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  • Learning Card Games: Tunk


    Learning Card Games: Tunk

    Last year we started a new tradition and learned how to play Pitch the week after Christmas. This year we chose Tunk (also called Tonk in some places). Why Tunk? We initially thought we’d try Euchre or Cinch, but both of those needed four players for partner pairs and Amanda was engrossed in a good…

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  • Learning Card Games: Pitch


    This year we started what I hope will become a new tradition for the week after Christmas: Learning a card game. My parents and I both have copies of Hoyle Up-to-Date from the 1970s, a collection of official rules of card games (ever heard the expression “according to Hoyle”?), so why not get some use…

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