A general compendium of popular games with thorough, detailed descriptions and rules. Hardback and very attractive.From the Introduction: 'The games in this book were chosen from the thousands eligible for no better reason than that they were considered by the editor and contributors to be games worth playing.They are presented in four sections. The first section, Table Games, includes some, like Chess (in its western, Chinese and Japanese forms) and Go, which a player can study for a lifetime without exploring all the possibilities in them. Others, like some domino and dice games, while not devoid of skill, are much less demanding. The section on Card Games also offers a range, from Bridge, with its vast literature, to, perhaps, Casino or German Whist, although even these simpler games can be played well or badly.'The other two sections are 'Gambling Games' and 'Physical Games'. - BoardGameGeek