Considered

Games

• Cartes Grimaud — Standard French playing-card brand since 1848; known for timeless deck designs.
• Geoffrey Parker — Sussex-based maker of bespoke leather games, including backgammon and chess sets.
• Heraclio Fournier — Basque heritage playing card maker; known for traditional Spanish-suited decks.
• House of Marbles — Devon-based maker of marbles and traditional games; known for glass marbles.
• House of Staunton — Alabama-based makers of world championship-standard Staunton-pattern chess sets.
• Jaques of London — London-based heritage games maker; standardized the modern Staunton chess design.
• Liberty Puzzles — Boulder-based maker of laser-cut wooden puzzles with themed whimsy pieces.
• Modiano — Trieste-based heritage Italian playing card maker since 1868.
• Theory11 — Premium New York-based playing cards featured in films and Broadway shows.
• Wentworth Wooden Puzzles — Wiltshire-based maker of laser-cut wooden jigsaw puzzles with whimsy pieces.