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Happy Families (1851)

Average Rating: 4.33/10
Board Game Rank: 7236
Children's Games Rank: 375
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1851
# of Players
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Primary Name
Happy Families
Alternate Names
7 Familles Tintin
All Nations
An Amusing Round Game Happy Families
Animaux de la Ferme
Animaux de la ForĂŞt
Animaux Marins
Animaux Sauvages
Bible Happy Families
Bill & Plume
Burton Happy Family
C'est un Jeu Pollux
Cheery Families
Cinema
Cirque 7 Familles
Cockleshell Bay
Comic Families
Country Craftsmen Happy Families
The Cow and Gate Happy Family Game
Familiar Faces
Familias del Mundo
De Familie Doorzon
Familie Wichtel
Flintstones
Flora
Formel 1
French For Fun
Funny Families
The Game of Happy Melox Families
The Game of Trades
Gendarmes
Giga Football
Happy Birds
Happy Families of the Nations
Happy Families of the World
Happy Families, The Amusing Party Game
Happy Family
Harry Potter Happy Families
Jaques Original Happy Families
Jeu des 7 familles
Jeu des 8 familles
Jeu des Sept Familles
Kitchen Kreetures
Landmarks of the World
Le Chat Botté
Le Code de la Route
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge
Le Petit Poucet
Lenny the Lion's Happy Families
Les Animaux Familiers
Les Animaux Familiers
Les Animaux Sauvages
Les Moyens de Transport
Les Trois Petits Cochons
Löjliga familjerna
De løyerlige norske familier
Marché 7 Familles
Mein Bauernhof-Quartett
Merry Andrews
Merry Families
Mr. Funny's Game of Happy Families
Mustering of the Mustard Club
Nestles
Nestles 1930's promotion pack
Noddy Happy Families
Nursery Land
Oui-Oui
Oxfam Happy Families
Panto People
Peter Pan, the New and Artistic Game
The Round Game of Happy Families
Round the World Happy Families
Spirou
Tassulan väki
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Picture Card Game
Tierbaby-Quartett
Twizzle's Happy Families
Unhappy Families
Wall E Happy Families
Warburtons Happy Families
Western
What's Sooty's Line
Woodland Happy Families
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This game is very similar to the The Game of Authors. The biggest difference appears to be that the names of the missing set cards are not provided on at the bottom of each card. The game can be used to teach job names to children.

This game was designed in England and was originally published for the Great Exhibition by John Jaques & Sons. The outside of the box described the name as Happy Families while the inside of the box describes the name as Merry Families. Each quartet consists of four family members -- a father, a mother, a son, and a daughter. The fathers are Mr. Daub the Painter, Mr. Dough the Baker, Mr. Pill the Doctor, Mr. Sand the Grocer, Mr. Saw the Carpenter, Mr. Snip the Barber, Mr. Stain the Dyer, Mr. Smut the Sweep, Mr. Thread the Tailor, and Mr. Tub the Brewer.

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Year: 2007
Size: 3.50 x 2.50 x 0.50 inches
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Year: 1996
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Publisher: Tomy
Artist: Roger Hargreaves
Year: 1995
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Publisher: Dinosaur Publications
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Year: 1978
Size: 3.50 x 2.25 x 0.50 inches
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Publisher: Oxfam
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Year: 1975
Size: 3.75 x 2.50 x 0.50 inches
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Board Game Rank: 7236
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Num Ratings: 36
Average Rating: 4.33
Standard Deviation: 1.52
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