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How to Bid a No Trump Bridge Hand--Lesson 3

By Joe Andrews

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In this article we will explore the 1 NT (No Trump) bid. There is no suit to be named with this bid. The term is self-explanatory. The opening bid of One No Trump is as precise a bid in the game of Bridge as you will find. Your partner and the ... more »

How to Bluff in Texas Holdem

By tlongg81

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In order to have a truly complete poker game you should know when and how to utilize your bluffs. If you are gong to use this power move you should pick your spots very carefully. Here are some tips on when and how you should make your move... more »

How to Bob for Ice Cubes

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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Play this game outside on a hot day to cool off and entertain the kids... more »

How to Break Vegas – Three Card Poker

By Anthony Delgado

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OK, well you can't really beat three card but, you can get close. Learn how to play and get the best odds... more »

How to Build a Basic Pokémon Card Deck

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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While one of the great things about the Pokémon trading card game is that you can build different styles of decks to try different winning strategies, you need to start somewhere if you're a beginner... more »

How to build a strong Yu-gi-oh deck

By joeyaa

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The secrets of creating a strong deck are fairly simple as long as you know what your doing. If you want to be the winner against your friends or at local tournaments, then this is the article for you... more »

How to Buy a Lottery Ticket Online

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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Be aware that it is illegal to buy most lottery tickets online. This would include the main United States lottery, Powerball, and individual state lotteries. To buy a ticket for these drawings, visit an officially licensed dealer (usually a ... more »

How to Buy Crossword Puzzle Books

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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Crossword puzzles are a great way to keep your brain stimulated. Crossword puzzles books come in all shapes in sizes, so you can use them while waiting at the airport or even while you're winding down for the evening. But you'll only enjoy this ... more »

How to Buy Laser Tag Toys

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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Stop killing time and start "killing" your opponent when you spend a rainy (or sunny!) afternoon playing with laser tag toys. Kids and adults of all ages will get into the point-and-shoot spirit with these interactive toys that operate as safely ... more »

How to Buy Logic Puzzles for the Fanatic

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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In "The Sign of the Four," Sherlock Holmes declares, "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Thus began the popularization of the logic puzzle - the presentation of a seemingly ... more »

How to Choose the Right Difficulty Sudoku

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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As with most puzzles, sudoku is available in varying degrees of difficulty. The easiest puzzles are the traditional three-by-three grids with several numbers already filled in. From there, the complexity increases, until you're up to the samurai ... more »

How to Create a Champions Character

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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Champions was one of the first superhero role-playing games and is the flagship game of the HERO System of role-playing games. It relies on a point-based system for assigning character abilities, allowing players to custom design characters ... more »

How to Create a Television-Themed Drinking Game

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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So there's going to be a marathon showing of your favorite series on television during some holiday weekend; but there is no drinking game based on that series that you can find. Make up your own! Here's a general plan that will work for anything ... more »

How to Create your own Card Game

By BrokenGirl

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I am going to ask you which will take all of the creativity energy you may have... I am going to ask you to create a card game while I tell you the steps, so it shouldn't be too hard...... more »

How to Customize Scattergories

By Michael Motta

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In wandering the site, I noticed someone wrote an article about customizing Mad Libs (please see "Resources" below for that). Then I remembered that I used to customize Scattergories. In this article you will learn how to customize your game of ... more »

How to Deal Three-Card Poker

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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Three-card poker allows players to choose whether they want to place a Pairplus bet, an ante and Play be, or both. Players decide if they want to continue play by adding a Play bet to their ante. The game is fairly laid-back for the dealer since ... more »

How to Declare a Thumb War

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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The thumb war has a long, proud tradition in battling boredom, sibling rivalry and grade school flirtation. Whether you're trying to prove your manual mastery over an annoying brother or sister, or just trying to make first contact with a crush, ... more »

How to Defeat an Experienced Yu Gi Oh Duelist

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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Anyone taking part in a Yu Gi Oh duel the first few times will likely be overwhelmed by more experienced duelists, even if he thinks he has built the perfect deck. That's because the game is about strategy as much as it is about the cards. ... more »

How to Do Four Off The Top When You Are Playing Spades

By AngelBean

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Doing four off the top when you are playing spades is an Old School spades trick designed to give you and your partner the highest cards possible at that time... more »

How to Do the Bunny Hop

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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This group dance is popular at family events and children's parties... more »

How to Draw Medieval Hinges

By robertsloan2

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If you're painting a stage set, doing an illustration for a fantasy role playing game or setting up a dungeon door in a spook house, you may need to draw medieval hinges. They aren't hard, but there are a few tricks to them -- and to getting wood ... more »

How to Employ Very Basic Strategy for Blackjack Beginners

By tlperl

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You're all ready for your trip to Vegas. You've got your reservation at Caesars, your bathing suit and your alias. But this time, instead of dropping all your gambling money in the boring ol' slots, you want to try something a little more ... more »

How to Encounter and Catch a MissingNo in Pokemon

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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Pokemon means Pocket Monsters and was invented in 1995 by Satoshi Tajiri. The Pokemon video games are owned by Nintendo and plays on Nintendo 64, Game Boy and Nintendo DS systems. The MissingNo is a glitch in the Pokemon game. Here's how to find ... more »

How to Enjoy Your First Casino Experience

By abbeyroad920

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Spending the day at a casino can be a great experience. If it’s your first time at a casino, though, you could find yourself to be intimidated... more »

How to Enter World Bridge Championships

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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Entering the Bridge World Championship can be a very challenging feat. Players from all over the world enter this competition which can last up to a week long for each division. Extensive travel is possible as well, but if you are willing and ... more »

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