Bookchase
Board Game
2007-2008 (printed and published)
2007-2008 (printed and published)
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Bookchase is a board game about books, all kinds of books. It can be played by anyone over the age of five and you don't necessarily have to have read any books in order to play. The game is a cross between a race game and a question and answer game. The questions can be about anything from what pencil someone used to write with to the name of an author's cat. Each question has a clue attached to it to assist players unfamiliar with the world of books. Players have to collect six books and get them home to their own library.
Art Meets Matter is a design company best known for their mugs and deckchairs featuring the Penguin Books logo and has designed a version of this game based solely on books published by Penguin.
Art Meets Matter is a design company best known for their mugs and deckchairs featuring the Penguin Books logo and has designed a version of this game based solely on books published by Penguin.
Object details
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| Title | Bookchase (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed card |
| Brief description | Boxed board game, Bookchase, made in China for Art Meets Matter in 2008 |
| Physical description | Card box base and lid sealed in cellophane. The lid is printed white on a dark background with the title of the game and lists of book titles on either side. The illustration is of cut-out figures, a hand throwing two dice combined with a large question mark and two large dice. The base has a picture of the open playing board with its equipment and, printed black on a cream background, information about the game and a list of contents. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by Art Meets Matter |
| Summary | Bookchase is a board game about books, all kinds of books. It can be played by anyone over the age of five and you don't necessarily have to have read any books in order to play. The game is a cross between a race game and a question and answer game. The questions can be about anything from what pencil someone used to write with to the name of an author's cat. Each question has a clue attached to it to assist players unfamiliar with the world of books. Players have to collect six books and get them home to their own library. Art Meets Matter is a design company best known for their mugs and deckchairs featuring the Penguin Books logo and has designed a version of this game based solely on books published by Penguin. |
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| Accession number | B.34-2009 |
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| Record created | August 27, 2009 |
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