Eurotrotter
Eurotrotter by La Ducale, c.1980s.
“Eurotrotter” educational card game produced by France Cartes / La Ducale. They are not dated but the European currency described on the European set is called the ECU, which was introduced in 1979 and not replaced by the euro until 1999. Thus the former national currencies are shown on number 5 cards... the Deutschemark, Belgian franc, Dutch guilder, the Spanish peseta, etc. Other cards show the populations, capital cities, national flags, and so on. The idea of the game is for players to strive to achieve the most full sets of five cards from a country. See the Rules►








Above: “Eurotrotter” by France Cartes / La Ducale, c.1980s. 65 cards + rules + Eurotrotter ID card in box.

By Rex Pitts (1940-2021)
Member since January 30, 2009
Rex's main interest was in card games, because, he said, they were cheap and easy to get hold of in his early days of collecting. He is well known for his extensive knowledge of Pepys games and his book is on the bookshelves of many.
His other interest was non-standard playing cards. He also had collections of sheet music, music CDs, models of London buses, London Transport timetables and maps and other objects that intrigued him.
Rex had a chequered career at school. He was expelled twice, on one occasion for smoking! Despite this he trained as a radio engineer and worked for the BBC in the World Service.
Later he moved into sales and worked for a firm that made all kinds of packaging, a job he enjoyed until his retirement. He became an expert on boxes and would always investigate those that held his cards. He could always recognize a box made for Pepys, which were the same as those of Alf Cooke’s Universal Playing Card Company, who printed the card games. This interest changed into an ability to make and mend boxes, which he did with great dexterity. He loved this kind of handicraft work.
His dexterity of hand and eye soon led to his making card games of his own design. He spent hours and hours carefully cutting them out and colouring them by hand.
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