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Old Maid
1874
Designed by (Uncredited)
Published by Kärnan, Eldorado, Bielefelder Spielkarten, Homann Erzeugnisse, Heraclio Fournier, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Cathay Pacific, (Unknown), Patch Products, Invicta Games, Parker Brothers, Spear's Games, Oriental Trading Company, Antwerpsche Hypotheekkas, Carlit, Cardinal, Drechsler, Jogojoy, Algazarra, Dagobert, Pressman Toy Corp., Western Publishing Company, Franz Schmidt, Golden, Piatnik, Hallmark Games, F.X. Schmid, Frito-Lay, International Games, Simba Toys, King Cards, Verlag für Lehrmittel Pössneck, Built-Rite, Clifford Toys, Jumbo, Jumbo, AG Müller (AGMüller), JA-RU Inc., Oetinger Spiele, Warren Company, KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH, Granna, Haywire Group, Nathan, Ensslin & Laiblin, Jeux FK, Peliko, AMIGO, HABA, Jewish Educational Toys, Copag Cards (Copag), Heraclio Fournier, Jewish Educational Toys, Djeco, Papita, Kärnan, Hausser, Heidmük-Verlag, Ravensburger, moses. Verlag GmbH, Pestalozzi-Verlag, AG Müller (AGMüller), Gramicus, Clown Games, Walt Disney Productions, Built-Rite, Selecta Spel en Hobby, Holtz & Willemsen, Toysmith, Chronicle Books, The United States Playing Card Company, Editoy, Pepys (Castell Brothers), Falcon Games (I), Anker Play Products, Hallmark Games, Fisher Price, Chad Valley Co Ltd., Comas, Brandstätter Group, Bazoo Global, Cheatwell Games, Golden, Green Giant Company, Garant Schoenmode, ThinkFun, Spin Master Ltd., International Games, Jogojoy, Bielefelder Spielkarten, CES, (Self-Published), (Public Domain), eeBoo, Invicta Games, Paul Lamond Games Ltd, Franz Schmidt, King Cards, Josef Hohlweg Wien, Bizerba, Søstrene Grene, Kaysons Novelty Co., Horizon Group USA, Cardinal, IKEA, Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag, University Games, Chronicle Books, Michael Stanfield, JA-RU Inc., H-B Productions, Inc., Die Spiegelburg, Creative Child Games, Otto Maier Benelux B.V., Djeco, Whitman, J. CH. Mellinger Verlag, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Schwager & Steinlein, General Mills, Schmidt Spiele, Melissa & Doug, Fundex, Berliner Spielkarten, Milton Bradley, Damm / Egmont, CES, Ivory Tower Publishing, Adolf Johnsons förlag, Schaper, Chiefton Products Ltd., F.X. Schmid, Editoy, Drechsler, E. E. Fairchild Corporation, Peliko/Martinex Oy, danspil, John Dickinson & Co, Teepe Sportverlag, Hausser, Greenbrier International, Inc., Arrco Playing Card Co., Andrews & Blaine, Dr. Rolf Ottmüller, Arrow Games Ltd, Copag Cards, (Web published), Peaceable Kingdom, Trefl, Hoyle Products, Hoffmann & Campe, Esslinger Verlag J. F. Schreiber GmbH, Falcon Games (I), danspil, WHSmith, Rudolf Forkel KG, Hamleys, Chad Valley Co Ltd., MGA Entertainment, Russell Manufacturing Company, ED-U-Cards Mfg, Berliner Spielkarten, Mulder, General Mills, Cheatwell Games, King International, Cartamundi, KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH, ED-U-Cards Mfg, Dr. Herbert Schulze, King International, Cartamundi, Creative Child Games, Waddingtons, Fundex, Fan Games, HABA, Hoyle Products, Carlit, Comas, Clown Games, Jeux Stella, Jos. Scholz, Hensel's Drei Glocken, Birkel Teigwaren GmbH, Arrow Games Ltd, PlayMobil Interactive, H. Reichardt, Granna, Music Games, Diddl Spiele, E. E. Fairchild Corporation, Clifford Toys, Fritz Schulz Jun, IKEA, Arrco Playing Card Co., Greenbrier International, Inc., Jeux Stella, Jos. Scholz, Henbrandt Limited, McLoughlin Brothers, Fisher Price, AMIGO
Old Maid is a traditional children's game. You can buy a deck of cards designed for the game, but it can be easily played with a standard deck of cards: Throw away all but one of the queens from the deck. You won't use the "extra queens" during play. (You may also want to throw out all black cards or all red cards to speed up the game). Deal all the cards out to the players. Players put down any pairs they have, then keep the rest of their cards in their hand, hidden from their opponents. From here on, take turns; on your turn, draw a card from any other player. If you made a pair, then put it down. In the end, all cards except the "old maid" (the one queen left in the deck) will be down in pairs. Whoever holds that card loses! Everybody else wins! The best part of this game is seeing another player draw the old maid away from you. You're supposed to keep it a secret when this happens (because other players will avoid drawing from the victim if they know that they risk the old maid by doing so), but young children usually laugh or gloat when the old maid gets taken from them. Adults playing can make the victim feel better by trying to draw the maid away from them.
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