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A traditional Tock board. Tock (also known as Tuck in some English parts of Quebec and Atlantic Canada, and Pock in some parts of Alberta) is a board game, similar to Ludo, Aggravation or Sorry!, in which players race their four tokens (or marbles) around the game board from start to finish—the objective being to be the first to take all of one's tokens "home".
A metal kazoo Other examples of kazoos. The kazoo is a musical instrument that adds a "buzzing" timbral quality to a player's voice when the player vocalizes into it. It is a type of mirliton (which itself is a membranophone), one of a class of instruments which modifies its player's voice by way of a vibrating membrane of goldbeater's skin or material with similar characteristics.
In Nova Scotia, a variant of Wahoo exists played with cards instead of dice and using exclusively a six-sided board. By substituting cards for dice, the game becomes much more complex. Although it is possible to play with 2-6 players with a six-sided board, the game is commonly played with all six players playing in teams of three.
An incredibly awkward and weird, yet mesmerizing 1989 video took the Internet by storm in January featuring a young boy playing the kazoo and playing with his friends in the woods.
The eunuch flute, unlike a kazoo, is held horizontally (basically a Horizontal Kazoo) against the mouth while the user vocalizes into the aperture. The eunuch flute consists of a wooden tube widening out slightly to form a bell.
In each age, seven cards are randomly dealt to each player. The game uses a card-drafting mechanic in which, once per turn, each player selects a card to play from their hand, then passes the remaining cards (face-down) to the next player. This process is repeated until five out of the seven cards have been played.
The dealer is in charge of handing out cards. Typically, they would take six cards first, then go counterclockwise around the table, giving five cards at a time to each player until they each have a hand of 20 cards (or 21 in the dealer's case). The dealer has an extra card because they must begin play by throwing out the first card. [3]
The popularity of wine cards peaked from the 16th to mid-17th centuries. [1] [4] "Eight Immortals Wine Cards" are still used in Sichuan. The game uses nine cards, the eponymous Eight Immortals and one for the poet Li Bai, a member of the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup. [7] [8] Some cards have illustrations and/or poetry on them.