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excerpt: "A number of months ago my father purchased the game \"LONELY JOKER’, and I’ve been playing the three different games ever since. The most difficult of the three is \"NAPOLEON\", the documentation really doesn’t go far enough in explaining how to play. So, here is a simplified explanation of the way I play the game."
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# The Lonely Joker (Napoleon)

A number of months ago my father purchased the game “LONELY JOKER’, and I’ve been playing the three different games ever since. The most difficult of the three is “NAPOLEON”, the documentation really doesn’t go far enough in explaining how to play. So, here is a simplified explanation of the way I play the game.