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...
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...