ɪɾ ˈɛntɚd ˌɪntʊ ɡˈeɪm pɹədˈʌkʃən ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti tˈuː, dˈuː tʊ ɐ bˈuːm ɪn dᵻmˈænd fɔːɹ plˈeɪɪŋ kˈɑːɹdz ɚɹˈaʊnd wˈɜːld wˈɔːɹ ˈaɪ. wˈɑːdɪŋtənz sˈʌbsᵻkwəntli sˈoʊld bˈoʊθ ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəl ɡˈeɪmz ɪspˈɛʃəli tˈaɪˈɪnz fɔːɹ jˌuːkˈeɪ tˈɛlᵻvˌɪʒən pɹˈoʊɡɹæmz ænd ɡˈeɪmz lˈaɪsənst fɹʌm ˈʌðɚ pˈʌblɪʃɚz.
It entered into game production in 1922, due to a boom in demand for playing cards around World War I. Waddingtons subsequently sold both original games (especially tie-ins for UK television programmes) and games licensed from other publishers.