Triplica – 3 ways to play 3 in a row

It’s nice when a deck of cards allows for many ways to use them in a game.
Just think of how many ways you can use a standard deck of playing cards for various family games. Of course the most played card game with a standard deck of playing cards in our family is still War. But I digress.

When we saw that the family card game Triplica had multiple ways to play, we knew there should be something to strike our fancy.

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Repeat Pete – “Pete and Repeat were sitting on a fence…”

I’m sure you’ve heard that joke before – because with 4 kids, I think I’ve heard it at least 100 times in our house. For those that haven’t, let me enlighten you.

Child #1 “Pete and Repeat were sitting on a fence. Pete fell off. Who’s left?”
Child #2 “Repeat.”

Child #1 “Pete and Repeat were sitting on a fence. Pete fell off. Who’s left?”
Laughter ensues from both Child #1 and Child #2.

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Worm Up! – On your mark, get set, slow

When you were a kid and it rained, did you ever go out to race boats in the gutter?
We did a bunch. We’d pick up some twigs and race each other while walking along on the sidewalk seeing who gets stuck and who sails to victory. And while we’d walk along we’d have to watch out for all the worms on the sidewalk. We sure didn’t want to step on any.

But not once did we ever think about racing the worms…until now.

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