Edmond Hoyle (1672 - August 29, 1769) , also known as Edmund Hoyle, is a writer best known for his works providing detailed descriptions of games. The phrase "according to Hoyle" came into the language, a reflection of his generally-perceived authoritativeness on the subject. Download high resolution version (541x672, 316 KB) This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years or less. ... A card game is any game using playing cards, either traditional or game-specific. ... This page describes the classic game of Whist (a trick-taking game) which was played widely in the 18th and 19th centuries. ... Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 1769 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 1769 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Little is known about most of his life, though he is widely believed to have been trained to become a barrister. In 1741, Hoyle began working as a whist tutor to members of high society. Along with personal instruction, he sold a short booklet on the game to his clients, describing his basic approaches to the game. The booklet became quite popular, and unauthorized copies of it were circulated about London. To prevent this, Hoyle published A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist in 1742, copyrighting his work. Barristers: traditional dress. ... Events April 10 – Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz December 19 – Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 – Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius William Browning invents mineral water Elizabeth of Russia became czarina. ... This page describes the classic game of Whist (a trick-taking game) which was played widely in the 18th and 19th centuries. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... See also: 1741 in literature, other events of 1742, 1743 in literature, list of years in literature. ... For copyright issues in relation to Wikipedia itself, see Wikipedia:copyrights. ...

Because of his success, Hoyle followed with similar treatises on backgammon, chess, quadrille, piquet, and brag. In 1750, a single compendium of the these was published. Backgammon set, 19th century Backgammon is a board game for two players. ... Chess (from the Persian word Shah) is a board game and mental sport for two players. ... A quadrille (quadrille de contre danse) is a lively dance which involves four couples arranged in the shape of a square with each couple facing the center of the square. ... The card game Piquet is said to have derived its name from that of its inventor, who contrived it to amuse Charles VI of France. ... Three card brag is an unusual British card game which is similar to poker but varies in betting style and hand rankings. ... See also: 1749 in literature, other events of 1750, 1751 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

The first fifteen editions of Hoyles' works are now extremely rare and mostly only to be found in the hands of collectors. Only two copies of Hoyle's original work on whist (the first edition) are known to still exist; one is in the Bodleian Library. Only one copy (a fore-edge painted volume now at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center) is known to exist of his first edition work on Backgammon [1] (http://www.utexas.edu/supportut/news_pub/yg_foreedge.html). Entrance to the Library, with the coats-of-arms of several Oxford colleges Oxford University Libraries Service (OULS) comprises over 30 of the University of Oxfords central and faculty libraries: from the world famous Bodleian Library, established 400 years ago, to the modern digital library ventures. ... A fore-edge painting is a scene painted on the edges of the pages of a book such that the painting is not visible when the book is closed. ... The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center is an archive at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in the collection of literary and other cultural artifacts from the United States, Great Britain, and France. ...

A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist was regarded as authoritative until 1864, after which time they were superseded by the new rules written by John Loraine Baldwin and adopted by the Arlington and Portland clubs. The Portland Club is a London card-playing club, the recognized authority on the games of whist and bridge. ...

Many of modern card game rule books contain the word "Hoyle" in the title, but the moniker does not mean that the works are derivative of Hoyle's. Because of his contributions to gaming, he was a charter inductee into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1979. The Poker Hall of Fame is a group of poker players who have played poker well against top competition for high stakes over a long period of time. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

In the pen-and-paper roleplaying game Deadlands, Hoyle's Book of Games by Edmond Hoyle is actually a book of magical spells and rituals disguised by Hoyle as card games to avoid persecution. Characters called 'hucksters' have deciphered some of the rituals, and can cast a variety of spells with a poker-based theme. This article is about traditional role-playing games. ... Deadlands is an alternate history western horror roleplaying game written by Shane Lacy Hensley and published by Pinnacle Entertainment Group. ... The poker room at the Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, NJ. Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, after which the pot is awarded to the...

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