Waddingtons Number 1 Playing Card Game, play with the classic Red and Blue Twin Pack, great travel companion, gift and toy for Boys, Girls and adults.

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Hidden inside these games were maps, compasses, real money and other objects useful for escaping. They were distributed to prisoners by fake charitable organisations. [4]

The business did however produce foreign banknotes. This was under an agreement with De La Rue in London whose factory was bombed. Watson asked his son Norman to have a look and see what he thought. Norman played it constantly throughout the weekend and was immediately hooked. Above: Number 1 playing cards manufactured during war-time rationing with the reference “war-time restrictions” on the box. Image courtesy Ken Lodge. They produced colour posters and advertising material for theatres. This print shop was located on Camp Road, close to where Leeds University currently stands. These include Risk, Subbuteo, Cluedo, Sorry, and Lord Zen’s Card Game. The latter which was rebranded as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

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Their primary aim was to produce trading stamps. As a result, this led to Waddingtons printing their famous Green Shield stamps. Their venue for board games began in 1935. The Parker Brothers sent Waddingtons a sample copy of their new game, Monopoly. Round and oval playing cards were known in Europe as early as the fifteenth century, and examples by the Master ‘PW’, Virgil Solis and others survive. These early round cards were finely engraved miniature works of art, with non-standard suit symbols such as flowers or small animals. In India round cards are the normal shape. They are round, painted or lacquered discs of thin wood, cotton fibre paper or ivory which may contain up to eight or ten suits. Round playing cards were also produced in the USA in 1874 by I. N. Richardson and subsequently by The Globe Card Company in 1878. Whilst they were advertised as easier to hold, no corners to break, greater visibility, etc., they never achieved much popularity.

Waddingtons is a famous British games manufacturer. They have produced many board games and playing cards that are still used to this day. Waddington’s began their ' Beautiful Britain' series depicting scenes of seaside, rural and historic resorts in 1924. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Waddingtons were asked to produce low denomination bank notes to replace coins. These were valued 2d6s and 5s. Even some of the weapons were also excluded from the game. These included an unexploded bomb and a red hot poker.These included the names Mr Brown, Mr Gold, Mrs Silver, and Miss Grey. However, these were permanently excluded from board game history.