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Dougherty

Dougherty

Goodall & Son Patience Boxed Sets

Goodall & Son Patience Boxed Sets

Goodall & Son produced a huge variety of Patience Boxed Sets at different times and for different consumers.

Goodall Part One

Goodall Part One

Goodall Part Two

Goodall Part Two

Hardy

Hardy

Kuhn Khan 1912

Kuhn Khan

There is little information available about the early twentieth century card game Kuhn Kahn. It first appears in 1912 – with a variety of sets produced by Goodall & Son.

Majority Calling and Value Bidding in Auction Bridge; a little bit of history

Majority Calling and Value Bidding in Auction Bridge; a little bit of history

The centuries-old game of Whist mutated through various stages into Contract Bridge as we know it today in a little over thirty years. Here Tony Hall describes and contrasts one small, but significant, stage in the process as it evolved on the two sides of the Atlantic.