In this card game, players compete to become the most sucessful conservator of threatened birds. They do this by protecting birds from modern threats while building a strong avian portfolio that improves their chances of survival. Gameplay is inspired by the "Seven Wonders" of birdlife: Nest, Flight, Feather, Egg, Beak, Migration, and Song. Points are...
“A Game Based On The Popular Children’s Classic.” Standard spin-and-move routine with added requirement of collecting an object as you go, ala “The Game of Life.” Players move their token from “My Early Home” to “My Last Home” along board while collecting “Lucky Horseshoe” markers. The board spaces trace the story of “Black Beauty,” affect player movement...
Edwardian, British card game. The cards depict events from the Uncle Remus stories in the books by Joel Chandler Harris. The game is a mix of Snap meets Happy Families. The objective being to collect sets. Children are encouraged to cry out "Brer Rabbit" when they see a matching card, and they must also read the quotation on the card. Note that there were...
A simple game for children. The board is a grid of squares with mice printed on them in different directions. If you land on a square with your mouse you turn it as indicated and make your next move in that direction. Some squares are holes and if your mouse lands there, it falls down into the box, which has cats printed on it. The last player who has a...
The Game of Catch which was produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in th 1970s by the Arrco Playing Card Company. Included in the flap-top box are instructions and information for parents in both English and French. The box is 9.2cm long x 6.cm wide x 1.5cm thick Card backs contain drawings of sea creatures. The front of each of the 32 cards in the deck...
This is a turn-of-the-century board game published by the McLoughlin Brothers, and comprised of three distinct games: A Game of Cats and Mice, The Lost Diamond, and Gantlope. It has beautiful illustrations, and a double spinner component which seems to be made as an answer to negative stigma surrounding dice. The game folds up and double as a box for...
This is a literary game about David Putnam's adventures aboard "Morrisey" during the 1926 Stoll McCracken Expedition to Greenland and is based on the book of the same name. You need to overcome contact with Polar Bears, Walrus and a variety of other animals, Artic Weather, poor equipment while making sure that you have sufficient food while trying to...
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...