Happy Families
Few games companies can claim to have been so influential as Jaques of London has been for the 215 years we have been manufacturing high quality sports & game equipment. In our two centuries of business, we have invented croquet, Ping Pong, ludo, snakes & ladders, tiddley winks &
- perhaps the game most synomonous with the Jaques' name
- Happy Families which we invented in the 1880's. With illustrations by Sir John Tenniel, chief illustrator of ' Punch' magazine & the original artist for Lewis Carrols Alice in Wonderl&, the instantly recognisable faces of Mr Grits the Grocer, Mr Bun the Baker & all the other families have made this game into a worldwide success. Easily played by people of all ages, these vividly imagined characters are still selling strong now, more than a hundred years later. Jaques' cards consist of a pack of high quality matte laminated cards with the original designs lovingly recreated for your playing pleasure.