Biography Channel
The ‘Biography Channel Card Game’, 2002
The ‘Biography Channel Card Game’ published by A&E Television Networks media company, 2002, with portraits of celebrities and historic figures in sets of five, instead of four as in typical quartet games. The sets are colour-coded and cover themes such as: gangsters, inventors, famous male and female roles, musicians, revolutionaries, explorers, hollywood film stars and artists.
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