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Board game - Sink the Submarine

Sink the Submarine

  • Object:

    Board game

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (published)

  • Date:

    1914-1918 (published)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Printed paper on card

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Mrs M. Tomalin

  • Museum number:

    MISC.841-1986

  • Gallery location:

    In store

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The armed forces and war have inspired a number of games. This perhaps followed the late 18th-century tradition of celebrating the exploits of king and country in board games. Strategy games were naturally the easiest to transform into battle games of all types. Men at war, be they soldiers, seamen or pilots, would play games in their spare time, re-enacting famous victories. They often created their own simple boards from paper and pencil.

This game is a straightforward race game with an unusual pattern of play, set up and down the board around the central illustration, which is the finish.

Physical description

Design: chromolithograph mounted on card, folded in half; outside covered with dark blue paper; pictorial label shows title, a boat and a sinking submarine
No. of squares: 104
Squares illustrated: some, 31
Square numbering: all
Squares titled: none
Subject of starting square: ?
Subject of ending square: central marked ` finish'

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (published)

Date

1914-1918 (published)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Printed paper on card

Dimensions

Height: 26.5 cm, Width: 43.2 cm

Object history note

31 squares show pictures and directions for play

marked G S A on the central picture

CGG-Games & Puzzles, 1991

Historical context note

Rewards: as directed
Forfeits: as directed
No. of Players: any
Equipment required: markers and dice

Rules:
The Snakes & Ladders rules apply.

Rules placement: some on the playing surface

Descriptive line

Printed race game, Sink the Submarine, made in England about 1916

Categories

Games

Production Type

Mass produced

Collection code

BGM

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