"Bobs-y'r-Uncle"

A NEW CARD GAME

The Laws of "Bobs-y'r-Uncle" are divided into six sections:

1. Description of the Pack.

2. The Deal.

3. The Object of the Game.

4. The Play—with stack.

5. The Play—without stack.

6. The Scoring.

Description of the Pack.
There are fifty-four cards in the pack, of which forty-eight are Nursery Rhymes, three Uncle cards and three Nigger Boy cards. The Nursery Rhymes, fully illustrated, are:

H umpty-Dumpty.
Little Miss Muffet.
Jack and Jill.
Little Bo-Peep.
Old King Cole.
Little Jack Homer.
Hey-Diddle-Diddle.
Old Mother Hubbard.

The Deal.
Deal the cards singly in a clock-wise manner until each player has six cards. Place the remainder of the pack face downwards in the centre of the table, to form the stack. Each player examines the cards which have been dealt to him.

The Object of the Game.
The object of the game is to "declare." A player may "declare"
(a) When he has played every card out of his hand; or
(b) Collected all three Uncle cards in his hand; or
(c) Collected all three Nigger-Boy cards in his hand.

The Play—with Stack.
The player on the dealer's left must play out of his hand a card representing the first line of a nursery rhyme. This card is placed face up on the table in good view of all the players. If the player has not a card representing the first line of a nursery rhyme he cannot play and must take a card from the top of the stack. This concludes the player's turn.

The second player may either play a card representing the first line of a nursery rhyme or continue with the next line of the rhyme played by the first player. If he is unable to do either of these actions, he must take the top card from the stack. A player must play a card to the table if he has a card that will go. So the play proceeds, each player playing in turn, building up any of the nursery rhymes or taking a card from the stack if he cannot play in proper sequence. If a player 'declares' before the stack in the centre is used the deal is ended; if not, play continues with the players drawing from the stack until it has been used up. Then the play continues with the following alterations.

The Play
When all cards on stack have been taken. When a player has played a card to the table or is unable to play a card to the table, he must display the backs of the cards in his hand to the player on his left and say "Bobs-y'r-Uncle." The addressed player must take one of the cards offered. If the addressed player has already taken his turn because the preceding player forgot to offer his cards end did not say "Bobs-y'r-Uncle," the addressed player must refuse to take one of the cards offered.

Example.
The play has proceeded until the stack in the centre has been used and it is now Molly's turn to play. Her hand consists of two cards: "All the King's Horses," "Eating his Christmas Pie." Molly plays the card "All the King's Horses" to the table and immediately turns to Bill on her left and says "Bobs -y'r- Uncle," offering the card left in her hand. Bill has to take the card and Molly says "I declare." If Molly had forgotten to say "Bobs- y'r- -Uncle" before Bill had played his card, Bill must refuse to accept the card offered.

Scoring.
A game consists of four deals. A deal is concluded when any one of the players says "I declare," as explained in "Object of the Game." At the conclusion of each deal the numerical value of the cards left in each player's hand is totalled up and placed on a Score Sheet against the name of each particular player. The score of the player who "declared" is NIL irrespective of the number of cards he may hold.

The Winner of the game is the player with the lowest total score at the end of the four deals.

Bye-Rules.
1.A player playing a wrong card must take the card back into his hand and forfeit his turn.

2. Only one card may be played in one turn.

3. A player with all three "Uncle" cards or all three "Nigger Boy" cards may say "I declare" immediately after his turn. If, however, the player on his left has played before he discovers :he three cards in his hand he must wait until his turn to play before saying "I Declare."

4. A player must play a card if he has a card that will go. If it is proved that a player "passed" when he had a card in his hand that could have been played, that player is "fined" 20 points.

Copyright John Waddington ltd.,
Leeds: and London.
April 24th, 1935.
Copyright entered at Stationers' Hall.

The Rhymes Illustrated are as follows:

Old Mother Hubbard —
went to the cupboard —
To get her poor dog a bone —
But when she got there —
the cupboard was bare —
And so the poor dog had none.

Little Miss Muftet —
sat on a tuffet —
Eating of curds and whey —
There came a big spider —
and sat down beside her —
And frightened Miss Muffet away.

Little Bo-peep —
she lost her sheep —
And didn't know where to find them
L eave them alone —
and they'll come home -—
Wagging their tails behind them.

Old King Cole —
was a merry old soul —
And a merry old soul was he —
He called for his pipe —
and he called for his glass —
And he called for his fiddlers three.

Jack and Jill —
went up the hill —
To fetch a pail of water —
Jack fell down —
and broke his crown —
And Jill came tumbling after.

Little Jack Homer —
sat in a corner —
Eating a Christmas pie —
He put in his thumb —
and he took out a plum —
And said "what a good boy am I."

Hey-Diddle-Diddle —
the car and the fiddle —
The cow jumped ove.t the moon —
The little dog laughed —
to see such sport —
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Humpty Dumpty —
sat on a wall —
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall —
All the King's Horses —
and all the King's men —
couldn't put Humptv Dumpty
together again.

 

NOTICE
All rights of this game Bobs Yr Uncle reserved to the makers John Waddington Ltd. Reg. Offices Wakefield Rd. Leeds, England. Rules copyright April 24 1935 Design copyright Back design copyright Title Registered Box Design copyright Display

PATENTED NOS.
14957/34 — 803793
561039 — 561040
21202.

Cert. Nos. 2870/1.
John Waddington Ltd.
Wakefield Rd. Leeds.