The Golden Egg Card Game (Chad Valley)

The Golden Egg Card Game. Chad Valley, United Kingdom. Bespoke gaming deck, 42 single-headed cards. Size: 57mm x 89mm.

Deck make-up:
Cards: 41 cards featuring various farmyard characters (see below for full set).
Extras: rule card.

A family card game dating from sometime between 1945 and 1952. It was based on a similar Victorian game, by David Ogilvy, from around 1860 but the new version removed some of the less family-friendly cards (such as a trap to catch the fox, a "boy who tried to steal the goose" and a character called "Simple Johnny"). It's a variation on put and take, with turned-up (semi-anthropomorphic) farm animals receiving and collecting payments from the other players and a central pool. An egg card turned up gives you ownership of the golden egg card. When the golden goose card is turned up, the current owner of the golden egg wins the pool. The game is completely automatic and there is no strategy. Full rules are shown on the rule card, below.

A Far East version was released later with the same cards and payments but inferior artwork (below).

Golden Egg cheap version
A later version of the game with inferior artwork.

Click on any card to explore the design.

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Cards

Extras

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