Handmade Wooden Games

Wooden indoor games.

Above is a Jaques Bagatelle board being handmade.

Handmade Solitaire board games
Jaques Solitaire board being made and manufactured in the Jaques woodwork and games factory. Jaques London
Picturerd above are a stack of Jaques Solitaire game boards. these are all still handmade in the same way that Jaques have produced these for for over 175 years.

Above are some Handmade Solitaire board games.

Over the years Jaques of London have manufactured an enormous number of Wooden games and puzzles of every description.

Many become very popular and some, such as Happy Families and Snap, are still extremely popular and made as faithful replicas of the original designs today.  There are also other amazing Early Jaques games making a huge comeback such as Jaques original Snakes & Ladders and jaques Ludo. Both of these are making a huge comeback and the sales have grown impressivly year on year sice there reintroduction in 2006.

Jaques Snakes and Ladders being made.

Above is a Jaques of London Mahogany Snakes and ladders board about to under go its final stages of production.

The World of Making Hand made Indoor games.

Others, such as Bagatelle and Crokinole have been reintroduced in recent years and they have gained a new lease of life among a new generation of players.

We have hundreds of discontinued old games in our museum, which we plan to reproduce and reintroduce to our customers in the near future.