Aventuras de Sport-Billy
The Adventures of Sport-Billy by H. Fournier, 1981.
The Adventures of Sport-Billy card game by H. Fournier, 1981.
Sport-Billy is an animated comic hero character made by Filmation Associates, a US production company. He comes from planet Olympus and is the most famous sportsman in the universe. His mission is to combat violence, promoting teamwork and sportsmanship. His superpowers make him invincible. Lilly is his companion and Willy is her dog. The card deck contains 32 cards divided into four coloured suits of 8 cards each, and each suit illustrates an adventure with the text in Spanish. See the Rules►
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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