Whot Card Game

Description

Whot was one of the earliest commercial games based of the Eights family, in which players try to be the first to get rid of their cards by following number or suit. Whot! was invented (but, apparently, not patented) and trademarked by William Henry Storey, of Southend-on-Sea, England in 1935. It was first marketed by the company Store & Co of Croydon, which he set up in 1930, but was soon acquired by Waddingtons of Leeds, Whot! was popular in Britain in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Whot is a game played with a set of non-standard cards. The cards are designed  in five suits: circles, crosses, triangles, stars and squares. Whot is  a shedding game similar to Crazy Eights. At one point, the game was manufactured by John Waddington Ltd…Very entertaining