Polk County News
Polk County Itemizer-Observer • December 7, 2016 7A
Get ready for a game that is ‘knuknfutz’
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — This is just a
bunch of “knuknfutz.”
That was Deanna Knox’s
exasperated reaction when a
game night with her three
good friends simply wasn’t
going her way.
“We were on a vacation in
Sunriver. We were having
some very weather — in
May of this year. This one
e v e n i n g w e’re p l a y i n g
games,” said Knox, of Dallas.
“I was losing so badly that I
put my cards on the table
and said, ‘This is a bunch of
knuknfutz.’”
Her friends — Shelley
Bruney, of Warrenton, Nancy
Rosendahl, of Newberg, and
Linda Katzberg ,of La Pine --
thought she has said some-
thing else entirely.
The word became a run-
ning joke on the rest of the
getaway — and the inspira-
tion for a new card game.
The foursome — who like
to call themselves “four
feisty female fossils” — met
while on vacation in Hawaii.
They take vacations together
twice a year and often can
be found in marathon game-
playing sessions. They de-
cided knuknfutz was just too
good of a term to pass up.
“We needed to come up
with our own game worthy
of the name of KnukNFutz,”
Knox said.
They designed a card
game in which the object is
to be the player with the
lowest total in your hand at
the end of the game.
“It’s a great game for chil-
dren. It helps them with
their math — it’s adding and
subtracting,” Knox said. “It’s
fun for adults, too.”
They officially introduced
the game in Hawaii this fall
and spend last week pro-
moting it at the Portland
Expo.
It can get pretty frenzied,
which is part of the fun,
Knox said.
The friends had other ob-
jectives when writing the
Game night
• KnukNFutz, created by
Deanna Knox, Shelley
Bruney, Nancy Rosendahl
and Linda Katzberg, is a
family-friendly game where
the objective is to have the
lowest total in your hand at
the end of the game.
WANT TO PLAY?
• KnukNFutz is avail-
able on Amazon and can
be ordered directly from
the website: www.Knuk
NFutz.com. For more in-
formation: KnukN-
Futzgames@gmail.com.
rules. Knox said they all
agreed the first rule was that
all players had to put away
electronics during play.
“We want communica-
tion. We want family game
night to come back,” Knox
said. “We think it is coming
back.”
The KnukNFutz ladies
have already have two more
games in the works, one a
bonus to KnukNFutz that
adds more cards and chal-
lenges, and another game
for children.
Knox said when her chil-
dren were younger, her fam-
ily would have a monthly
game night. She misses that,
so she plans on setting aside
time for games during the
holidays this year.
“It was just so much fun,”
she said. “It’s just bringing
back that joy again.”
LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer
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LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer
KnukNFutz was created by Dallas resident Deanna Knox and three of her friends after
a game-night in Sunriver.