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John Jaques and Son Limited, trading as Jaques of London, is a family-run British games and toy maker founded in 1795 by Thomas Jaques and his apprentice son John, and now in its eighth generation under Joe Jaques. The company is credited on its own history pages with bringing the Staunton chess set to the world in 1849, introducing croquet in 1851 and inventing ping pong in 1901. It manufactures its own solid-wood traditional games, chess and draught sets, backgammon, dominoes, travel and garden games, plus a wide range of wooden and educational toys, and runs a direct-to-consumer web shop al…
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Published Games(78)
| Game Name |
|---|
| Anno Mundi |
| Ascot |
| Backgammon |
| Bagatelle |
| Characters from Charles Dickens |
| Chess |
| Chutes and Ladders |
| Connect Four |
| Counties of Britain |
| Counties of England |
| Countries of Empire |
| Cribbage |
| Crokinole |
| Dominoes |
| Electrolette |
| En Route Game |
| Go-Moku |
| Gone Fishin' |
| Halma |
| Happy Families |
| Hexagonal Chess |
| Hexagonia |
| Hide & Seek with the Kings & Queens of England |
| Historical Loto |
| Jenga |
| Kick Off |
| Kill-Kiel |
| Kingdoms of Europe |
| Knucklebones |
| Light Refreshment |
| London Crush |
| Lotto |
| Mahjong |
| Manifesto |
| May Day |
| Mexican Train |
| Minoru |
| Off to Klondike |
| On Spec |
| Othello |
| Pachisi |
| Parole |
| Pontoons |
| Quartett |
| Quinks |
| Safety First |
| Salute! |
| Sam |
| Score Four |
| Shantu |
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