John Jaques of London

Established in 1795, Jacques is the oldest game company in the world. Passed down from father to son for six generations, Jaques has been responsible for inventing many well known games such as Croquet, Ludo, and The Staunton Chess Set. See the following for many more.

The World of Playing Cards website (www.wopc.co.uk) have given me permission to show this list to budding Jaques' game collectors (and the list is not complete, plus several titles had a Series 1 edition, a Series 2 edition and so on).

Anno Mundi, Backgammon, Birds of a Feather, Bowls, Brides of all Nations, Candid Confessions, Characters from Charles Dickens, Chess, Comic Races, Croquet, Deck Quoits, Devil Among the Tailors, Dominoes, Draughts, Dr Busby, Entente Cordiale, Epsom Races, Fireside Fun, Floral Snap, French for Fun, Gossima, Great Guns, Halma, Happy Families, Her Majesty's Privy Purse, Hide & Seek with the Kings & Queens of England, Hook-it, Hunting the Hare, Illustrated Proverbs, Irish Scenery, Kick Off, Lawn Tennis, Lotto, Ludo, Manifesto, May Day, Minoru, Old Soldier, On Guard, On Spec, Parole, Patchesi, Picture Pumblechook, Ping Pong, Poker Roulette, Quits, Quinks, Reversi, Robin Hood, Russian Draughts, Safety First, Shearing the Sheep, Shove Ha'penny, Skits, Snakes and Ladders, Snap, Sol, Solitaire, St Andrews, Stock Exchange, Table Billiards, Table Tennis, The Book of Books, The Bride, The Counties of England, The Golden Goose, The Great Galumphus, The Kingdoms of Europe, The London Post, The National Gallery, The Realm, The Reason Why, The Spider and The Fly, The Streets of London, The Sovereigns of England, The Wedding, The White Cat, The XVI Century, The XVIIth Century, The XVIIIth Century, The XIXth Century, Tiddley-Winks, Tints, Tip, Tap and Take It, Trente-Six, Ujiji, Weights and Measures, Who Knows, Who's Sir Roger?, Worlds Parliament, Zoological Snap