Abstract: A new and improved educational and entertaining card game is disclosed which employs chronologically based information, established and displayed in a unique format. The game includes a variety of different instruction sets which allows the play of the game to be varied while still using the same cards. The present invention provides a basis for substantial flexibility in developing new rules for the play of the game using the same apparatus disclosed herewith. The front side of the game card displays a year within the twentieth century. Each such card also contains an array of facts placed in the order of category and aligned with an icon which is used in the scoring of the game. The game card apparatus allows scoring by a variety of different parameters including matching up certain category icons which are related to historical events in each of several different categories. Scoring is also accomplished through the matching of the years of designation on the playing cards.