Card Games for Kids

Published April 07, 2012 Updated April 26, 2022

Card Games for Kids by Hamlyn 2004.

2004 United KingdomHamlynCard Games

Card Games for Kids by Hamlyn 2004. The set comprises “jumbo size” playing cards (about Tarot card size) with ¾-length courts, plus a book of card games aimed at younger children.

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By Matt Probert

United Kingdom • Member since March 02, 2012

I have adored playing cards since before I was seven years old, and was brought up on packs of Waddington's No 1. As a child I was fascinated by the pictures of the court cards.

Over the next fifty years I was seduced by the artwork in Piatnik's packs and became a collector of playing cards.

Seeking more information about various unidentified packs I discovered the World of Playing Cards website and became an enthusiastic contributor researching and documenting different packs of cards.

I describe my self as a playing card archaeologist, using detective work to identify and date obscure packs of cards discovered in old houses, flea markets and car boot sales.

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