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Card game:The New Game of Cock Robin. And His Tragical Death

McLoughlin Brothers1887

The Strong National Museum of Play

The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester , United States

McLoughlin's game of Cock Robin and His Tragical Death is a relatively unique reading type game based on a well-known poem "Who Killed Cock Robin." Like the Peter Coddles games, Cock Robin is centered around a poem printed in the instruction booklet and read by a reader. Players gather one type of point cards as they correctly supply the answers, from other cards, to blanks in the poem. The player who gathers the most non-answer cards wins the game. Like so many other games of the period, this game combines enducation, or at least a work of literature, with entertainment. Bright graphic cards and a clever reader doubtless added to the pleasure of the game.

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  • Title: Card game:The New Game of Cock Robin. And His Tragical Death
  • Creator: McLoughlin Brothers
  • Date Created: 1887
  • Location: New York, NY
  • Subject Keywords: Cock Robin
  • Type: Card Games
  • Medium: printed cardstock, cardboard, paper
  • Object ID: 107.2972
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