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An empty Frame Card from
the 1930's card game,
"Physogs"
"The game is not to be likened in any way to a jig-saw puzzle. It is definite character analysis by use of real photographic reproductions, invented by Jacques Penry, the Author of Character from the Face(published by Hutchinson) and contributions to the Sunday Express.
The object of the game is not merely the piecing together of features-but the building of faces, the features of which are consistent with each other. The eyes, nose, mouth, ect., must not, in its respective "character," conflict with any other feature.
For instance, on a pleasant, smiling face would be found twinkling eyes, with the lower rim or lid drawn up almost half-way over the eyeball. The mouth would have turned corners. With this particular face, any well-proportioned nose could be used. It would be a mistake to use, in connection with smiling eyes, a straight, thin, lipped mouth, or one with down-turned corners.
The playing cards consist of 13 kinds of eyes, 13 noses, 13 mouths, and 13 type cards. From these the player may build any one of 13 types of facial character."
The 13 type cards are titled as follows:
Suave-Obsequious, Dissipated, Crafty-Self-Centered, Artistic-Imagnative, Pleasant-Cheerful, Self Conscious, Magnetic, Determined, Excitable-Impetuous, Narrow Minded-Stubborn, Bad Tempered, Acquisitive-Shrewd
Players pull from the deck of cards and try and form the character from their chosen type card.
When this is done they call "PHYSOG"
Players then display their filled in frame cards and are scored based on the Key Book that adds up the facial cards that were used by the players for their character.
View the full game and rules here:
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