Quits was an arithmetical card game with 38 Monarch cards and 50 Number cards. The number cards are used to add or multiply to match the last two digits of whichever Monarch card is drawn. The portraits of monarchs are inside suit symbols, diamond, hearts, clubs and spades and these are also in colours, red, blue and yellow. The suits and colours do not seem to be part of the game. The leader or dealer separates the number cards from the portrait and the number cards are dealt out. The dealer then turns over a portrait card, calls the monarchs name and gives the date. The race is then on for players to use their own number cards to produce the last two digits of the date. They can do this in almost any creative way using addition or multiplication. For example, on hearing ‘1553’ called out they must devise a sum which produces the answer, 53. Laying out a five and three card would work but equally laying out a five and multiplying that by ten would give 50 plus a three card. The player who first calls out the correct sum and number then calls ‘Quits; and takes the picture card. If no sum is forthcoming the players are allowed to draw from the pile and use additional cards to reach the correct number. The player who collects the most number of picture cards is the winner and, quite frankly, a whizz at mental arithmetic. You can see how this game was designed to assist the education of school children in history, and also making arithmetic fun. Jaques published this game c.1880 and there are two complete packs in the collection with 87 cards in each pack.