Towie is a card game, a version of

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adapted for three-hand card play, invented in Paris in 1931 by J. Leonard Replogle. Although the game is a three-hand game, it may also be played by four, five, or more players, though only three are active at any one time. Replogle co-wrote a rule book in 1934, and the game received some attention in the US in 1935, including five articles in Vanity Fair. Vanity Fair - Volumes 43-45 - Page 40 1935 "It is the fifth article on Towie to appear in Vanity Fair. The others have been by Christopher Dunphy, W. J. Huske and Lelia Hattersley. Mr. Dunphy's piece, in the October issue, was the first article to be published on this new game. A book on ."

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