Ten sets of four matching cards, plus three 'Old Maid' cards + rules card in cardboard box.Ĭompanion games of Woodland Happy Families and Woodland Snap were also published by Pepys Games with artwork by Racey Helps. The three 'Old Maids' are: Winnie Woodowl Hetty Hoot and Olive Brown. The main focus of the game is towards the last card, which might be a black cat, an Old Maid, black-faced chimney sweep or black grotesque character.Ībove: Woodland Old Maid, a Pepys Card Game illustrated by Racey Helps, first published c.1957. Old Maid card games were also re-titled in other countries as Black Peter (Schwarzer Peter) in Germany, Zwarte Piet (Netherlands), Svarte Petter (Sweden) and Pekka-Peli (Finland). Woodland Old Maid is a game for two or more players in which the object is to discard matching pairs and not end up holding the single Old Maid card. In this classic children's game first published by Castell Brothers Ltd ( Pepys Games) in the late 1950s the Old Maids are depicted as gentle and loveable owls (maybe spinsters too!). Whoever gets stuck with the odd card out, the Queen of Spades, loses, and is the Old Maid! For game strategies, like how to trick the person to your left into picking the Old Maid card, read on.Woodland Old Maid a Pepys Card Game pictured by Racey Helps, c.1957 Once you play all of the cards in your hand, you’re out. Whenever you get a pair, place the cards face-up on the table. Play continues like this clockwise around the circle. Next, that player fans out their cards for the player to their left, and that player chooses one of their cards. Eeboo playing cards have been a staff favorite at The Toy Store for over 20 years Eeboo employs top children's book illustrators for their gorgeous game graphics Their cards are always made of a heavy. The player to the left of the dealer chooses one of the dealer’s cards. This Old Maid deck of cards is a fun version of an old favorite card game with cards that are laminated and strong, perfect for small hands. Now, have the dealer fan out their cards face-down.

Then, deal out all of the cards, and let everyone place any pairs in their hand face-up on the table. Whoever is left with the odd card out loses! Before you start the game, remove the Queen of Clubs from the deck so there’s an odd number of cards. The goal of the game is to get rid of all the cards in your hand by making pairs. Old Maid is a fun card game that can be played with 2 to 8 players and a standard deck of playing cards.

Laminated old maid card game