Designer	John Jaques
Artist	Chas. A. Buchel Roger Hargreaves Racey Helps Hergé Gerrit de Jager A. E. Kennedy Mauri Kunnas Linda Edgerton Mandy Hall Marie-France Gary Max Pollock Erika Meier-Albert Robert Tyndall Sir John Tenniel Eelco Martinus ten Harmsen van der Beek Robert Velter Show More »
Publisher	(Public Domain) (Unknown) A Collier Abbatt Toys Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Andrews Liver Salts Ariel Arrow Games Ltd ASS (Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkarten-Fabriken) Buffalo Grill C.W. Faulkner & Co Cartamundi Chad Valley Chiefton Products Ltd. Clifford Toys Cow & Gate Damm / Egmont De La Rue Del Arte Dinosaur Publications E S & A Robinson Ltd Falcon Games (I) Ferd. Piatnik & Sohne, Wien France Cartes FX Schmid Globe Series of Games Grimaud H. P. Gibson & Sons Hemma Heraclio Fournier Heron Maitres Cartier Herta James Brown and Son (Glasgow) Ltd John Jaques JTR Paris Kim'Play Cofalu Lagoon Games Marks & Spencer Michael Stanfield Miro Company Monic Multum in Parvo Co Nathan Nestlé Norvic Mill Oxfam Peliko Pepys (Castell Brothers) Piatnik Portobello Games Ravensburger Roberts Brothers Games Sampson Low SMB Paris Southern Cross Spear's Games TF1 Games Tomy Tower Press Usborne Victory Press W G Clarke W. & S. B. Ives W. D. & H. O. Wills Waddy Production Warburtons Whale Toys WHSmith Woolley & Co Show More »
Year Published	1851
# of Players	2 − 4
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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 Forêt 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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Reviews A simple, neat game that will make your happy family think a little.

2009-03-19

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Wikipedia entry	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Families	2009-11-22
Rules at pagat.com	http://www.pagat.com/quartet/gofish.html	2009-11-22