From the late seventeenth to the mid-eighteenth century, Edmond Hoyle undertook the enormous task of codifying the rules of games. It was on this foundation that Albert H. Morehead and Geoffrey Mott-Smith based their 'Hoyle's Rules of Games'. The game players basic reference since 1946, this handy guide ha now been updated and expanded to include rules, strategies, and odds for over 250 games.