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Todd (nolemmings)other than that they haven't got around to making the change. Fan Craze did issue a similar card game in 1904 that used generic drawings but still had the various "outcomes" for each card; in fact, one is listed on ebay right now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=26362&item=5939340597&rd=1
Even recently, Mr. Lemke's catalogue pictured the wrong reverse for this set, which looks alot like the one in the ebay set and other iterations of the game that I have seen. I have never seen a fan craze card with a named player on front and the white with red letter reverse that is shown in the SCD catalogue as recently as 2002 (my only copy at work).