Issue 194
Autumn 2021

In this issue: Learning through play, Julie Anne Lambert / A history of cycling in six board games, Adrian Seville / Re-use of playing cards, Gejus van Diggele Collecting Japanese water flowers, Tom Pearce / “You’re  nothing but a pack of cards”: Alice inWonderland themed card games, Dayna Nuhn Lozinski / Fantasy in Fairyland, Chris Lewin / A game of dots, Graham Hudson / Notes & Queries / Mrs Pepys’ Diary / Classified

Welcome to Autumn 2021 issue Nº 194. Collecting games and the ephemera of games has proven to be popular amongst our Members; the theme has inspired so many interesting contributions that it has been difficult to select which ones to feature. Represented in this issue are playing cards, dominoes, printed board games about subjects from magic worlds to types of pasta – and Japanese water flowers. As often in the collection and study of ephemera, the insights about social history that the games reveal is often of greater interest than their theme. The Editor