Roy Walton
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Roy Walton (born 1932 in London) is a card magic expert from England who currently lives and works in Scotland. First interested in magic at the age of eight, Roy Walton is a recognized card magician creating hundreds of classic card effects, including his most famous effect, Card Warp. Roy has written two books on card magic, currently published by Lewis Davenport Ltd. of London, and he continues to contribute to several English language magazines on card magic (e.g., Magic magazine).
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21 Kings Go Forth 26 The Ambitious Ghost 28 Choosy Choice 31 Surprise Surprise 35 Colour Me Jordan 38 Green Turtle 42 Return Of The Cannibals
CARDS IN PRINCIPLE by Peter Duffie
Walton's Warm Up, page 13
CARD TO WALLET by Jerry Mentzer
Giant Card To Wallet, page 19
CARDWORKS by Richard Kaufman
Red Eye Special No1, page 68-70
Red Eye Special No2, page 68-70
THE CHRONICLES (magazine)
Caper - No 4, page 1084
NEXT - No 11, page 1174
Count Me In - No 15, page 1205 - This is a beautiful effect and different to the one
The Alternate Shift, page 77
The Invisible Plan, page 79
THE COMPLETE WALTON VOLUME ONE by Roy Walton (1981)
Chapter I - The Devils Playthings
1 Aperitif 2 Mutual Mindreading 4 Moneypower 6 Oil And Queens 7 The Karl Le Fong Trick 9 Mission Accomplished 10 A Further Mission 11 Stepping Stones 15 The Wacky Card Trick 17 The Leaper Again 18 The X Plus One Ace Trick 20 Jay Bee Transposition 21 Taking Two Again, Again 23 Impact 24 The Overworked Card 25 The Old Fashioned Way 27 Cannibal Cards 29 The Changeling 31 Happy Wanderers 32 Liberty 33 Almost Impromptu 34 Suit Yourself 35 You Name It - I'll Change It 37 Finders Keepers 39 You Can't Cheat An Honest Man 40 Never Give A Sucker An Even Break 43 Colour Magic 45 The Inconsistent Liar 48 Helensburgh Speller 50 Card Case
Chapter 2 - Cardboard Charades
54 Helpmates 56 Smokescreen 60 Cover Pass 62 Going Bye Bye 63 Still Collecting 64 Revelation 65 1929 Aces 67 Wrong Again 69 Travellers In Time 71 Demidemon 75 Jefferson's Jest 79 The Finishing Touch 82 Twice Two 84 Another Fine Mess 87 Parrott Fashion 88 Unaccustomed As We Are 90 Tit For Tat 93 Below Zero 97 Norvelle 102 Whistle And I'll Come
Chapter 3 - Tale Twisters
106 A Switch In Time 107 Strange Assembly 109 Coincidence In Colour 110 Match-A-Matic 111 An Illogical Conclusion 113 Instant Interchange
Chapter 4 - Card Script
116 The magical eliminator 118 The Image Makers 121 Pushover 122 Kings Go Forth 125 The Ambitious Ghost 125 Choosy Choice 127 Surprise Surprise 128 Colour Me Jordan 130 Green Turtle 131 Return Of The Cannibals
Chapter 5 - Trigger
134 Trigger 137 Showdown 139 Hop-A-Long Hofzinser 140 Trigger Happy 142 Jail Break 143 Greenhorn 144 Horse Sense
Chapter 6 - Some Late Extra Card Tricks
146 The "Thing Er Me Jig" Trick 147 Satan's Mirror 149 Witchcraft 152 Now And Then 153 Stretching A Point 155 Paint Brush Change 156 Warpaint 157 Same Again Please 159 Command Appearance 161 Happy Families 162 Montmartre
Chapter 7 - That Certain Something
166 Grown Up Hofzinser 168 The Caretaker 169 Dagwood's Eats 170 Justin Time 171 Its A Set Up 173 Penny Lane 174 One Two Three Blank 175 The Smiling Mule 176 Face To Face 177 Fireside Faces 180 Reverse Prediction 181 Studied Image 182 A Trick For Mr Fields 183 The Helensburgh Triangle
Chapter 8 - Sleights
186 The Multiple Shift 188 The Half Pass 190 Seconds In 192 The Weave Shuffle 194 The Monte Throw 195 The Classic Pass 197 The Turnover Pass 199 The Put Down 201 The Second Deal 204 The Bottom Deal 207 The Ghost Count; Jordan Count 209 The Ovette/Kelly Placement 210 The Hamman Count
Chapter 9 - Round Up
211 Shakedown 213 Son Of Tetradism Minus 48 215 Chain Lightning 216 Changing Times 217 Collecting Box 219 Divided We Stand 221 Simple Maths 222 Double Discovery 223 Twister 225 Circulation
THE COMPLETE WALTON VOLUME TWO by Roy Walton (1988)
Chapter One
1 Stage Shout 2 Informer 5 Truth And Consequences 6 Progressive Poker 7 Royverse 9 Ten Paces To The Right 10 Colour Flight 11 Kangaroo 12 Kings At Large 13 Longshot
Chapter Two
16 Obsolete Prediction 18 Twice Removed 19 Travelling Man 22 Card Number 23 Detective Story 25 Match Maker 26 Mental Four 27 Past Help 29 Inflated Ace 30 On The Side Of The Angels
Chapter Three
31 The Collectors 34 Ambush 37 Upsidedown Collectors 39 Right Number 40 Future Shock 42 Sans Wizard 44 Simplicity Lead In 44 Ambitious 1 2 3 4 46 Divine Dice 47 Round And Round
Chapter Four
49 Strange Prediction 50 The Spread Half Pass 53 Four Card Brainwave 54 Tricky Tuition 56 Gamelaw 57 Royal Marriages 60 Fleeting Image 61 Revolving Universal 63 Taking Flight 65 Through The Centuries Of Time
Chapter Five
67 Chiefly Yourselves 70 Second Time Around 71 Outward Bound 73 Count Me In 74 Play It Again Sam 75 Roy-Al Monte 77 Denary Deceit 78 Isolator 79 Treble Trouble 80 Palmist's Prophecy
Chapter Six
82 Oversight 83 The Bridge 85 The Attractive Joker 87 Friendly Persuasion 89 Border Crossing 90 Giant Card In Wallet 92 Once Upon A Time 93 The Arrangement 94 Another Prediction Trick 95 Carousel 96 Pocket Princess
Chapter Seven
98 Imperfect Clones 99 The U.S.A. Trail 100 Simple Coincidence 102 Found Two Cards 104 Second Thoughts On Oil And Water 105 Caught In Time 107 Bloodhound 109 Three For Ascanio 114 Great Minds Think Alike
Chapter Eight
115 Universal Aces 117 Jokers Rule 118 Marriage Brokers 120 A Changeable Nature 122 Three's Company 123 Separation 124 As You Were 126 Out Of This World Postscript 127 Offset Aces 129 Split Up 130 Second Thoughts On Gilbreath
Chapter Nine
132 Past And Present 134 Second Thoughts On Gilbreath Again 135 Come Out Wherever You Are 136 Named Card Shuffle 137 Playmate 139 The Magic Lesson 140 Snap Royalty 143 Imprint 144 The Witch Doctors 146 Jordan Plus Colour 148 Influence 149 Nomad Card
Chapter Ten
151 Lucky At Cards 152 Your Very Own 153 Duo Colours 154 Good Mixers 156 A Martian Plot 159 A Straight Shuffle 160 Drop Outs 162 Confidence Trick 164 Twice Two 165 Back Into Time 166 Runaround
THE CRIMP (magazine)
Roy Walton Meets Choob & Eejit! - No 6, page 46
Mental Impression! - No 39, page 356
Spots Across - No 40, page 360 - Walton/McClements/Sadowitz
Tearaway - No 40, page 364 - Reprint from Pabular
CURIOSER by Karl Fulves
Unstacked Parity
DAI VERNON'S ULTIMATE SECRETS OF CARD MAGIC by Lewis Ganson
Fellow Travellers, page 198
DARK ANGEL by Peter Duffie and Roy Walton - EBook
Dark Angel
DAVENPORTS' CATALOGUE
Pocket Packet - 1999 - Given away free to customers with the Davenports' catalogue
DARROS DEN (website)
The Awakening
DARYL'S AMBITIOUS CARD OMNIBUS
Ambitious Movie, page 66
DUFFIE'S CARD COMPULSIONS by Peter Duffie
A Hint Of Tint, page 97 - Duffie/Walton
THE DUNGEON (magazine)
Short Change - Issue 7, March 1995, page 22
EGO (magazine)
Checkmate - Vol 1 No 2, page 5
Sweet Seventeen - Vol 1 No 9, page 9
EPILOGUE (magazine)
Down & Under - No 1, page 1
A Faro Tree - No 1, page 8
The Universal Ghost - No 2, page 11
The Universal Mexican - No 2, page 12
Impact - No 4, page 27
Restless Colors - No 5, page 40
Money Power - No 6, page 41
Black Widow Notes - No 7, page 55
Divided We Stand - No 8, page 61
They Match - No 9, page 71
Upside-Down Collectors - No 11, page 83
Nomad Card - No 12, page 97
Expansion Notes - No 14, page 113 - Elmsley/Walton
Pocket Power - No 14, page 116
Drop Outs - No 16, page 144
Royal Marriages - No 17, page 155
Isolator - No 19, page 175
Collecting Box - No 20, page 189
Imprint - No 21, page 197
Kangaroo - No 24, page 232
Ascanio Aces - Special No 4, page 287
Ascanio Rainbow - Special No 4, page 288
Ascanio Poker - Special No 4, page 289
FARO & RIFFLE TECHNIQUE by Karl Fulves
Abacus Card Trick
FIFTY YEARS LATER (Scottish Conjurers Association)
Jubilee Countdown, page 64
FIVE TIMES FIVE SCOTLAND by Peter Duffie
Whispering Henry, page 118
Pass Out, page 121
Ghostly Spell, page 125
THE FOO CAN (magazine)
Pieces On Earth - Issue 2 - Page 8
FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT PLEASURE by Daryl Martinez
Ambitious Movie, page 31
FOURCAST by Karl Fulves
The Arrangement Pg 34
GENII (magazine)
Mental Four - 1954 - Vol 19, page 85
An Aces And Kings Transpositon - 1967 - Vol 31 No 7, page 297
Moonshine - 1990 - Vol 54, page 235
Personality Complex - 1990 - Vol 54, page 236
Auto Cue - July 1991 - Vol 54 - 597
Royal Town - August 1997, page 47 - Published by Briar Tyson (pseudonym)
Impure Thoughts From A "Royal Town" - November 1997, page 5
Treasure Hunt - August 1998, page 5
The Apprentice Matchmaker - April 1999, page 42
OUCH! - May 1999, page 47
Finlayson's Frolic - July 1999, page 48
A Magical Joke - March 2000, page 75
Confusion Of The Innocents - Sept 2000, page 60
Color Cocktail - December 2000, page 56
Southern Key Tap - January 2001, page 85
A Twisted Tale - April 2001, page 52
A Twisted Tale - November 2001, page 70 - Same as above
Pair Dance - July 2002, page 67
Please Pass - January 2004, page 31
Open Acrobatics - July 2004, page 86
THE HIEROPHANT (magazine) - EBOOK edition
Ambush, page 171
Friendly Persuasion, page 236
Pocket Princess, page 252
Gone To Earth, page 303
IBIDEM (magazine)
Conjurers, Laymen and Mirrors - No 34&35, page 811 - Short essay
Second Thoughts - No 34&35, page 811 - Short essay
Vanishing Water - No 34&35, page 812 - This was later re-named Oil And Queens.
On The Side Of The Angels - No 34&35, page 813
Card Case - No 34&35, page 813
Simplicity Lead In - No 34&35, page 815
Predicted Gilbreath - No 34&35, page 815
Cheaters' Gilbreath - No 34&35, page 816
Game Law - No 34&35, page 817
Second Thoughts On Gilbreath - No 34&35, page 818
Found-Two Cards - No 34&35, page 819
Second Thoughts On Gilbreath "Again" - No 34&35, page 820
Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are - No 34&35, page 821
Second Thoughts On Four Aces - No 34&35, page 822
Crash Diet - No 34&35, page 823
Card In Purse - No 34&35, page 823
Treble Trouble - No 34&35, page 824
Sans Wizard - No 34&35, page 824
The Royverse - No 34&35, page 826
A Simple Trick Using The Move - No 34&35, page 826
Named-Card Shuffle - No 34&35, page 827
Second Thoughts On Oil And Water - No 34&35, page 827
IMPROMPTU CARD MAGIC by Aldo Colombini
Kangaroo, page 18
The Magic Lesson, page 32
Money Power, page 94
LINKING RING (magazine)
Regimentation
KABBALA (magazine)
Ten Paces To The Right - Vol 1 No 1, page 4
Right Number - Vol 1 No 4, page 34
Twice Removed - Vol 1 No 9, page 73
Match A Matic - Vol 1 No 11, page 88
Card Number - Vol 2 No 3, page 21
Taking Flight - Vol 2 No 4, page 28
THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK by R. Paul Wilson
Pass At Red, page 6
THE LOOKING GLASS (magazine)
No Hiding Place - Summer 1996, page 100
Company Of Four - Winter 1998, page 147
Poof Change - Winter 1998, page 155 - Duffie/Walton
MAGIC (magazine)
The Magic Queen Of Diamonds - April 1992
Count Me In Again - February 1994, page 57
Pile Drivers - June 1994 - Effect by J.K. Hartman - Variation of 'Count Me In Again' (see MAGIC magazine)
Voice Waves - July 1994, page 56
Hokem Poker - April 1998, page 78 - Effect by Ramon Rioboo - Variation of 'Draw Poker Deal' (see Pallbearer's Review)
How ODD - June 1998, page 72
Peek-A-BOO - Sept 1998, page 72
Lucky Seven - July 1999, page 75
Square Dance - October 1999, page 81
Punch Drunk - March 2000, page 70
Stay Lucky - January 2002, page 70
Thanks For The Memories - May 2002, page 84
Math Chore Atlas - July 2004, page 83
Steven's Choice - October 2004, page 80
MAGIC CIRCULAR (magazine)
Eliminator In Disguise - August 1996
MORE SELF-WORKING CARD TRICKS by Karl Fulves
Influential Pairs, page 24 - Fulves/Walton
Blind Choice, page 50
MY BEST SELF-WORKING CARD TRICKS by Karl Fulves
Out On Location, page 15 - Fulves/Walton
NEW INSPIRATIONS by Peter Duffie
Roy Walton On Colorosity, page 9
NEW SELF-WORKING CARD TRICKS by Karl Fulves
Lucky Seven, page 6
Double Think, page 34
NEW YORK MAGIC SYMPOSIUM - COLLECTION 1
Sign Of Four, page 94
Bottom Card Reversal, page 95
NEW YORK MAGIC SYMPOSIUM - COLLECTION 2
Morlock's Revenge, page 56 - Jennings/Walton
OCTET by Karl Fulves
Snap Royalty, page 39
OPUS (magazine)
Magic Sign - May 1988, page 6
A Low Bow To A Legend - September 1992, page 9 - Roy commemorating Vernon
Fair Play - September 1992, page 10
Opus Questionnaire - September 1992, page 18 - Interview with Roy
OUT OF SIGHT by Mr. E. Ozo (Jerry Sadowitz)
HOLD OUT, page 14
PABULAR (magazine)
The Witch Doctors, page 3
Obsolete Prediction, page 40
Tearaway, page 78
Carousel, page 97
Earthbound, page 103
Past Help, page 170
The Card Shark, page 213 - See correction on Pg 252
Inflated Ace, page 303
A Martian Plot, page 304
Your Very Own, page 306
Chiefly Yourselves, page 307
Denary Deceit, page 309
Ambitious Move, page 310
Truth and Consequence, page 311
Baker Street Re-visited, page 338
A Straight Shuffle, page 392
USA Trail, page 418
Twice Two, page 454
NOSFERATU, page 510
Card School, page 689
Oasis, page 704
Detective Story, page 786
Ferly Defragmentation Etc, page 812
Outward Bound, page 844
End Game Plus, page 872
Through The Centuries Of Time, page 907
I'd Give My Right Hand, page 1202
The 229-224 Trick, page 1259
Rainbow Road, page 1246
Triple Alliance, page 1256
Sum Trick, page 1259
PACKET TRICKS by Jerry Mentzer
Roy-al Monte, page 5
Walton's Universal, page 47
PALLBEARER'S REVIEW (magazine)
Lesson in Larceny - Vol 1 No 9, page 47
Draw Poker Plus - Vol 2 No 4, page 79 - First Roy Walton Issue
Dead Easy Location - Vol 2 No 4, page 79
Conspicuous Consumption - Vol 2 No 4, page 84
Color-Sense - Vol 2 No 4, page 84
Four Card Brainwave - First Folio, page 142
Daydream - Vol 3 No 4, page 142
Influential Pairs - Vol 3 No 6, page 171
Ghost Cup - Second Folio, page 221 - A Cups and Balls Effect
Helensburg Speller - Second Folio, page 221
Letter from Roy - Page 258
Blue Phantom II - Vol 5 No 4, page 321
Ultra Reverse - Vol 5 No 6, page 331 - Published under the pseudonym Gene Lawton
Back Into Time - Vol 5 No 11, page 363
Devilish Die - Fourth Folio, page 383 - Karl Fulves commenting on this effect: "If an award were granted for an effect relying on outrageous ingenuity to achieve the desired end, Mr. Walton's dice trick would rate first prize."
Controlled Fate - Vol 6 No 2, page 390
Oracull - Vol 6 No6, page 415
Double Discovery - Vol 6 No 8, page 428
Chamelon Cards - Vol 6 No 12, page 464 (see Pg 486)
Simple Math - Vol 7 No 7, page 517
Duo Colors - Vol 7 No 9, page 547
Ambitious 1-2-3-4 - Vol 7 No 11, page 559 - Second Roy Walton Issue - See Pg 608 for addition.
Long Shot - Vol 7 No 11, page 560 - See Pg 640 for variation by Robin Robertson
Twister - Vol 7 No 11, page 562
The N.C. Game - Vol 7 No 11, page 562 - Non Card Effect - See Pg 608 for addition
Informer - Vol 8 No 2, page 575
Color Flite - Vol 8 No 8, page 632
Play It Again - Vol 8 No 10, page 647
The Magic Lesson - Vol 9 No 3, page 699
Once Upon A Time - Vol 9 No 12, page 818
Letter - Vol 10 No 2, page 830 - A letter from Roy
PENUMBRA (magazine)
Pinkerton's Ladies - July/August 2002, page 2
Pinkerton's Surprise - November/December 2002, page 15 - Walton/Clark/Goodwin
Acorn's Progress - February 2004, page 2
Triple Alliance - March 2006, page 11
PENTAGRAM (magazine)
Erdnase And All That - Vol 9 No 3, December 1954, page 1
Anent "About Turn" - Vol 12 No 7, April 1954, page 51 - handling of Hugh Scott's "About Turn" move
Queens And Water - Vol 13 No 1, October 1958, page 3
PROFILE (magazine) edited by Steven Hamilton
The Plot Thickens - Issue 3, August 1991
School Daze - Issue 5, December 1991
Doppelganger - Issue 7, April 1992
A Note From Roy Walton (re Phil Goldstein's variation of Walton's School Daze) - Issue 10, October 1992
Dominic Twose – Two - Issue 13, April 1993
Suitcase, Issue 18, February 1994
Some Useful Information (for determining the last card in an Under-Down shuffle) - Issue 18, February 1994
RICHARD'S ALMANAC by Richard Kaufman
Duck Soup - Summer 1985
RIFFLE SHUFFLE SET-UPS by Karl Fulves
Influential Pairs, page 10 - Fulves/Walton
Miracle Location, page 73
Influence, page 75
RIFFLE SHUFFLE TECHNIQUE - PART 1 by Karl Fulves
Z-Notes, page 27 - Notes on The Zarrow Shuffle
RIFFLE SHUFFLE TECHNIQUE - PART 3 by Karl Fulves
The Double Ended Run Up, page 149
Analysis of the Cull Stock System, page 163
ROGER'S THESAURUS by Roger Crosthwaite
Leave'Em Laughing
SELF-WORKING CARD TRICKS by Karl Fulves
Lesson in Larceny, page 25
The Blue Phantom, page 82
SCOTLAND UP CLOSE by Peter Duffie
Autograph Hunter, page 1
SPELLBINDER (magazine)
Caught in Time - Vol. 1 No. 6
SWINDLE SHEET (magazine)
The Honest Cheat
TRIGGER by Roy Walton (1976)
2 Trigger 4 Showdown 6 Hop-A-Long Hofzinser 7 Trigger Happy 9 Jail Break 10 Greenhorn 11 Horse Sense
VIRTUAL MIRACLES
Cardputer
MARKETED TRICKS
Card Warp
Cascade
Kaleidoscope
Animal Magic
