Jeu de 7 Familles France 98
Families card game with comic designs featuring seven of the teams competing in the 1998 World Cup.
France 98 was the popular term by which the football World Cup held in France in 1998 was known. Seven of the competing teams are represented in this game of 7 families – Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Nigeria. Half of the space is taken up with a comic illustration by J. Loïs of one of six ‘members’ of each ‘team’, namely Le Capitaine, L’attaquant, Le Défenseur, Le Goal, L’entraineur, and Les Supporters. In addition to these names, each card includes the name of the country, the tournament logo, the national flag, the position of the country on a world map, and the position on or off the field where each ‘team member’ can usually be found. The France 98 mascot, Footix, is featured on the back playing with a football against a blue background. See the box►
Above: ‘Jeu de 7 Familles France 98’ conceived and illustrated by J. Loïs. Printed under licence by Vigno, Marseille, France, 1997. 42 cards + 1 extra card with rules in French, in tuck box. Size: 60 x 93 mm.
By Roddy Somerville
Member since May 31, 2022
Roddy started collecting stamps on his 8th birthday. In 1977 he joined the newly formed playing-card department at Stanley Gibbons in London before setting up his own business in Edinburgh four years later. His collecting interests include playing cards, postcards, stamps (especially playing cards on stamps) and sugar wrappers. He is a Past President of the Scottish Philatelic Society, a former Chairman of the IPCS, a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards and Curator of the WCMPC’s collection of playing cards. He lives near Toulouse in France.
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