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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
- Bezique
- Polish Bezique
- 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
- 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
Sackson, Sid (, originally published 1969). A Gamut of Games. Dover Publications: Mineola, New York, USA. ISBN: 978-0-486-27347-1. ℹ the 1969 edition can be found here
Sackson, Sid (, originally published 1981). Card Games Around the World. Dover Publications: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA. ISBN: 0-486-28100-0.