Khanhoo
Khanhoo by Charles Goodall & Son, 1895.
Khanhoo by Charles Goodall & Son, 1895. The game is played with two packs of 31 cards, each containing ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 of hearts, clubs and diamonds, a king, queen, knave and a joker. The king, queen and knave belong to no suit, but hold miniature cards which combine to form tricks, such as a king and 2 nines of hearts, or a queen and 2 eights of clubs. The joker can be played as any other card (see brief extract of rules here). The history of the game is in the 32-page booklet by W.H.Wilkinson, B.A.; apparently we owe it all to the “Heathen Chinee”. See the Score Marker►
Above: Khanhoo by Charles Goodall & Son, 1895
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By Rex Pitts (1940-2021)
United Kingdom • 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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