Games from the Patents

The archives of the Patent Registries are full of lost dreams, many of which are games. These are inventions that never saw manufacture, for many reasons. We have chosen more than a few to bring to life with all the care that design and modern technology can bring to the task.

If you have a hankering to play a new game, but want it to be cards in the hand, pick one of these

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Regno

In the 1890s, Burton Hansler Luxmoore of Fulham invented a form of card dominoes that used the letters A,B,C, and D in red and black as markers. This divided the cards into Loyals, Turncoats, Allies and Neutrals, and turned the game into a subtle and intruging game of strategy.