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Children’s Card Games (167)

March 29th, 2012 · 5 Comments

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“Monkey Shines,” an undated game from Whitman, asked the players to amass a set of four similar cards, and then make the appropriate animal noise.  The other players had to chime in; the last to follow was penalized with a “monkey ticket.”  When a player accumulated three of them, he was the monkey, and the game ended.  There were, apparently, no winners, only losers.  As the instructions state, “no one wishes to be a ‘monkey.'”

Me, I like the elegant design, the curious lettering, and the orange and green color scheme.

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(Posted by Doug Skinner)

Tags: Card Games · Ephemera

5 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Lisa // Mar 30, 2012 at 7:59 am

    Beautiful. Still, I see no reason why monkeys must be stigmatized in the name of fun.

  • 2 Doug // Mar 30, 2012 at 8:05 am

    Maybe it’s evolution denial.

  • 3 mamie // Apr 3, 2012 at 11:50 pm

    Show the rooster!

  • 4 Doug // Apr 5, 2012 at 10:10 pm

    They’re all very nice. You must admit the goat is handsome.

  • 5 Gail // Apr 7, 2012 at 8:20 am

    As a fellow Capricorn, I appreciate the goat! Nice little red high heels climbing upwards and onwards…the red and green look nice together