Simply Impromptu 2 by Aldo Colombini

This is Aldo's second volume of impromptu card tricks. Once again the rules that he required were simple: That the tricks be based on subtle moves and principles only rather than difficult sleights. Most importantly, the tricks had to be totally impromptu with no set-ups. Eventually he did, however, allow a few easy moves such as a card control, a force or a simple sleight; moves that still are very easy to master and perform.

Tricks are organized into the following categories. The last one is a section on simple sleights and procedures:

• The Four Aces
• Amazing Coincidences
• Baffling Revelations
• Court Cards
• Gambling Tricks
• Lie Detector
• Mental Discoveries
• Red and Black Cards
• Reversed Card Effect
• Spelling Effects
• Telephone Tricks
• Two Selected Cards
• Unique Card Effects
• Sleights and Subtleties

Some routines have seen print before; many items, however, are new and have not been publishedpreviously.

Tony Dunn prepared the incredible illustrations, Richard Vollmer wrote the introduction, and John Lovick edited the ebook.

1st edition 2005; 102 pages.

Table of Contents

3. Introduction
5. Preface

   The Four Aces

6. Flipping Aces: Aldo Colombini
6. Cut-ting the Aces: Aldo Colombini
7. Divin-ace-tion: Max Maven
8. The Return: Stephen Tucker
9. Palatino: Aldo Colombini

   Amazing Coincidences

11. Down and Under: Roy Walton
11. Strange Companions: Robin Robertson
12. Double Discover: Roy Walton
13. You Think You Do What I Do: Aldo Colombini
14. Child's Play: Karl Fulves
14. Perfect Match: Bob King
15. Reverse Procedure: Aldo Colombini
16. Gross Dividends: Peter Duffie & Robin Robertson
17. Bridges: Aldo Colombini

    Baffling Revelations

18. Elementary, My Dear Watson: Peter Marucci
19. Search the Seven Suspects: Gary Plants
20. Psi-Caustic: Ryan Matney
20. A Brainstorm in Glasgow: Peter Duffie
21. Nice and Easy Does It: Paul Gordon
22. Sleepers: George McBride
22. Question Mark: Marty Kane
23. Spin Out: Mark Leveridge
24. Australian Count Down: Reinhard Müller
25. This is the Card: Rannie Raymundo
26. ROM: Max Maven
27. Fast Finding: Andre Robert
27. Equivoque: Gary Ouellet

    Court Cards

29. Court Spell: Jack Avis
29. Matched Picture Cards: Nick Trost
30. Love at First Fright: Aldo Colombini
30. Wedluck: Peter Duffie
31. Courting: Aldo Colombini
32. Love and Marriage: Howard Adams
32. Coinci-Face: Aldo Colombini

    Gambling Tricks

34. Backfire Poker: Peter Duffie
35. Tested Ten-Card Poker Deal: Aldo Colombini
36. Dazzler Mark one Million: Paul Gordon

    Lie Detector

37. To Lie or Tell the Truth: Jack Avis
38. Complex Simplex Lie Detector: Marty Kane
38. Computerized Lie Detector: Gary Plants
39. Card Lie Speller: Marty Kane
40. J.E.D. Spells the Truth: Marty Kane
40. Spel(l)egant: Harry Lorayne
41. Fact or Fiction: Peter Duffie

    Mental Discoveries

43. One More Chance: Paul Green
44. Amara Rises Again: Ryan Matney
45. Openly: Aldo Colombini
45. Validation: Aldo Colombini
46. Triple Humdinger: Peter Duffie
47. T 4 2: Lewis Jones
48. 37 Three: Karl Fulves
49. Triskaidekaphobia: Tom Daugherty
50. Math-Math-Mat: Aldo Colombini
51. Diagonal Revelation: Aldo Colombini
51. A 'Lessen' in Dishonesty: Peter Duffie
52. Klondyke Cato: Richard Vollmer
53. To Make a Point: John Zander
54. Stupid Boy: Aldo Colombini
55. Pick Nostradamus: Howard Adams
56. Fantastic Four: Aldo Colombini
57. Who Knows? Aldo Colombini
58. Scatter Brain: Ivan Amodei
59. Make One Go: Howard Adams
60. Number Hummer: Robert Neale

    Red And Black Cards

61. The Gypsy Shuffle: Tom Daugherty
61. Bo Derek: Aldo Colombini
62. Half a World Away: Aldo Colombini
63. Play Your Game: Aldo Colombini
64. Rack and Bled Profusely: Lewis Jones
67. First and Last: Aldo Colombini

    Reversed Card Effects

68. Over and Out: Lewis Jones
69. Cato Deals: Aldo Colombini
70. A Predictable Stroll: Paul Gordon
70. A Predictable Stroll #2: Paul Gordon
71. Dancing: Aldo Colombini
71. Any Position: Aldo Colombini

    Spelling Effects

73. Presto: Aldo Colombini
73. Your Name Shall Be Mine: Carlos Vaquera
74. Driftin': Aldo Colombini
74. Alldu Colombini: Howard Adams
75. Lady Spell: Jon Racherbaumer
76. Double Talk: Richard Vollmer
77. Fear Nothing: Aldo Colombini

    Telephone Tricks

78. Phone Zone: Peter Duffie
78. Wizard: Peter Duffie
79. Lie Detector Telephone Trick: Al Thatcher
80. Breaking Point: Aldo Colombini
80. Phony Card Trick: Steve Beam

    Two Selected Cards

83. Double-Duty Balducci: Robin Robertson
84. Key for Two: Jerry K. Hartman
85. Mailing Failing: Marty Kane
86. The Favorite Cards of my Friends: Rafael Benatar
87. Mind-Two: Aldo Colombini
88. The Seventh Card: Werner Miller
88. Two for Free: Scott F. Guinn

    Unique Card Effects

91. The Magic of the Cards: Carlos Vaquera
92. Takeaway: Karl Fulves
92. The Cab-Trick: Reinhard Müller
93. The Cut Knows: Jean-Pierre Vallarino
94. Signed, Sealed and Delivered: Rachel Wild
95. The Invisible Card: Tom Daugherty

    Sleights And Subtleties

97. Charlier Shuffle
97. Double Undercut
98. Braue Reversal
98. False Shuffle
99. False Cut
100. Reverse Faro
100. Down Under Deal
101. Under Down Deal
101. Cut-Deeper Force
101. Bill Simon Prophecy Force
102. Criss-Cross Force
102. Card Control

word count: 64167 which is equivalent to 256 standard pages of text