Happy Families

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A card game.

This game that revolves around collecting all four members of a nuclear family group. The player with the most families at the end of play wins.

May be seen as confusing/old fashioned to younger generations as the families have both parents and has been used to satire the current family structure/ current state of society.

The Families can include

• Bacon, the Butcher
• Block, the Barber
• Block, the Builder
• Bone (or Bones), the Butcher
• Brush, the Artist
• Bud, the Florist
• Bun, the Baker
• Bung, the Brewer
• Carriage, the Undertaker
• Chalk, the Teacher
• Chip, the Carpenter
• Chop, the Butcher
• Constable, the Policeman
• Creep, the Crook
• Deck, the Swabhand
• Dip, the Dyer
• Dose, the Doctor
• Field, the Farmer
• Flea, the vet
• Green, the Grocer (most likely a greengrocer)
• Grits, the Grocer
• Hardwatch, the First Mate
• Hearty, the Captain
• Hose, the Fireman
• Jumbo, the pilot
• Mug, the Milkman
• Parcel, the postman
• Pint, the Milkman
• Pipe, the plumber
• Plod, the Policeman
• Pots, the Painter
• Snoot, the First Class Passenger
• Snuffet, the Undertaker
• Sole, the Fisherman
• Soot, the Sweep
• Stamp, the Postman
• Stitches, the Sailmaker
• Tape, the Tailor
• Teeth, the dentist
• Test, the Teacher
• Trim, the Tailor
• Tuckin, the Chef

Not all of these are included in every edition and there all also local variations such as White the painter.

Tropes used in Happy Families include:

• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": All are known by a name representing their jobs, no first names are shown.
• Nuclear Family: Each family contains a mother,father, son and daughter.