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.
Round the World Families
Round the World Families published by the London Missionary Society, c.1945.
Round the World Happy Families
Round the World Happy Families by Chiefton Products Ltd of Bristol, c.1950s.
Royal Old Maid Game
This antique card game features English kings and queens from William the Conqueror to Queen Victoria, along with their spouses or consorts.
Rūfa
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by Simon Wintle
Rūfa is a game designed by Ernest Legh and manufactured by De la Rue. The object is to build a pagoda with specially-designed cards without causing the building to collapse.
Safety First
Safety First card game embodying the Kerb Drill, published by John Jaques & Son Ltd, 1940s.
Salakuljettaja Smugglaren
Salakuljettaja Smugglaren is the Scandinavian version of Pepys’ “Contraband” published by Förlag Bildkonst, 1958.
Schwarzer Peter
Art Deco style “Schwarzer Peter” card game published by Vereinigte Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkarten-Fabriken A.G., Stuttgart.
Schwarzer Peter Der Wald und seine Leute
Schwarzer Peter the Forest and its People, illustrated by Liesel Lauterborn, 1955.
Schwarzer Peter mit Hundebildern
Humorous dog-themed Black Peter game illustrated by Willy Mayrl, c.1960.
Schwarzer Peter no.964
Schwarzer Peter no.964 published by Josef Hohlweg, Vienna, early 20th century.
Schwarzer Peter Quartett
“Schwarzer Peter Quartett” game published by VEB Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik with cartoons by Wilhelm Busch.