This is an educational game, endorsed by the Rottnest Island Authority and (heavily) sponsored by Agfa Film. It's a standard Roll and Move game with a single path and a start and end. The first half of the path is by boat from the mainland to the island, the second half is by bike on the island itself. The main theme, not surprising given the sponsorship...
The board contains 6 straight grooves running towards the centre and one going round the outer edge. (This outer edge groove is used only for the 12 balls at the start of the game). The game is played in the straight grooves in which the balls run down and are stacked. The object of the game is to have 3 balls of your own colour stacked one on top of the...
Contents: 1 jigged playing board, 20 cards, 4 3-D buses, 1 dice, 1 instruction leaflet Object is to collect cards based on the ‘Wheels on the Bus’ song. There are 5 cards to collect and place into the slots in your bus. Each card has a coloured top corresponding to the slots, and illustrates a part of the song. In a turn, the player throws the die and...
From the rules: "Two lifetimes ago, there were no cars, trains, motor cycles or even bicycles. Horses carried people on their backs, pulled coaches, carriages and wagons. Horses were everywhere and did everything. Mail coaches carried letters and parcels; stagecoaches, post chaises, wagons and carts carried passengers between towns and cities. Horses were...
This is a beautiful old spin-and-move racing game from Milton Bradley that was first published in 1873, clearly to latch on to the fame of Jules Verne's novel Around the World in 80 Days, published in the same year. Unlike the voyage of Phineas Fogg, the game's track is strictly by sea. Both the game equipment and rules are more complex than usual for a...