Game of the 7 Families of Hansi's Wonderful Alsace

The Game of the 7 Families by Hansi, an Alsatian reference

The 7 Families or Game of the 7 Families of Hansi's Wonderful Alsace is a card game with simple rules, involving memory and observation and is played with a deck of 42 cards dedicated to Hansi's Illustrations divided into seven families of six cards each.

The seven families illustrated by Hansi

The Hansi illustrations representing the families are,

1. The Kougelopfs Family with 6 members
2. The Waltz Family with 6 members
3. The Altorf Family with 6 members
4. The Dambach Family with 6 members
5. The Klein Family with 6 members
6. The Family Unterlinden with 6 members
7. The Heitz Family with 6 members

Try to recompose each family with the daughter, son, mother, father, grandmother and grandfather. An observation and strategy game perfect for the whole family, young and old, adults and children alike.

Game features

Pack of 42 Alsace cards format 8,5 cm x 5,5 cm with complete instructions. Card game made in France. An ideal Alsatian gift for all lovers of board games and regional culture.

Jean-Jacques Waltz, alias Hansi

Jean-Jacques Waltz, alias Hansi or Uncle Hansi, is a French illustrator born in Colmar. In 1894, his father sent him to Lyon to study industrial drawing, and he also studied painting and decorative arts in Lyon. After his stay in Lyon, he returned to Alsace where he became famous as a postcard artist.

The motifs of his Alsatian illustrations often combine idyllic village scenes with biting antideutsch caricatures. While at first glance his illustrations appear to be innocent scenes of Alsatian life, closer observation reveals a dislike of the Germans that was to become Hansi's trademark. An authentic Alsatian souvenir steeped in history and cultural heritage.