Indoor Games Rules

Snakes and Ladders Rules

The game of snakes and ladders was played in ancient India by the name of Moksha Patamu. This game can date right back to the 16th century. John Jaques  transformed the game and created the Board Game of Snakes and Ladders. This was launched in the 1890's to great success.


Happy Families Games Rules
Tenniel's memorable drawings of Mr Bun the Baker, Mr Grits the Grocer and so on, are at the heart of children's enjoyment of Happy Families. It was John II's foresight to commission him at an early stage in his career. Tenniel would later become Sir John Tenniel as a result of a truly illustrious career as chief cartoonist of Punch. Tenniel, of course, also brought Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland so vividly to life.

In fact, Lewis Carroll's grandniece, Irene Dodgson, married the widowed John Jaques III, not only consolidating this literary connection, but furthering it with her own artistic contribution. Irene created four new characters for Jaques Happy Families.


Jaques Tiddledy Winks Rules

At Jaques we rightfully lay claim to the success of tiddledy winks.

We exclusivey Transformed the game from an unknown to a globally recognised past time.
Tiddledy Winks was one of the most popular crazes during the 1890s and Jaques records claim that we produced in excess of 100,000 pieces during this time. The Game was played by adults and children.

For Many years many different varieties of the game were produced all trying to cash in on Jaques Success. Family Legend speaks of a huge legal case against a Game which was an exact copy, this copy was called Spoof.  The public perception of the game changed in 1955 when it was taken up as competitive sport at Cambridge university.


Trumps Bagatelle and Hit a Pin Bagatelle Rules
 

t the Jaques family Company we have makers and craftsman currently manufacturing Four variations of This Fantastic game.
Jaques' Hit-a-Pin Bagatelle is handcrafted from hardwood, mahogany and brass to the same design as  supplied to Queen Victoria.

We also make Trumps Bagatelle, a new larger bagatelle version of the original game based on the Victorian version of the game. The Trumps version includes cards and a double trump feature.

There are many variants of the game of Checkers or Draughts across the world but  the English game is played on a chessboard (or sometimes called draughtsboard) by two  players sitting opposite each other.

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