Roy Walton
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Roy Walton is a card magic expert from England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 who currently lives and works in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. First interested in magic at the age of eight, Roy Walton is a world-recognized card magician creating hundreds of card effects, including his most famous effect, Card warp
Card warp
Card Warp is a card illusion that was created by magician Jeff Busby and popularized by Roy Walton. Card Warp has many variations in presentation and effect....

. He has mentored numerous Scottish magicians including Jerry Sadowitz
Jerry Sadowitz
Jerry Sadowitz is an American-born Scottish stand-up comic and card magician, known for his frequently controversial "sick humour". An accomplished practitioner of sleight of hand, he has written several books on magic and invented many conjuring innovations. He is widely acclaimed as one of the...

, R. Paul Wilson
R. Paul Wilson
Ronald Paul Wilson is a close-up magician,and television presenter. He lives and works between London, Los Angeles, and his home in Scotland. He lives in Glasgow with his wife Julie and their two children Conner and Cameron...

 and Peter Duffie.

Many of Walton's pamphlets and other works have been collected in two books on card magic currently published by Lewis Davenport Ltd. of London, and he continues to contribute to several English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 magazines on card magic (e.g. Magic magazine and Genii magazine).

Published works

CARDS IN PRINCIPLE by Peter Duffie

Walton's Warm Up, page 13

THE MAGIC OF FRED ROBINSON by Peter Duffie

By the Centre (variation of Fred Robinson's Middle Deal), page 86

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 -

The Alternate Shift, page 77

The Invisible Plan, page 79

THE COMPLETE WALTON VOLUME ONE by Roy Walton (1981)

THE COMPLETE WALTON VOLUME TWO by Roy Walton (1988)

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

Camouflage - February 2010, page 74

Sweet William - March 2010, page 72

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
S. W. Erdnase
S. W. Erdnase is a pseudonym used by the author of The Expert at the Card Table, a book detailing sleight of hand, cheating and legerdemain using playing cards. Still considered essential reading for any card magician, the book, known also as either the Bible or, commonly, just Erdnase, has been...

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
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