The Game of Eagles is a Checkers variant that is played on a checkerboard with eight pieces to a side. The pieces are tall Eagles with wings held up, and are the only thing this game has to do with Eagles. The game could easily be played with an ordinary Checkers set. The board is rotated so that light-colored corners are closest to each player. The...
The Game of Goose is an ancient children's classic, possibly tracing its roots all the way to the Ancient Egyptian game of Mehen which was played in early Old Kingdom times. Francesco de Medici in Italy sent a copy of this game to King Felipe II of Spain during the 16th century. It became one of the most popular games in Europe during that time. Circa...
Simple children's race game. Players roll a die to determine how many spaces to move and race around board to get back to the nest which contains the "Golden egg". It would take 68 spaces to go around the track from, and back to, the nest. Markers - Each player gets one marker of a unique color. Die - The player can advance as many spaces as thrown on the...
There are 24 cards - 4 of each numbered 1-6 on the back (in the style of a 6-sided die). Each card has a leaf and a number of ladybirds from 0-3 on the front. At the start of the game, the back of the cards are showing (so each leaf is hidden), but on his/her turn, a player rolls the die and picks up a card of that value. Near the end of the game, if you...
Unique game, but similar in play to Chutes & Ladders. Rules suggest that "Any number" can play, but I think that 6 would be maximum number of players. Players spin a 6-space spinner to advance 1-6 spaces on the board and then respond to penalties or rewards in that space. The first player to the center of the board wins. Many house rules exist: such as...
This is a children's race game in which you, the farmer Pat, are driving your pigs to market. Each player receives four pieces (pigs), and a spinner is used to move them individually along the main (broad) path. Landing on a blue space requires you to turn a pig off on to the relevant dotted (narrow) path; conversely, landing on a red dot on a dotted path...
First made available to the public in 1995, the design for the game was originally submitted by Beatrix Potter to her publisher, Frederick Warne, in 1904. The game board - a reproduction of Potter's watercolor original - represents Mr. McGregor's garden, with 12 key points of interest from the book marked on the map. Peter must enter at the gate, visit...
Puss in Boots is a roll-and-move game where the one player as Puss whose goal is to have his master marry the princess, and the other player as the King tries to thwart Puss in his attempt. From McLoughlin Brothers' 1897 catalogue: "This game is to decide whether Puss manages to marry his Master to the Princess or the King succeeds in outwitting the gifted...
Game circa 1930's from Parker Brothers. This is sort of a spin and move game where depending on what number you get from the spinner you move forward that number of places on the board. There are certain places on the board with special letters on them. Those spaces allow you to move forward extra spaces. Landing on places with Black dots make you move...