48 cards. Children's game which might have appealed to parents as the cards represented the first four letters of the alphabet and could therefore be seen as educational. Players collect sets of cards, 3 or 4, the only rule being that the letters must connect. So, ABC would be a legitamite example, as would ABCD, and AABC, or CCDD. There is interaction as you can block an opponent's play and take a set from them. The winner is the first player to collec t 12 sets.

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