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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.

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Scoop

Scoop

Scoop by James Cond Ltd, 9 Charlotte Street, Birmingham, c.1920s.

Scouting

Scouting

Scouting, a card game about boy scouts, appeared in 1955.

Secret Agent

Secret Agent

Secret Agent by Pepys Games, the card game with the magic monocle, 1957.

Secret Magic Cards

Secret Magic Cards

‘Secret Magic Cards’ published by Hanky Panky Toys Thailand Ltd., © World Magic International, 2006.

Secret Seven

Secret Seven

Secret Seven card game illustrated by Bruno Kay and published by Pepys, 1955.

Sefite card game

Sefite card game

“Sefite” card game, Woolley & Co,. Ltd, London, c.1905

Sergeant-Major

Sergeant-Major

Sergeant-Major card game devised by W.G.Smith

Shakespearian Misfitz

Shakespearian Misfitz

C. W. Faulkner’s “Shakespearian Misfitz” designed by George Lambert and published around 1907/08 showing famous characters from Shakespeare.

Shearing the Sheep

Shearing the Sheep

Shearing the Sheep published by J. Jaques & Son, c.1875.

Ship Sails

Ship Sails

“Ship Sails” card game c.1885.

Shuffled Symphonies

Shuffled Symphonies

Shuffled Symphonies published by Pepys Games in association with Walt Disney, 1939.

Siegfried Line

Siegfried Line

“We’re Gonna Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line” wartime card game made by William Sessions Ltd, 1940s

Silly Symphony

Silly Symphony

“Silly Symphonies” or “Mickey Mouse Snap” manufactured by Chad Valley Co. Ltd, 1930s.

Sister Susie Snap

Sister Susie Snap

Sister Susie Snap published by Valentine & Sons Ltd, c.1915.

Skid-o

Skid-o

Skid-o motorcycle card game by Pepys, 1951.

Skits

Skits

Skits, an instructive card game which sharpens the wits, c.1900.

Sky

Sky

Sky card game published by Geo. Wright & Co, London, c.1905.

Snafooey

Snafooey

Snafooey, a fun and laughter card game by Peter Pan Playthings Ltd, Peterborough, 1983.

Snap

Snap

Anonymous Snap game, 1930s.

Snap

Snap

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