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1880s Party Starters Had Their Own Version of Cards Against Humanity
Here’s how to play “Peter Coddle’s Trip to New York”, a simple word game that was wildly popular in 19th century America. In the game box, there’s a story of a country rube who comes to the big city for the first time. One person is the reader; everyone else has a pile of cards, with strange little phrases on them. In your pile of cards, you might have "a horrid big spider." Or a heap of pancakes. An unmarried woman. A broken jackknife...
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