50 Victorian Parlour Games to Play Today

Gas lamps glowing, calling cards tucked away, and absolutely nothing scrolling on your phone (no phone either, for that matter). Welcome to a Victorian game night, where the entertainment came courtesy of quick wits, good memories, and friends willing to make complete spectacles of themselves. This collection revives 50 parlor amusements, from remembering an ever-growing inventory in What's in Grandmother's Trunk? to battling over poems and rhymes in The Poet's Chair and blindly sleuthing out who has the goods in Pass the Slipper. Lose your footing and the evening gets even livelier: Victorian forfeits might have you impersonating a parrot or attempting a blindfolded handshake. Consider it 19th-century party culture, ready to cause a little genteel chaos in the 21st.

• Includes 50 gloss-laminated, full-color game cards in a slide-drawer box.
• Each card lists the category, player count, and setup on one side, with full rules on the other for easy reference during play.
• Games span memory challenges, guessing and performance games, wordplay, rhymes, and more.
• Most games support 2 or more players and require only a pencil, paper, or standard deck of cards when extra supplies are needed.
• Printed in China.