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.
Stop Thief & Snip-Snap
Another late Victorian family card game by Thomas de la Rue & Co Ltd, c.1895 with beautifully illustrated period characters.
Stop! I forbid the Sale!
“Stop! I forbid the Sale!” card game published by H.P. Gibson & Sons Ltd, c.1939.
Strip Tease
‘Strip Tease’ card game featuring characters involved in the performance and subsequent prosecution of an imaginary strip tease
Tempest
Tempest is a family card game designed by W. Heath Robinson and published by Thomas de la Rue & Co. Ltd, c.1920s
Temple Press War Planes
“War Planes” aircraft recognition playing cards published by Temple Press Limited, c.1940.
Test Pilot
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by Matt Probert
‘Test Pilot’, illustrated by A. B. Bowbeer and published by Pepys Games, 1950s.
The Game of “Old Maid”
Two different editions of “The Game of Old Maid” by the Chad Valley Games Co.
The Great Galumphus
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by Simon Wintle
The “Great Galumphus” card game from the 1920s shows various comic animals with their names printed alongside, designed by Miss Jessie Veal.
The Muddled Menagerie
The Muddled Menagerie card game published by Valentine & Sons Ltd, Dundee & London, c.1900.
The New Game of Animals
Victorian card game with imaginatively designed letters which spell the name of an animal, with one card representing the animal spelt.
The Royal Historical Game of Cards
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by Simon Wintle
The Royal Historical Game of Cards invented by Jane Roberts and published by Robert Hardwicke, c.1840.