Games

21 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Games
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Theodore Annemann* Thoughts in General: Poker Hand Solitaire arranging poker hands from twenty-five cards
 		Sep. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 12)
58
Gerald Lynton Kaufman Poker Challenge bet/game in which performer and spectator openly draw cards, solution on page 885
Also published here
 Nov. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 150)
881
The Thirty-Card Race Spectator and magician pick up one to six cards from a pile of thirty, last person to take a card wins, magician always wins
 		1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
13
The One-Two-Three Card Race fifteen cards, take turns taking one, two or three cards, takes the last card is loser. Magician always wins
 		1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
14
Don Costello, Dai Vernon, Martin Gardner* The Tit-Tat-Toe Trick packet of nine cards used to play tic-tac-toe with a spectator (face up and down cards). Finale is revealed that the result is a magic square, each row/column/diagonal adds up to fifteen
Related to
Variations
 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
28
Harry Lorayne Ten Card Puzzler layout puzzle, turning cards face-up one by one by counting to four multiple times
Variations
 1964
Personal Secrets
49
Gerald Lynton Kaufman Poker Challenge bet/game in which performer and spectator openly draw cards
Also published here
 Nov. 1964
The New Jinx (Vol. 3 No. 31)
129
Steve Shimm Game-Playing Machines article about simple computer programs applied to (card) games
  • Banker And Broker (cutting the high card)
  • The Tic-Tac-Toe Machine
  • Computer At The Card Table
  • The Machine As Innovator
Related to
 Nov. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 7)
52
Martin Gardner* Parity Bet eleven cards on table with one free section, sliding task for spectator as bet
 		Jan. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 3)
700
Ken Beale Odd/Even Bet play on words
 		Jan. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 3)
701
Robert Connelly "Say Red" betting game whether next card is red
 		Jan. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 3)
702
Larry Becker "Duck-Too" mate production with presenation as a strange card game
 		Feb. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 2)
157
Tom Craven Head to Head puzzle/bet, head-to-head poker game, cards are openly chosen, yet performer wins
Related to
 Sep. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 9)
393
Karl Fulves*, Walter B. Gibson* Bet a Million No. 39, "as many cards as your number, plus enough...", bet presentation
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
57
Steve Beam Fifty-Two Card Monte selection in face-up spread, spread is turned over and spectator has to remove selection, betcha
  • Three Card Monte
  • Piling On
  • Camouflage
Inspired by
  • "The Five Card Fooler" in Walter Gibson's "What's New in Magic" 1956.
Variations
 2004
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5
241
Bar Bet probability bet
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Oct 8)
300
Harry Lorayne Puzzling Magic ten card layout puzzle, turning cards face-up one by one by counting to four multiple times, incorporating selection
Inspired by
 2015
JawDroppers!
60
Harapan Ong, Ryan Plunkett Stock Lines Stock Lines: Ad lib game for magicians, made into structured routine that dictates the card trick
Also published here
 2016
Some Assembly Required
27
Harapan Ong Stock Lines Stock Lines: Ad lib game for magicians, made into structured routine that dictates the card trick
Also published here
 2017
Wabi-Sabi
41
Áriston Ta-Te-Ti packet of nine cards used to play tic-tac-toe with a spectator (face up and down cards). Finale is revealed that the result is a magic square, each row/column/diagonal adds up to fifteen
Inspired by
 2017
Hojas Sueltas
146
Elisav "Biz" Bizau The A.C.A.A.N. Game improvisation game challenge
 		Mar. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 3)
680