The game is described as 'designed to allure the minds of youth to an acquaintance with the wonders of nature'. The playing surface has 37 playing spaces each with an animal. The game is played with a teetotum marked on eight sides. The animals featured include the otter, armadillo, beaver, sheep, rat, lynx, monkey and fox. The end of the game is marked by...
The deck consists of 44 cards. There are 8 sets of 5 bird cards, and 4 owl cards. Each of the 8 sets have a letter on them, then each of the birds within the set are numbered 1 through 5. The object of the game is to collect as many sets of 5 with the same letter on them as you can. The game proceeds with players asking for cards from each other and...
Description from the publisher: Britain’s favourite playground game as a board game! Can the Runners make it safely across the playground avoiding the Bulldog? The Teachers can help, but if the Runners get caught it’s “British Bulldog”! Further details: One player moves the Runners by rolling a number die and a direction die, whilst the other player moves...
Patriotic card game, made when Britain actually had an Empire but one that was fading fast. The objective is to gain certain cards to complete sets. The different feature as that the sets have a differing number of cards within them. For example, to collect Ireland cards, you will need 4 cards to complete the set. But to collect England & Wales cards, you...
This boardgame includes 56 pictures of British kings and queens from Egbert (died 839), the first English king, to Victoria (1819–1901). The players are provided with a Card, containing nine Letters, nine Numbers, two Crosses and one Blank, which are to be cut up on the lines with a pair of scissors. Each player, on drawing a number, is to place his letter...
A puzzle of 37 non interlocking pieces, hand cut, hand coloured lithograph with back covered with cream paper and 88 cards from a set of 90. The pieces form a gameboard showing kings and queens in two concentric circles of 36 numbered areas. In each corner is a design of roses, thistles and shamrocks. In the centre is a disc giving the title and maker's...
In Broadland, up to five players take command of a river cruiser with passengers. The challenge is to visit an agreed number of destinations and to score victory points (VP) for destinations achieved and through visiting tourist sites along the way. The game is set around the 1960/70 when most of the cruisers were beautiful wooden boats. The Norfolk Broads...
A boardgame for two tired parents trying to keep their household running. Fighting against the clock and the little overlord of chaos, will they manage to have any happiness points by nightfall? Two parents play one day or 17 hours against one little toddler who moves randomly in the house creating mess each turn.Each hour is one turn in which the parents...
Bronze Island is a strategy board game for 2 to 4 players, set in the Bronze Age collapse period (c.1,200 BC). In this game, you will take on the role of a leader of a Bronze Age civilization, trying to survive in a changing world. To win, you will need to build your tableau of cards, representing different cultural and technological achievements of that...