Fan Force

86 entries in Cards / Sleights / Force / Fan Force
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown To Force a Card including one-handed variation
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 11
H. F. C. Suhr Das Forcieren No. 15, fan with force card more exposed, rushing spectator, dropping cards as out
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 20
Unknown Der Zuschauer als Kartenkünstler spectator touches card named by performer in face-down fan, under-the-fan force with bottom card dragged to other side
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 38
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Fan Force under fan
 		1910 Kartenkünste 155
Unknown Fan Force
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 215
Milbourne Christopher Tap Force card is touched by spectator, moving the fan slightly
 		1945 My Best 12
Dr. H. Walter Grote Mental Perception spectator thinks of a card in the fan, force
 		1945 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 32
Unknown One-Hand Force exposing a card in fan
Related to 1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 204
George G. Kaplan The "Stop!" Fan Discovery fan force
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1948 The Fine Art of Magic 69
Unknown Fan Force timing, good
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 71
Unknown Das Fächerforcieren bottom card is forced
 		1948 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. 4) 4
Unknown Reverse Fan Force impromptu stooge with reverse fan
 		1953 I'll Read Your Mind 48
Tony Kardyro That Magic Touch spectator locates his card in fan, using a fan force with one card slid to the other side
 		1955 Kardyro's Kard Konjuring 20
Frank Butler Butler Fan Force card dragged to other side underneath thumb fan
Related to 1956 Top Secrets of Magic 28
Jerry Andrus Effect A as a force
Also published here 1956 Andrus Deals You In 73
Dai Vernon Fan Force bottom card slid to other side, fan broken at any point
Related toVariations 1960 More Inner Secrets of Card Magic 73
Alex Elmsley Angle Jog Switch as cards are fanned
 		1962 Close-up Card Magic 166
Harry Lorayne Fan Prediction #2 "Lorayne Force", Hofzinser Force Principle
Variations 1962 Close-up Card Magic 168
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Force
1964 Personal Secrets 25
Eddie Taytelbaum Infallible Force
1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 220
Unknown Reverse Fan Force
1970 Hierophant (Issue 3) 116
Frank Butler Butler Fan Force card dragged to other side underneath thumb fan
Related to Oct. 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 12) 365
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Force as a placement
 		1971 Reputation-Makers 46
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Force
1975 Afterthoughts 82
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Dai Vernon Forcing - A fan force
1976 The First California Lecture 6
George G. Kaplan Fan Stop Force
1976 The Magic of Paul Harris 41
Jerry Andrus Utility Fan Force and Change
Also published here 1976 Andrus Card Control 49
Harvey Rosenthal, James G. Thompson Jr., Dai Vernon Pressure Fan Force
Related to
  • Fan Force (Dai Vernon, 1960)
  • James G. Thompson's "Pressure Fan Force" in "Top Secrets of Magic"
 1976 Close-Up Sampler — Part 1 9
Unknown The Reverse Fan Force only one card visible
 		1976 The Third Ecstasy 22
Al Mann The Isomeric Card card with three indices, fan force
Variations 1976 The Third Ecstasy 22
Al Mann The Reverse Fan Force Supreme five cards thought of from a fan are named, with several isomeric cards / multi-indices card
Variations 1976 The Third Ecstasy 23
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne, Force
1977 Any Second Now 254
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Force
1978 Eine Handvoll Kartenkunststücke 72
Steve Beam, Don Morris Fingering The Fan fan stop force, as an out
 		1979 Inside Outs 10
Harry Lorayne Fan Prediction #2 brief
 		1980 Ovation 8
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Fan Force
1980 Colors on the March 2
Gene "Phantini" Grant Card Challenge card divination with Al Mann's Isomeric Cards
Inspired by 1981 Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets Volume Two 30
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Force brief
 		1982 Best of Friends 28
Basil Horwitz Deck the Halls variation of fan force
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #2 (Xmas)) 4
Alex Elmsley Fan Prediction Force Angle Jog Switch
 		1983 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2 73
Marc Russell Jedi Force getting into the "Lorayne Force"
Inspired by 1983 Cardopolis (Issue 1) 4
Robert Cassidy The Perfect Mental Card Force spectator thinks of a card from fan, card more exposed
Related to 1984 The Art of Mentalism 52
Unknown Die Hofzinser Force Lorayne Fan Force
 		Nov. 1984 Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 2) 78
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Force brief
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 131
Judson S. Brown One Hand Fan Force bottom card slid to other side, fan broken at any point, also with second-from-bottom card, with "FB Notes" (1937)
Related toAlso published here 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 7
Unknown Sliding Key Force card under fan
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 22
Unknown One Hand Fan Force card exposed a bit more
Related to 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5) 30
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Force see page 271 for more details
 		1990 Trend Setters 239
Harvey Rosenthal Fan Force
Inspired byRelated to
  • Butler Fan Force in J.G. Thompson, Jr.'s "Top Secrets of Magic"
 1990 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 34) 603
Judson S. Brown The J. B. Fan Force one-hand fan, bottom card then slid to other side, with variation in which the second-from-bottom card is slid over
Also published here 1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 97
T. Page Wright Fan Force from the Top fan held up, faces towards spectator
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 99
Rick Johnsson Face-up Stop Fan Force
1993 Card File 137
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne, Force
Nov. 1994 Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 11) 2428
Edward Marlo Moveable Card Force spectator says stop and finger is moved along fan, card dragged along behind thumb
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 112
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Force
1995 Cardshark 140
Edward Marlo Under Fan Move under-the-fan displacement, from one-handed fan, see also end notes on p. 316
Inspired by 1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 302
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne, Force
Apr. 1996 Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 4) 2634
George G. Kaplan, Jörg Alexander Weber Das Fächerforcieren nach Kaplan
  • Ausweichstrategien bei der Fächerforce
Also published here 1996 Inside Cardmagic — Band 2 190
Bruce Cervon Pressure Fan Force
Inspired by 1998 Hard-Boiled Mysteries 81
Bruce Cervon The Greek Force with card second from bottom
Inspired byRelated to 1998 Hard-Boiled Mysteries 83
Bruce Cervon The Combination Force two cards
 		1998 Hard-Boiled Mysteries 84
Unknown, George G. Kaplan The 'Stop' Fan Discovery brief
Related to 1998 The Book 95
Joe Berg, Richard Osterlind Psychological Fan Force
1999 Dynamic Mysteries 32
Chuck Smith Fan Force methods using reverse and double fanning
 		2000 Tools Of The Trade 12
Chuck Smith The Regular Double-Fan force application, also for half forcing deck
 		2000 Tools Of The Trade 12
Chuck Smith The Regular Reverse Fan double fan application
 		2000 Tools Of The Trade 14
Jörg Alexander Weber, George G. Kaplan The Fan Force According to Kaplan
Also published here 2000 Concertos for Pasteboard 205
Steve Beam Forked Fan Force ending with two cards, one eliminated verbally
Related toAlso published here 2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 223
Paul Curry Fan Force with reverse fan
 		2001 Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond 284
Tom Sellers Joker Forcing Gaff two Joker put around a card in a fan
 		2001 My Best Self-Working Card Tricks 145
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Force under-the-fan force
 		2001 Personal Collection 385
Steve Beam Forked Fan Force ending with two cards, one eliminated verbally
Also published here 2001 The Underhand Shuffle 19
Joseph K. Schmidt Ultra Fan Force bottom card moved to other side via initial cop, fan broken at any point
  • Multiple Fan Force
Related to 2001 Discoverie (Issue 6) 82
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Fan Force card under fan
 		2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 120
Ron Bauer Hofzinser Fan Force under-spread fan force
 		2002 Chick Trick 16
Jackie McClements Easy Fan Force Set Up
Inspired by 2004 A Lecture 6
Jack Avis Jack Avis Ideas - 4. spectator thinks only jumbo index card
 		2006 Rara Avis 73
Andi Gladwin Dual Reality Fan handling of blank fan force, can show normal fan before the force
Inspired by 2007 Movers & Shakers 29
Unknown The Fan Force of the Lorayne Force type
 		2009 Underhanded Delivery 106
Tom Stone Fan Force one of 4
 		2010 Vortex 96
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Force card under fan, see also p. 73
 		2011 Special Effects 91
Steve Beam Forked Fan Force ending with two cards, one eliminated verbally
Also published here 2011 FFFF-ing Great Card Moves 30
Unknown Reverse Fan Force blank fan forces bottom card, dual reality, spectator does not think he is "in on it"
 		2014 Applesauce 119
Roberto Giobbi The One-handed Fan Force card a bit more exposed
 		2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Mar 7) 71
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Force force card under fan, card touched, sandwich application
 		2017 JawDroppers! Two 47
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Force
2018 And Finally! 91