Five Crowns: Another Game that Sharpens Critical Thinking
In August, we learned a new card game that we can’t seem to play often enough.
We have become so fond of the game, Five Crowns (paid link), that through Christmas, it took precedence over our usual beloved games, including dominoes (see Simple Gifts: A Cherished Christmas Decoration and “Friend”) and nertz (see Family Violence Our Way—A Raucous Card Game). We even gave Aly her own backgammon board (see A Gift of Time for Christmas: Consenting to Learn Backgammon), but it didn’t get used as often as our Five Crowns deck.

Our increasingly battered set of Five Crowns (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).
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