Vilac Old Maid with Animals Mistrigri

A classic card game in a unique design with illustrations by the artist Ingela P. Arrhenius will take you through a fantastic world of animals in human roles. Thanks to the simple rules and unmistakable design, children will want to play it again and again, while looking at crocodile gardeners, fox musicians, a monkey king and queen, or a koala astronaut. Take turns drawing, pull cards from your opponent's hand and discard matching pairs of cards. Who will be left with the odd card with Mistrigrim, the mischievous cat gentleman?

Main features:

• 33 cards with different pictures
• for 2–4 players
• design Ingela P. Arrhenius

Abbreviated game instructions:

The player who dealt the cards starts. Offer your cards in your hand to the player to your right (the opponent must not see the value of the cards). The adjacent player chooses one card and adds it to their cards in their hand. If a pair can be made with the new card, place these two cards in front of you. Then offer your cards to the player to their right, who chooses a card again, and so on.

Be careful not to choose Mistrigrim! It's a unique card that cannot be paired.

Swedish artist Ingela Peterson Arrhenius was born in 1967. Art and design have always had a place in her life, and before her career as an illustrator began, Ingela worked as an art director in Stockholm. She then studied advertising and graphic design at an art school also in Stockholm. In 1992, she started working as a freelance illustrator and worked internationally across advertising, design, publishing... In the past, she has created print patterns for fabrics, wallpapers, stationery, and has also worked on packaging, product design, home accessories and toys. Her posters and designer toys can be found all over the world. She has a passion for retro style, which is clearly visible in her works and also in her enthusiasm for typography and colours. She now lives in Stockholm with her husband and 2 sons.

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For over 100 years, VILAC has been fulfilling children's dreams. The French brand VILAC, as the flagship of the French industry for the production of wooden toys, is located deep in the heart of the Jura Mountains, surrounded by mountains, lakes and forests. Since 1911, VILAC has been producing wooden toys hand in hand with traditional manufacturing, modern trends, adaptable economics and an emphasis on ecology. The toys are made from wood sourced from sustainably managed forests, respecting biodiversity and with a strong emphasis on environmentally friendly technologies. VILAC prefers short routes for wood delivery. It uses local wood and ensures that a new tree is planted for every tree felled. Because today we can no longer ignore the challenges of environmental problems, VILAC is committed to defending our planet. After all, a river consists of many small drops. Therefore, VILAC continues its environmentally friendly activities.

VILAC also follows in the footsteps of the old turning factories that once made the region famous: craftsmen lovingly turned, smoothed, sanded, lacquered and decorated wood in their workshop in the Jura mountains. Beech, hornbeam, alder or boxwood from the surrounding French forests are used; this wood guarantees the specificity and quality of production. There are so many stories about these craftsmen who love their craft and have managed to pass it on. In fact, not much has changed in the last 110 years, and that's quite reassuring. The gestures are almost the same, the noise of the machines, the sounds of carving and painting wood create the same melody. Above all, the workshop still smells of beech wood chips, which evoke old memories. If the company does not have the know-how for some toys in France, it manufactures them abroad, where it applies the same quality requirements. In production, it eliminates the use of all plastic parts except when necessary for the safety of children. And this also applies to product packaging. VILAC applies high quality and safety requirements to the production of toys both in France and in other foreign countries.

VILAC collaborates in the production of toys with talented illustrators, artists and designers who create wooden toys with original designs and often decorative elements that add a touch of authenticity and naturalness not only to the children's room. These artists adapt their visual world to traditional wooden toys: pop culture with Keith Haring, poetry with Michelle Carlsund, retro with Ingela P. Arrhenius, Suzy Ultman's eye for detail and others. Each generation can find something to marvel at in their creations. VILAC is constantly developing and establishing new collaborations, the most important of which is the collaboration with the Musée d'Orsay and the Réunion des Musées Nationaux (RMN), the Élysée Palace – the seat of the Presidents of the French Republic. It also collaborates with the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art from the Czech Republic. VILAC wooden toys are unique, timeless, always on-trend, and can enchant all generations. VILAC helps shape children's imaginations with its joyful illustrations and designs, and by reinterpreting classic toys that never get old. In 2011, VILAC was awarded the Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (Living Heritage Company) label: a unique government recognition of excellence 'in the French style' for its Made in France product line. VILAC has been connecting children with toys they love and cherish for 100 years. And why do children love them so much? That remains the secret of VILAC.'



Manufacturer's address and contact:

VILAC S.A.S.

MOIRANS-EN-MONTAGNE CEDEX

39261

France

info@vilac.com