With 50 popular card games for any number of players, this handsome guide includes complete rules and variations for games from Cribbage, Hearts, Rummy, and Canasta to Crazy Eights, Spit, Ghost, and Cucumber. These are games selected for their "fun factor," but more than that, Shuffle and Deal is a celebration of card games all over the world and throughout the ages, with 300 reproductions of vintage card art—from medieval times to today—along with tips for strategic play, a glossary of "card speak," and little known facts on the history of card playing.