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This website was last updated on16th February 2012
Welcome to our website selling cards games and board games produced in the Eighteen, Nineteenth and early/mid Twentieth Century
While our main web site is being updated all New Games will appear here including
Older and Rarer Items
A new addition to this web site is a selection of Linen Backed Games
Another selection of these games is also available on
LINEN BACKED TABLE GAMES FROM THE 18th and 19th CENTURY The earlier games had more of an educational theme, in fact the very early games were nearly all only educational, but obviously the prettier, more entertaining games were played with most and so fewer of these are around to-day
The games that started on linen at the end of the eighteenth century, progress as entertainment during the 1830s to 1850s and then migrated to board games as we know them to-day
In the late nineteenth century games were produce relating to cycling, racing and other sports - often with more adult themes.
In the twenties and thirties board games became popular and the some of games produced then are still popular to-day
Jaques Games were produced first produced in the 1840/50s and are still manufactured today. Their early board games are very sought after and very beautifully made.
De La Rue's cards were produced from the 1880s and wonderfully drawn withChildren;s book characters such as Alice and Gollywog
Then there was Pepys who produced games from about 1938 until 1978 - the most popular games continued to be published by Gibson Games today
Please browse and enjoy - remember your childhood - and the pleasure these games gave you
We can arrange payment over a period of time if required for items over £100.00
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