Children's Card Games
The games we play mirror the world we live in, like popular art. There was a time when friends and family played indoor games by the fireside and enjoyed countless hours of pleasure and amusement. Children don’t play card games so much because they prefer computer games, the ultimate excitement. Antique and vintage card games offer documentary evidence, as well as nostalgic memories, of the social interaction, fashions and stereotypes of bygone days and are a study in social anthropology.
Pets / Family Favourites
Pets card game illustrated by Racey Helps was published by Pepys Games in 1955 but re-named Family Favourites in 1962.
Picture Proverbs
Picture Proverbs was a Victorian card game illustrating popular proverbs which were seen as words of wisdom.
Pierre l’Ebouriffé
Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894) wrote the Struwwelpeter stories in 1847 for his son Carl. The stories quickly became famous and were translated into many languages...
Pinocho
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by Simon Wintle
Pinocho children’s playing cards published by Editorial Gráfica Flores c.1975.
Plants vs. Zombies UNO Card Set
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by Adam Wintle
Plants vs. Zombies UNO card set Chinese edition, licensed by Mattel East Asia Limited, 2011.
Politically Incorrect Happy Families
A Happy Families set with many differences from a conventional one.
Pooltella
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by Matt Probert
Pooltella cards by John Waddington Ltd, the cards that simplify football pool forecasts, 1930s.
Population
The game of Population was first published by the Fireside Game Co., Cincinnati, USA (a division of United States Playing Card Co), in c.1896
Progress
The story of “Pilgrim’s Progress” by John Bunyan illustrated in a card game published by Castell Brothers Ltd (Pepys Games), 1938.
