Miscellaneous

38 entries in Games / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Die mysterieuse Schlinge leather band rolled up, endless chain type game
 		Nov. 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 11)
174
Frank De Sua You Can't Lose - Apparently! system for placing bets, horse race etc.
 		1946
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946)
5
Henry O. Silsbee III Two New Magical Accessories ideas for trading stamps and game called Snap
 		1960
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)
8
Felix Greenfield Impossible Prediction sealed envelope, prediction for sports event is blank and writing is made appear by water or heat
 		June 1963
The New Jinx (Vol. 2 No. 14)
61
Terry Nosek Stock Market Manipulations cards with companies and their price of the stock, selected stock checked in the newspaper loses and performer's stock is worth more
 		1966
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66)
42
Karl Fulves Mathematical Put & Take game with dice
  • A Note On Presentation
Related to 1970
Tricks With Dice
17
Gene Finnell Checkerboard Game betting game with 4x4 checkerboard and cover cards that cover all except one square, performer always wins, see also p. 486 for comment by Bill Taylor
Variations June 1971
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 8)
423
Roy Walton The N.C. Game betting game with 4x4 checkerboard and cover cards that cover all except one square, performer always wins, see p. 608 for correction
Inspired by Sep. 1972
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 11)
562
Billy McComb The Rigid Yo-Yo
1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
69
Gerald Kosky Authors using Authors game cards, chosen author can be spelled
Also published here 1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
114
Larry Becker Lorayne's Mental Masterpiece That Even Harry Knows Nothing About using Lorayne's Memory Game, fifteen photos are put in frame, one is selected and image divined by performer
 		1978
World of Super Mentalism
18
Robert Cassidy Christmas Time Fun "Parker Bros. "Merlin - the Electronic Wizard", robot toy from Merlin game finds chosen ESP card by blinking
 		Dec. 1978
Psychic Entertainers News & Information Service (Issue 5)
4
Karl Fulves Labyrinth maze made up from five paper cards, four entrances, three chosen by spectators, they cannot get to the center of the maze and the performer can with his left-over entrance
  • The Bait
  • Presentation
  • Practical Considerations
  • Maze History
  • Impromptu Approach
 		1980
Labyrinth
1
Murray Bonfeld Murray Bonfeld's Blackjack System betting strategy with tables and charts
 		1980
Murray Bonfeld's Blackjack System
1
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Peg O'Mind spectator solves puzzle, prediction of ending
 		1981
Magick (Issue 280)
1399
Karl Fulves, Piet Hein The Hexpert game on grid
Related to 1982
Punch-Out Puzzle Kit
12
The Croquet Trick croquet balls, head and and handle of mallet are placed under three cylinders where the change places, Thayer
 		1982
Further Classic Magic With Apparatus
121
Step Right Up No. 4, sixteen slips, half with "i owe you $1", half with "you owe me $1", spectator writes down 1, 2, 4, 8 in any order with plus or minus between and counts to a slip and loses
 		1983
Self-Working Number Magic
5
, Norman Osborn The Game of 21 No. 81, making paths between certain number cards until you add up to twenty-one
 		1983
Self-Working Number Magic
103
Mah Jongg Cubes colored squares with numbers on other side, number selected and spelled with mixed squares
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
20
Karl Fulves Bard Stop "Penny Papers", board game with counters
 		1985
S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 6)
105
Bruce Bernstein Clinical PSI all possible combinations of three coin tosses are written on various billets, performer and spectator each select one and performer wins with at about three to one odds
Also published here 1985
Psi-Tech
31
Paul Mauerhofer Das Märchen vom goldenen Schuh five little figures are mixed by spectator, only one is golden underneath and it is located by performer
Inspired by
  • Larry Becker's "The Black Spot" in "Mentalism for Magicians" 1981.
 1988
Magische Blätter (Vol. 2 No. 2)
4
Karl Fulves Impromptu Put and Take game with dice
Related to 1992
Swindle Sheet (Issue 10)
118
Larry Becker All-Star Miracle baseball cards, autograph of chosen player on baseball, different-looking baseball cards of same player
Related toVariations 1992
Stunners!
97
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Mental Powers routine for the game Jacks, bending one, ball stops bouncing
 		July 1993
Magick (Issue 492)
2461
Jim Magus Arcana: Field of Screams - Part 2 prediction of chosen baseball card
Related to Apr. 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 10)
6
Terri Rogers Twisted - The Afghan Border Race Puzzle - magician can predict who can complete a maze on paper the fastest
 		1998
Top Secrets
59
Karl Fulves Bulgarian Solitaire four coin piles with one, two, three and four coins, coins moved around, outcome predicted, card application posed as a problem
Related to
  • August 1983 column "Mathematical Games" (Martin Gardner)
 2001
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 5)
159
David Berglas Predicting the F.A. Cup Final written prediction of football game in trophy cup
 		2002
The Mind & Magic of David Berglas
113
Robert E. Neale The Little-Finger String Game Cat's cradle (string game) used to trap spectator's finger, but when magician's finger is trapped, can escape easily
 		2008
This Is Not a Book
29
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham, Henry Christ The Roulette System Betting game, magician predicts the outcome of the bet, simulate roulette with red and black cards
 		2012
Magical Mathematics
177
Bruce Bernstein Clinical PSI all possible combinations of three coin tosses are written on various billets, performer and spectator each select one and performer wins with at about three to one odds
Also published here 2012
Unreal
88
Ian Rowland Four The Win
  • Loving Mentalism
Ten Card Poker Deal type routine without playing cards but number cards, mind control themed
 		July 2013
MAGIC (Vol. 22 No. 11)
72
Tomas Blomberg Simplex Non-Transitiv Poker Die die with four poker cards on each side
 		2014
Blomberg Laboratories
315
Christoph Borer Das freie Geschenk objects with magnets attached are covered with tube, spectator fishes one with magnetic fishing-rod, for anniversaries or when a present has to be submitted magically
Also published here 2022
A String of Pearls
14
Christoph Borer The Free Gift objects with magnets attached are covered with tube, spectator fishes one with magnetic fishing-rod, for anniversaries or when a present has to be submitted magically
  • Many Variations
    • Choosing an Assistant
    • An Additional Gag
    • Music
Also published here 2024
Forged by Fire
107
Bob Farmer A Clue to a Lie similar procedure to "Psychic Blackjack" with cards from game Clue
Inspired by 2025
Bammo Lost Mentalism Principle
41