16. “Dogs and Cats” had two teams fighting for glory.
In the late 1800’s to early 1900’s, the game “dogs and cats” just needs a deck of playing cards. The host of the party hides the cards around the house. They can be hidden inside of magazines, books, vases, drawers, cookie jars- just about anywhere. (Hopefully not in the bedroom or any other private spaces!)
The party guests have team captains that split off into two teams- the “dogs” and the “cats’. The goal for the dogs is to find all of the black cards, and the cats have to find all of the red ones. It is the team captain’s responsibility to gather all of their team’s cards. If a member of the dog team finds a black card, they have to bark loudly until their captain gets to them, and the cats have to meow.
If a guest finds a card of the opposite team, they can quietly put it back, or choose an even more difficult hiding place. As you might imagine, the game is over when one of the teams gets their half of the deck completed. We can only imagine that people stopped playing this game after too many incidents when players tear a house apart looking for cards.