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Playing cards first arrived in England during the 15th century, but none have survived from such an early date.

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Fishing

Fishing

Fishing published by Pepys Games, 1951.

Fishing for Compliments

Fishing for Compliments

‘Fishing for Compliments’ playing cards created by Pixel Initiative, illustrated by Stacey Jay Kelly.

Five Suit Bridge

Five Suit Bridge

Five Suit Bridge was invented in Vienna in 1937 by Walter W. Marseille and Dr. Paul Stern.

Fleet Street

Fleet Street

“Fleet Street” card game published by Chad Valley Games, c.1923.

Flight

Flight

Flight card game published by Pepys, 1954.

Flintstones Happy Families

Flintstones Happy Families

Flintstones Happy Families by J. W. Spear and Sons, c.1960.

Flora

Flora

‘Flora’ card game published by C.W. Faulkner, printed by Dondorf, 1903.

Flutter Met St George

Flutter Met St George

‘St George and the Dragon’ game made by Chad Valley for Flutter Met Games, 1930s.

Folio Society Clare Mackie playing cards

Folio Society Clare Mackie playing cards

Folio Society Clare Mackie playing cards with playful and charming designs.

Food Exchange

Food Exchange

“Food Exchange“ playing cards designed by Ralph Dobson for the British Diabetic Association.

Foreign Legion

Foreign Legion

Foreign Legion published by Pepys, 1960.

Forest Echoes

Forest Echoes

Chad Valley’s “Forest Echoes Zoological Snap” from before the First World War depicts superb illustrations of animals and their associated calls.

Forfeits

Forfeits

Forfeits party card game by Merit Games, J & L Randall Ltd, c.1950.

Forrest Cards, c.1750s

Forrest Cards, c.1750s

Hand-coloured Forrest Cards produced for “Young Gentlemen & Ladys who are Lovers of Ingenuity”, c.1750s.

Fortune Telling playing cards

Fortune Telling playing cards

English Fortune Telling cards probably published c.1770.

Fortune-Telling Cards

Fortune-Telling Cards

Comic Fortune-Telling Cards published by Reynolds & Sons, c.1850.

Fortune-Telling Cards

Fortune-Telling Cards

These Fortune-Telling cards, first published as early as 1690, were possibly the first pack of cards ever made specifically for the purpose of fortune-telling.

Four Feather Falls

Four Feather Falls

Tower Press “Four Feather Falls Snap” No 6587, based on successful TV series, c1960.

Four Flags

Four Flags

The Game of Four Flags published by Multum in Parvo, 1884

Fox & Hounds

Fox & Hounds

Fox & Hounds card game published by C.W. Faulkner & Co., c.1899.