Monthly Archives: January 2012

Jaques All New Foldamatic Outdoor Table Tennis Table

  By jaques | January 20, 2012 - 2:16 pm | Colourful Garden Games, Family Games, Garden Games, Giant Family Games, Giant Games, Luxury, Outdoor Games, Outdoor Table Tennis Tables, Traditional, Wooden Games
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A popular choice of  Table Tennis Table in the Jaques Of London is range is the Foldamatic Outdoor Table Tennis Table. This all new Outdoor table in the Jaques Of London Table Tennis Range is already a favourite with families as it has a new refreshing look as well as an eyecatching style.The table incorporates the latest technology, made with a new, faster playing surface and the self play design which enables one half to be lowered into the playing position allowing one player to practice. Then once finished, can be either be smoothly folded  away for storage or the other half lowered to play a full game. The Table Tennis Table is fitted  with a specifically designed post and net and is completed with some Table Tennis Bats, a box of Jaques  autographed Table Tennis Balls.  This table does require simple assembly, with full instructions provided. A joy to play on, this table will grace any garden!

 

 

 

 

Jaques Colourful Giant Pick Up Sticks

  By jaques | January 19, 2012 - 6:20 pm | Colourful Garden Games, Family Games, Garden Games, Giant Family Games, Giant Games, Luxury, Outdoor Games, Pick up Sticks, Traditional, Wooden Games
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Jaques Of London, have taken the Indoor Game and have made a wonderful Giant Pick Up Sticks version for playing on the lawn outside in the garden. Jaques Of London, the oldest games manufacturers in the world have a wealth of games knowledge and experience to take some of the most popular Indoor games and made them into outside lawn games, to play as oversized ‘Giant’ Garden Games.The Giant  Pick Up Sticks is one such game, very colourful, and includes a set of 36″ coloured sticks, in a handy cotton  drawstring   bag. To start this game, all of the sticks  except one (the  helper) are held with  one hand then dropped, splaying onto the lawn. Then players alternately try to remove the  sticks from the pile  without  disturbing any of the others. Every stick removed is worth a point,except the golden one which is worth three. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins. A truely fabulous garden Family Game!

 

 

Jaques Of London Challenge Croquet Hoops

  By jaques | January 18, 2012 - 11:55 am | Colourful Garden Games, Croquet Hoops, Family Games, Garden Games, Luxury, Metal hoops, Outdoor Games, Traditional, White hoops
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Jaques Of London have a lovely range of gleaming white Croquet Hoops, of which the set of Challenge Hoops are the most popular. On a hot summers day, whilst watching a game of Croquet being played with a set of white Jaques Of London gleaming white Croquet Hoops protruding from the green newly mowen striped lawn, is a wonderful sight! The set of Challenge Croquet Hoops are made up of four white hoops, one white hoop with a red top(the last hoop tp play) and one white hoop with a blue top(the first hoop to play).  Each meatal Challenge hoop weighs approx.600 Gm.  or about 21 ounces and they are 15 inches tall. These are a high quality set of hoops to grace any family lawn. These hoops can be bought as a complete set or as single hoops, if when sorting equipment out for the new season a hoop is lost!

 

Rounders Set Complete in Canvas Bag Set

  By jaques | January 17, 2012 - 3:36 pm | Colourful Garden Games, Family Games, Garden Games, Giant Family Games, Giant Games, Luxury, Out Door Rounder, Outdoor Games, Outdoor Rounders, Outdoor Wooden Games, Rounders, Rounders Set, Traditional, Wooden Games
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The Complete Rounders Set  from   Jaques Of London in a handmade zip canvas bag is a very popular Garden Game , with theses solid components, this game is a must for the garden or back yard! The very large range of Garden Games from Jaques Of London, games makers since 1795, has many exquisit handmade games. One such game is the Rounders Set Complete which includes a set of solid wooden posts for playing this exciting game, a beautifully handmade wooden Elm  Rounders Bat with a special non slip cord wound grip. As this game is essentially for families to enjoy Jaques have included  a  Safeplay Rounders Ball, with child safety in mind it is softer than a rounders ball and easier to catch! These well constructed components are contained in an exquisitly handmade green canvas zipped carry bag with a complete set of game rules. A superb Garden Game for the whole family to have fun in the garden, park or anywhere!

 

Jaques Outdoor Garden Quoits

  By jaques | January 16, 2012 - 1:02 pm | Colourful Garden Games, Family Games, Garden Games, Indoor Gmes, Luxury, Outdoor Games, Outdoor Quoits, Wooden Games
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The stunning range of Quoits offered by Jaques Of London, are designed for the Family to play and enjoy as they are very colourful and very popular. The amazing Quoits Range from Jaques Of London, Family Games makers since 1795, are so eyecatching, they will happily grace any Garden lawn. From the entry level Peg Quoits Set right upto the top of the range Nine Pin Quoits set’ they all have one thing in common, all manufactured by the skilled craftesman from this very old family firm. Very easy to assemble, all of these superb quoits sets are completed with real rope rings or ‘Quoits’. Fantastic for the youg children in the family as they enjoy throwing the quoit over the numbered points and the add the scores without even thinking about it! Just a superb Family Garden Game for all members to enjoy playing against eachother!

 

 

Jaques Foldamatic Outdoor Table Tennis Table

  By jaques | January 13, 2012 - 9:43 am | Family Games, Garden Games, Giant Family Games, Giant Games, Outdoor Games, Outdoor Table Tennis Tables, Table Tennis Bats, Traditional
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One popular selling Table Tennis Tables in the Jaques Of London range is the highly recommended Foldamatic Outdoor Table Tennis Table. As the best selling outdoor Table in this Table Tennis Range the Foldamatic Outdoor table is both affordable, durable and competitively priced. With its great looks and overall style, this table has all the latest construction technology, with a completely new weatherproof but very sturdy playing surface. The most intreguing part of this table is that one halve of the table surface can be very easily lowered to enable practice by one player only, then can be smoothly folded away for storage. The table is completed with a specially designed net and post set, four good quality Table Tennis Bats, as well as some of Jaques autographed Table Tennis Balls.  This table does require simple assembly, for which a full instruction plan is provided. Just the Table for all seasons!

 

 

 

 

Outdoor Mat Snakes and Ladders

  By jaques | January 12, 2012 - 5:59 pm | Family Games, Garden Games, Giant Family Games, Giant Games, Giant Mat Games, Luxury, Outdoor Games, Outdoor Snakes and Ladders, Traditional, Wooden Games
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The Outdoor Mat Snakes and Ladders, is the very popular Family Game which was invented by Jaques Of London, the oldest games makers in the world, who have a superb range of origional designed Snakes and Ladders games. The Outdoor  Snakes and Ladders Game have large wooden coloured pieces of the origional design to those invented by Jaques Of London over one hundred years ago. This unique design has the game starting at the bottom left corner and finishes in the cantre of the board, with the snakes going from the centre outwards and ladders from out to the cantre. Unlike  the boards around today, with a numbered squares up to 100. This set is completed  with a set of large coloured playing pieces and a large dice. This Garden Game is played on a very luxurious Canvas mat about 4 feet square, and can be turned into a picnic mat once turned over! Enjoy this family garden game outside anywhere!

 

 

Jaques Luxury 8 Boule Set in a metal box

  By jaques | January 11, 2012 - 12:38 pm | Boole Games, Boules Games, Family Games, Garden Games, Luxury, Metal Boules, Outdoor Games, Traditional
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The 8 Boule Set in a metal box is a number of metal Boule sets in the Jaques Of London Garden Games section. This is presented in a luxurious hard metal case. The game of Boule or Petanque is an old game and is played by two players or teams, with metal balls called Boules or Petanque, with a  number of grooves etched into the metal to differentiate between each one. Each player  throws a Boule from the back of the hand towards a small wooden ball  ‘Butt’ trying to be the nearest to the Butt to win. The 8 Boule set in an Metal Box is one of many different sets of boules, in the Garden Games section. Some are contained in tough metal boxes and others, in a lovely canvas bag and each set contains a wooden  ‘Butt’. these sets look superb the lawn or on gravel where it is was first played. Whever it is played the game is an exciting Family Game!

 

 

 

 

Jaques Magnum Outdoor Ludo

  By jaques | January 10, 2012 - 3:20 pm | Family Games, Garden Games, Giant Family Games, Giant Games, Giant Genga, Giant Mat Games, Luxury, Outdoor Games, Outdoor Ludo, Outdoor Wooden Games, Traditional, Wooden Games
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Magnum Outdoor Ludo, is a very popular Garden Mat Game and was invented by Jaques Of London, a family run company who have a range of original Garden Games including Magnum Ludo. The Magnum Outdoor Ludo Game with its large circular coloured playing discs is made to the origional design, invented by Jaques Of London over one hundred years ago. This old and very unique game board is layed out on a 3′ x 3′ luxurious canvas mat and incorporates a colourfull design of four ‘Prisons’, one in each corner  where the counters begin the game. Next to these are pathways leading to ‘Home’ in the centre of the board. The object is to move by the throw of the large dice, all of the discs from prison to home without being caught by other players! This original Garden Game is played on a large luxurious canvas mat, which when turned over is used as a picnic mat!

 

 

Complete Rounders Set

  By jaques | January 9, 2012 - 2:22 pm | Family Games, Garden Games, Luxury, Out Door Rounder, Outdoor Games, Outdoor Rounders, Outdoor Wooden Games, Rounders, Rounders Set, Wooden Games
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The Jaques Of London Rounders Set Complete in a luxurious zip canvas bag is a quality Garden Game from the two hundred year old family run company, with the solid components, is a superb Family Game for the garden or back yard! The comprehensive range of Garden Games from Jaques Of London, games makers since 1795, has many beautifully handmade games. One of these is the Rounders Set Complete which includes a set of solid wooden posts for marking out the area, a beautifully handmade wooden Elm  Rounders Bat with a  special cord wound grip. As this game is essentially for families to play Jaques have included  a  Safeplay Rounders Ball, softer than a normal rounders ball and easier to catch! The contents of this set are contained in a handmade green canvas zipped carry bag to take anywhere and with a set of game rules. A superb Garden Game for the whole family to enjoy anywhere!