The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship, or the Art of Winning Games without Actually Cheating

Potter, Stephen

ISBN 10: 1559212233 / ISBN 13: 9781559212236

Published by Moyer Bell Ltd ,U.S., 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship, or the Art of Winning Games without Actually Cheating
• Publisher: Moyer Bell Ltd ,U.S.
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1559212233
• ISBN 13: 9781559212236
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 90 grams

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Synopsis

Offers psychological strategies

Synopsis

Gamesmanship as a civilised art is as old as the competitive spirit in man. It is polite psychological warfare. It is the moral equivalent of assault and battery. It is, as the subject of this book points out, The Art of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating. Anyone who has ever played any games for keeps has discovered the Gamesman either in himself or in an opponent. In its simplest terms the poker player's bluff is a device of gamesmanship. While winning games without actually cheating may seem to some scrupulous sportmen to be treading the fair-play borderline, the author points out 'The true Gamesman is always the Good Sportsman.' If you find your game is slipping, whatever it might be-golf, tennis, bridge, poker, chess, craps or croquet-this is the book for you. Apply the power of the 'ploy' or, as we would say, the 'Indian sign.' After reading Gamesmanship you, too, can win without actually cheating.