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Hoyle's Games
Hoyle's Games
by Crawford & Company, Grossett & Dunlap, Signet, I. & M. Ottenheimer, Hoyle Official Game Puzzlers - The Mill Game (1742)
Player Count
1

Player Ages
8+
Categories
  • Card Game
  • Abstract Strategy
  • Dice
  • Book
  • Designers
  • Edmond Hoyle
  • Mechanisms
  • Betting/Wagering
  • Partnerships
  • Card Drafting
  • Dice Rolling
  • Family
  • Rummy Games
  • Poker
  • Bridge
  • Cribbage
  • Hearts
  • Player Count: Solitaire Only Games
  • Rating: 6.55/10 from 65 users

    Description

    Originally created as a treatise on Whist published around 1742, later editions incorporated additional games. By the 10th edition, published in 1750, the book included chapters on Quadrille, Piquet, Chess and Back-Gammon. At least 20 different versions of Hoyle's have been published over the years, making it the best-selling series of books about games in history and giving rise to the popular phrase, according to Hoyle.

    The title page of an edition published around 1900 reads as follows:

    "Hoyle's Games. America's Complete Hand-Book of Games, containing all the card games played in the United States, with their rules, regulations, technicalities, etc., adapted to the American mode of playing, from the text of Hoyle, and the best modern authorities. Also comprising Backgammon, Chess, Checkers, Billiards, Pool, Bagatelle, Bowls, etc., with numerous diagrams and engravings. Complete edition. Revised, corrected, and enlarged."

    One confusing aspect about this book is that there is no trademark on the name Hoyle (just like there is no trademark on the name Webster's for dictionaries), so referring to a book as Hoyle's Games could refer to a number of different volumes. The popular Hoyle's Games was first published in 1907, with at least ten editions published in the twentieth century. Each edition added to, edited, and clarified what had been presented in the earlier edition.

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