Sid Sackson

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Sid Sackson (1920–2002) was a prolific game designer and author of books about games.

Board Games

  • Acquire

Game Books

Games that are in bold below are those of his own invention.

From A Gamut of Games

  • All My Diamonds

  • Bowling Solitaire

  • Card Baseball

  • Change Change

  • Color Gin

  • Cutting Corners

  • Domino Bead Game

  • Focus

  • Haggle

  • Hold That Line

  • Last Word

  • Network

  • Osmosis

  • Paper Boxing

  • Patterns

  • Patterns II

  • Poke

  • Property

  • Slam

  • Solitaire Dice

  • Suit Yourself

  • Take It Away

From Card Games Around the World

  • Sampen

  • Cha Kau Tsz’

  • Khanhoo

  • Kowah

  • Thothit

  • Kabu

  • As Nas

  • La Malilla

  • La Mosca

  • Briscola

  • Scopa

  • Piquet

  • Ecarte

  • Vingt-et-Un (Blackjack)

  • Skat

  • Sechs und Sechzig

  • Bézique

  • Polish Bézique

  • Jass

  • Klabberjass

  • Solo Whist

  • Vint

  • Tyzicha

  • War

  • Old Maid

  • Authors

  • Hearts

  • Black Lady

  • Fan Tan

  • Eights (Crazy Eights)

  • Klondike

  • Klondike for 2 (Double Solitaire)

  • Clock

  • La Belle Loucie

  • Accordian

  • Calculation

  • Whist

  • Blackout

  • Cribbage

  • Casino: Cassino

  • Royal Casino

  • Nap (Napoleon)

  • All-Fours (Seven Up)

  • Newmarket (Michigan)

  • Spoil Five

  • Scotch Whist (Catch the Ten)

  • Conquian

  • Pif Paf

  • Canasta

  • Samba

  • Bolivia

  • Draw Poker

  • Stud Poker

  • Pinochle

  • Contract Bridge

  • Rummy

  • 500 Rummy

  • Gin Rummy

  • Oklahoma Gin

  • Buried Treasure

  • Divide and Conquer

  • Card Football

  • Card Stock Market

References

  1. (). A Gamut of Games. Dover Publications: Mineola, New York, USA. ISBN: 978-0-486-27347-1. First published in 1969 by Castle Books.

  2. (). Card Games Around the World. Dover Publications: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA. ISBN: 0-486-28100-0. First published in 1981.