The Game of Telegraph Messenger Boy

The card game adaptation of the 1886 McLoughlin Brothers board game District Messenger Boy.

Each player is dealt cards forming a face down pile. In turn order, players turn over the top card of the pile. The initial objective is to obtain employment as the Messenger Boy. Over the course of the game players try to advance to more senior positions in the Company, until one player becomes its President.

From the McLoughlin Brothers 1914 Catalogue - “The Messenger Boy game has been a favorite for a generation, and there is no evident reason why a card game on the same lines should not be equally popular.”