Word card game

A game for young children comprises cards, a playing board 20 and rules, the cards being divided into a series of first cards 15 and one or more series of further cards 13, 14 all marked with representations, each card being marked with a visual code R, G, B (such as a colour) to indicate that it belongs to that series, and for each card 15 of the first series there being at least two different said further cards 13, 14 related thereto by their representations. The related cards form sets of at least three cards preferably representing a compound word and its parts, and a playing area 24 of the board is marked with areas (27) to receive all the cards of a set from the different series. The game is played by players playing on to the playing area the related cards from different series until all the cards from a set have been played, the players either winning a set or scoring most points by either playing the card which completes a set or playing the majority of the cards of a set. Tokens 30 aid the scoring.