you can only read really big text sizes. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #90,031 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #83 in Card Games (Books) #94 in Puzzle & Game Reference (Books) #5,605 in Reference (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 454 Reviews | ## Images ![The Penguin Book of Card Games: Everything You Need to Know to Play Over 250 Games - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81J1mBEUpXL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Master Tome of Card Knowledge *by C***T on March 20, 2023* There's nothing to dislike here, unless you have a short attention span and just want quick bullet points on how to play games. I personally love the history and descriptions included, which aren't that long or tedious at all. It's like rules with a side of trivia! Finding new games to play can be like a fun little journey flipping through pages, but if you are in the mood for something in particular, it's easy enough just to go straight to that section and find what you need. I suppose some people might prefer the book were organized differently, but being that I barely knew 4 card games when I bought this, I actually really like starting with some I know (or thought I knew) and then reading about other games that are like it. This, I feel, makes it easier to learn something new without it being so foreign you have to keep referring back to the pages. I didn't even realize I've been playing "Go Fish" wrong ever since I was a child, or that there was a game by that name played in Italy in the 15th century but the rules of that game were lost to time! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent Card Game Reference *by J***H on April 18, 2014* So far I have found this book to be an excellent and fairly comprehensive reference for traditional card games. I have read the introductory material and rules for a few games and found the writing style to be accessible and the rules to be as comprehensible as I would expect. I expect to get lots of use out of this book and I am very happy with my purchase. About the formatting; before purchasing I read a number of reviews stating that this book suffered from some serious OCR and formatting issues. While I am sure the authors of those reviews were not imagining things, as of now (April 2014) the book seems to have been fixed. I did notice that most of the diagrams and tables are images and some of them take up entire pages; I am guessing that this might have been their solution to the formatting issues. The image solution doesn't bother me as the text in them is an appropriate size, although you might have an issue you if you can only read really big text sizes. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Definitive book on card games *by D***N on December 29, 2009* This book is exhaustive. If you're looking for something that covers nearly every card game known to man--past, present, and future (I'll include that because the author includes some of his own creations--perhaps they will become as loved as some of the other games he covers)--then you will find this book useful. I give this book four stars because some game descriptions aren't "standalone" enough for my liking--they require reading additional game descriptions to understand the game fully. A small quibble, but enough to make me drop my rating by a star. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vn/products/4520997-the-penguin-book-of-card-games-everything-you-need-to](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/4520997-the-penguin-book-of-card-games-everything-you-need-to) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vietnam* *Store origin: VN* *Last updated: 2026-05-19*