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The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 28, May 20, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various
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=GREAT ROUND WORLD GAME OF STATES=
COPYRIGHT, 1897
By William Beverley Harison

_Complete in handsome box, price 50 cents, post-paid_

A new and delightful game has just been invented. It is called
"The game of States." The directions have been written
exclusively for THE GREAT ROUND WORLD; they are as follows:


_DIRECTIONS_

This game may be played by four, six, or eight players. Two players toss
up for the first choice of partners; the winner also has the right for his
side to be "call" or to "reply."

After sides are chosen the winner of the toss consults with his side, and
they decide whether they will "call" or "reply." "Call" is considered the
better position.

The game is played with a map of the United States made of perfectly plain
pasteboard with each State a separate piece, and without names or marks of
any kind on the pieces.

This map should be large enough to have Rhode Island about one inch long,
and the game should be played around a table with the sides named North,
South, East, and West.

The side which "calls" takes all of the States in a box. When "time" is
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