Woodland Snap Card Game, Pictured by Racey Helps
First Published: 1951, Pepys Series by Castell Brothers Ltd., North Wallace Street, Glasgow and later St. Cross Street, London
Illustrator or Designer: Racey Helps
Contents: 44 Cards + Rules Booklet
4 x 11 cards, each depicting a Racey Helps Woodland character.
Woodland Snap cards: Tippetty Nippet, Millicent Littlemouse, Mr. Cunningleigh-Sligh, Humphrey Goggle, Mrs. Croak, Nubby Tope, Dr. Bunfuz, Prettywigs Pattikin.
Woodland Snap cards: Barnaby Littlemouse, Widow Pintips, Hoppy Spadge.
The first version of the game was published in very late 1950 or early in 1951. The 2nd dates from a few years later. I have left a gap to accommodate a version 3 which has a very similar box as version 2 but with red card backs, World of Playing Cards have an example. Version 4 below looks like an early 1970s pack.
On the cover of the first rule booklet is a drawing of three mice with a pile of books. The titles on the spines are, Barnaby Camps Out, My Friend Wilberforce, Footprint in the Snow and Littlemouse Crusoe, these are early works for children by Racey Helps who wrote and illustrated them all.
There are also Gibsons versions of Woodland Snap and Woodland Happy Families , click the links to compare editions. The Gibson's versions of both games are still available brand new from Gibsons today. What an incredible unbroken run of nearly 75 years for two card games. They have been with Gibsons for most of their life, far longer than they were with Castell Brothers, but they have always been and remain classic Pepys games.
For details of all the games Racey Helps illustrated for Pepys click this link.
Game & Version Details
 | Woodland Snap 1 - Card Back |
 | Woodland Snap 1 - Rules Front |
 | Woodland Snap 1 - Rules Back Games Advertised: Chase, Woodland Happy Families, Faraway Tree, Contraband, Snow White, Peter and the Wolf, Disney Wu-Pee, Speed, Picture Dominoes, Sylabex, International Football Whist, I Commit & Pepys Series Games Club |
 | Woodland Snap 1 - Box Back |
 | Woodland Snap 1 - Box Top |
 | Woodland Snap 1 - Box Side Left |
 | Woodland Snap 1 - Box Base |
 | Woodland Snap 1 - Box Side Right |
 | Woodland Snap 1 - Box Back With Flap |
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 | Woodland Snap 2 - Box Front |
 | Woodland Snap 2 - Card Back |
 | Woodland Snap 2 - Rules Front |
 | Woodland Snap 2 - Rules Back Games Advertised: Woodland Happy Families Farmyard Cries Jungle Thrills Pepys Stationery |
 | Found with the rules, the name matches the inscription on the box's title card. |
 | Woodland Snap 2 - Box Back |
 | Woodland Snap 2 - Box Top |
 | Woodland Snap 2 - Box Side Left |
 | Woodland Snap 2 - Box Base |
 | Woodland Snap 2 - Box Side Right |
 | Woodland Snap 2 - Box Back With Flap |
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 | Woodland Snap 4 - Box Front |
 | Woodland Snap 4 - Card Back |
 | Woodland Snap 4 - Rules Front |
 | Woodland Snap 4 - Rules Back Games Advertised: Woodland Old Maid Jaques' Original Happy Families Woodland Happy Families Happy Families of the World |
 | Woodland Snap 4 - Box Back |
 | Woodland Snap 4 - Box Top |
 | Woodland Snap 4 - Box Side Left |
 | Woodland Snap 4 - Box Base |
 | Woodland Snap 4 - Box Side Right |
 | Woodland Snap 4 - Box Back With Flap |