![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ten sets of four matching cards, plus three 'Old Maid' cards + rules card in cardboard box.Ĭompanion games of Woodland Happy Families and Woodland Snap were also published by Pepys Games with artwork by Racey Helps. The three 'Old Maids' are: Winnie Woodowl Hetty Hoot and Olive Brown. The main focus of the game is towards the last card, which might be a black cat, an Old Maid, black-faced chimney sweep or black grotesque character.Ībove: Woodland Old Maid, a Pepys Card Game illustrated by Racey Helps, first published c.1957. Your Choice Vintage Whitman Miniature Playing Cards Old Maid Animal Rummy Crazy Eights Hearts Small Size Kids Game Card Deck 1950s Ephemera. Old Maid card games were also re-titled in other countries as Black Peter (Schwarzer Peter) in Germany, Zwarte Piet (Netherlands), Svarte Petter (Sweden) and Pekka-Peli (Finland). Vintage early 1950s Whitman old maid playing cards random card junk journal scrapbooking (5.3k). Woodland Old Maid is a game for two or more players in which the object is to discard matching pairs and not end up holding the single Old Maid card. In this classic children's game first published by Castell Brothers Ltd ( Pepys Games) in the late 1950s the Old Maids are depicted as gentle and loveable owls (maybe spinsters too!). Woodland Old Maid a Pepys Card Game pictured by Racey Helps, c.1957 ![]()
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