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Link words turn the deck vocabulary into a richly connected structure.
Link words create a directed graph; each card points outward to 2 related others, creating patterns that are not based on position, suit, or rank. They appear in small text under the main word. These words also give another narrative interpretation of the card word.
Use the printed links as hints, search targets, or permissions to connect cards.
Follow links to build paths, cycles, or lists. Because the graph cuts across the deck differently from its partitions, it can be combined with any of them.
Links narratively relate to the card word. Links never refer to a card with the same icon, and all cards are the target of at least one other.
