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Selected Year: 2020
Selected Month: September
Total Articles: 4,448

Beaver!

Beaver!

The Game of Beaver designed by G E Studdy and published by John Waddington Ltd in 1927.

Why do we Collect?  My 20 Favourite Items

Why do we Collect? My 20 Favourite Items

I suppose people collect for different reasons, rarity, quality, ingenuity of design, sentimental value... by Tony Hall.

Snap

Snap

Snap card game illustrated with animals, by Whitman Publishing Co., 1951.

Roundup

Roundup

Roundup card game by Whitman Publishing, 1951.

Old Maid

Old Maid

Old Maid card game by Whitman Publishing Co., 1951.

Crazy Eights

Crazy Eights

Crazy Eights by Whitman Publishing Co., 1951.

Animal Rummy

Animal Rummy

Animal Rummy by Whitman Publishing Co., 1951.

Authors

Authors

Authors quartet game published by Whitman Publishing Co., 1951.

Whitman 8 Game Box

Whitman 8 Game Box

Whitman 8 Card Games boxed set, 1951.

Fairy Snap

Fairy Snap

Fairy Snap by Norvic Mill, c.1920s.

Paddington

Paddington

Paddington card game published in UK by Whitman.

Dickens Snap

Dickens Snap

Dickens Snap, c.1890.

Jeu du Moulin

Jeu du Moulin

Jeu du Moulin by Watilliaux, Paris.

Playtex

Playtex

Playtex - le jeu de la beauté et du destin, Grimaud, 1971.

Römihártya Játékkartyagyár

Römihártya Játékkartyagyár

Pin-up Rummy Playing Cards, made in Hungary, c.1970.

Märchen-Quartett

Märchen-Quartett

Fairy Tales quartet game by F.X. Schmid, Munich, 1960.

Jeu de Memoire

Jeu de Memoire

Jeu de Memoire card game promoting Véritable Chaumes cheese from the village of St Antoines in south west France.

Lever Brothers miniatures

Lever Brothers miniatures

Two miniature card games promoting Vim Scouring Powder and Sunshine Soap, 1930s.

Middle Ages

Middle Ages

Middle Ages by Germano & Cª, (Litografia Maia),