Topo Gigio
Topo Gigio card game by Joker S.A., Argentina, c.1985.
Topo Gigio card game by Joker S.A., Argentina, c.1985. Topo Gigio was the lead character of a children's puppet show on Italian television in the early 1960s The character was created in 1958 by artist Maria Perego. This card game consists in finding matching pairs. See the Rules►
Above: Topo Gigio card game by Joker S.A., Argentina, c.1985. 32 cards + rules in box. Reverse: Joker logo on repeating pattern in dk green
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
Related Articles
Verkeers Kwartet
A helpful quartet game celebrating the 75th anniversary of road safety exams making traffic safer.
Pirritx eta Porrotx
Happy Families card game from the Spanish Basque Country.
Question and Answer Games
A card game called “Impertinent Questions and Pertinent Answers” was launched in the early 1920s by ...
Gibson’s History of England
History without tears for young and old, 1920s.
Iroha Karuta for Hino City
Special version of Iroha Karuta, a traditional Japanese matching game, made for Hino City, Tokyo.
Iroha Karuta
Traditional Japanese matching game played mainly by children.
O-Shlemiel card game
O-Shlemiel card game with Yiddish words and phrases.
7 Familles Le Manège Enchanté
The Magic Roundabout characters on a jeu de 7 familles designed by James Hodges.
Kojak bubble gum cards
Bubble gum cards featuring stills – mainly of Telly Savalas – from the cult TV series Kojak.
Lend Me Five Shillings
or “Her Majesty’s Privy Purse” - a merry round-the-table game published by D. Ogilvy.
Laughing Made Easy
a Victorian card game published by D. Ogilvy.
So-Lah – A Game of Music
An early 20th century domino-type musical card game by Goodall.
Word Making and Word Taking
How crossword and spelling games became popular.
The Search for New Games in the late 19th century
A few new games survived and are still around today; most came and went and are only witnessed in th...
Vogelspiel
Vogelspiel, a German card game known as the “cuckoo game” also known as “Gnau”.
Cartes de Conversation
Question and answer game printed by Daveluy, Bruges. Each card contains a question (Q.) and an answe...
Trending Articles
Popular articles from the past 28 days
