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actors' club to infuriate boorish customers. In introducing the game, the chairman will generally elaborate on the obscure and unknown rules by advising the players that specific rule variations will be used for that round, such as "Trumpington's
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or chess. A game consists of each player in turn announcing a landmark, most often a tube station on the London
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