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.
It was originally published as a black-and-white game, but a coloured version appeared in 1884. �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). 'Merry Matches', a proprietary card game by Wyman & Sons of London, appeared in 1883. 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.
FREE delivery Fri, Mar 17 on 25 of items shipped by Amazon. 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!). Bold Made Card Games - Adults, Teens & Kids Games - Fun Remake of Old Maid & Go Fish Card Game - Feminist Playing Cards, Co-Created by A 9 Year Old, Features Portraits of Amazing Women in History. Woodland Old Maid a Pepys Card Game pictured by Racey Helps, c.1957
