MOTHER GOOSE'S ATTIC - Vintage Card Games

I Commit
by Pepys (Castell Brothers)

This card game from the 1940s was invented by the novelist Laurence Meynell for the Pepys Series (Castell Brothers). The artwork of the pack of 53 cards is reminicent of 1940s gangster movies.

Illustrated Mythology Game
1) by The Fireside Game Co. (The Cincinnati Game Co. successors)

The game is based on Roman and Greek mythology with the Roman name first and the Greek name in brackets.

This original version was copyrighted in 1901 but was in production for many years, hence the diferent coloured boxes.
There are 2 editions of this game.
Originally there were 60 cards. 6 sets lettered A - F with 10 individual cards to each set.
The sets were :
A. Gods; B. Goddesses; C. Hero's (Chosed Mortals); D. Heroines (Fair Women); E and F Myths (aids of the Gods).
The second version had 52 cards:
2 instruction cards and the first 4 sets of the of the original edition with a combined E & F 5th set.

The object of the game is to separate cards into their different sets in numerical order, either 1 through to 10 or 10 to 1.
You can also play the game using the same rules as Authors.

2) by Merrimack Publishing Corp.

This firm seem to specialize in reproducing old card games and childrens books.

This version of the game was produced in the 1960s or 70s and is the same as the original second edition except there are 2 blank cards and an instruction leaflet.

In Castle Land
by The Fireside Game Co. (The Cincinnati Game Co. successors)

The original version of this game was copyrighted in1896 but was in production for many years, hence the diferent coloured boxes.

There are 52 cards, an instruction card and an card showing the other games the company had to offer. Majority of the castles depicted are in the UK with only 5 cards showing castles in France and Germany. Each card has a photo of the castle and a brief description.

The game is made up of 13 "books" lettered A - L with 4 cards to a book numbered 1 - 4 and is played like the game of "Authors".

International Football Whist
by Pepys (Castell Brothers)

This game was produced by Pepys (Castell Brothers) in the early 1950s.
The game consists of:

44 cards - 4 teams of 11 players based on the International teams of England , Ireland, Scotland and Wales (each card is numbered 1 - 11 along with the national emblem of their team), these were the "Dream Teams" of their time.
Each team consists of football stars from the late 1940s and early 1950s including Stanley Matthews and Billy Wright.

A flat disc marked as a football and a linen backed football pitch.

The object of the game is to score goals into the opponents goal squares.

Its a Goal
by Pepys (Castell Brothers)

This early Pepys (Castell Brothers) game was produced in 1939 and the 44 cards each depict a different team in the 1st or 2ndEnglish division that year (the season was finish after 3 rounds because of the start of the 2nd World War).

Each card shows the football kit for the club for that season.

It's A Knockout
by McVities

This card game is based on the BBC's much loved game (of the same name) shown from the mid 1960s to the early 1980s.

This game was produced as a promotional/advertising give-away by McVities biscuits. The object of the game is to match the two halves of the silly game depicted.