R. F. Foster
From Kook Science
Robert Frederick Foster (May 31, 1853 - December 25, 1945) was a Scottish writer of guides to card games (particularly whist and bridge), dice games, and board games, as well as memory training exercises, notably the Pelman-Foster System.
Selected Bibliography
- Foster, R. F. (1890), Foster's Whist Manual: A Complete System of Instruction in the Game, New York: Brentano's
- Foster, R. F. (1897), Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of All the Indoor Games Played at the Present Day With Suggestions for Good Play, a Full Code of Laws, Illustrative Hands, and a Brief Statement of the Doctrine of Chance as Applied to Games
- Foster, R. F. (1898), Foster's Common Sense in Whist
- Foster, R. F. (1901), Foster's Poker
- Foster, R. F. (1902), Foster's Bridge
- Foster, R. F. (1904), Foster's Practical Poker
- Foster, R. F. (1905), Memory, and What Can Be Done to Improve It
- Foster, R. F. (1909), Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of Games
- Foster, R. F. (1910), Pocket Laws of Poker
- Foster, R. F. (1913), Cooncan (Conquián): A Game of Cards also Called 'Rum', New York: Frederick A. Stokes
- Foster, R. F. (1917), Foster's Pirate Bridge: The Latest Development of Auction Bridge with the Full Code of the Official Laws
- Foster, R. F. (1922), Foster's Skat Manual
- Foster, R. F. (1925), Foster's Modern Bridge Tactics: A Complete Exposition of the Latest Theories of Four-Card Suit Bids, Approaching Bids, and Suit Distribution, Together with an Entirely New Theory of the No-Trumper