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“WE ARE ALL SO HAPPY” HALMA. BASILINDA. HALMA. HALMA. HALMA. THE POPULAR GAME “HALMA”. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. September 1892. [Fun fact: Halma was the precursor to “Chinese Checkers”. A star-shaped variant of Halma was sold in Germany, but had its name changed when it was imported to the US, to seem more “exotic”.]

“WE ARE ALL SO HAPPY”

HALMA. BASILINDA. HALMA. HALMA. HALMA.

THE POPULAR GAME “HALMA”.

The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. September 1892.

[Fun fact: Halma was the precursor to “Chinese Checkers”. A star-shaped variant of Halma was sold in Germany, but had its name changed when it was imported to the US, to seem more “exotic”.]

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