MJC games were invented by British Merchant Navy prisoners in a German POW camp during the Second World War to boost morale. The Marine Jockey Commission later turned their creations into popular commercial board games published by Pepys, including Horse Racing To-night, Horsie Horsie, Five-A-Side and Home Cricket. This is their remarkable story.

Throughout the war, card games were a hugely popular source of entertainment and diversion for adults and children. These are some of the ga