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...
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...
From the Publisher... The Game of Christmas Cheer is a simple, small game (box is 3.5" square) for families to play during the holidays or anytime you’d like to remember Christmas. The object of the game is to be the one with the most Christmas cheer (chips) at the end. Cards depict holiday events like last minute shopping and package in the mail. Each one...
The Game of Clock is a rather obscure Australian game that was meant to entertain and also teach children about the time. It is essentially a race game using a spinner and moving the hands of the clock The game board has two clock faces with brass hands. Underneath each clock is a spinner with 3 inner circles of numbers. A player spins the spinner, then...
The Game of Data Processing (An Application Approach) consists of advancing discs around a logic flow diagram (the board) and gather points with the goal of becoming a Data Processing Manager before your opponents. Along the way, player can move into different subroutines, pick up "Stimuli" cards, and branch out at decision points within the program....
A Monopoly-like game released as a fund raiser and promotional item. There are no hotels/houses, just bonuses for collecting groups, and a unique "lottery" system called Lotso for gambling your money. The board is like a directory of businesses local to the small town of Denver, Pennsylvania, including addresses and phone numbers. As in Monopoly, you play...
The Game of Detective is an 1889 roll-and-move pursuit game published by R. Bliss Manufacturing Company. Players take the role of detectives tracking a fugitive across a series of illustrated locations, moving along the board by dice or spinner results. As with many Bliss productions of the period, the game emphasizes vivid chromolithograph artwork and...