fox & geese
Board Game
1995 (manufactured)
1995 (manufactured)
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Fox and Geese is a game for two player. One player has eighteen geese and the other player has a single fox. The geese must try to trap the fox before they are captured and the fox must try to capture as many geese as possible to stop being trapped first. Fox and Geese was the favourite pastime of Queen Victoria.
This game was manufactured by The Green Board Game Company in 1995, who were a manufacturer and distributor of educational board games. The strategy game and the race game are the two main types of board game and can be seen in a variety of forms including educational, like this one, and moral. Strategy games are usually played by two people and require at least some degree of skill. These can be subdivided into several different categories: war games that involve capturing, such as Chess and Draughts; hunting or chasing games, such as Fox and Geese and Chinese Chequers; and alignment games, such as Nine Men's Morris and Connect-4.
This game was manufactured by The Green Board Game Company in 1995, who were a manufacturer and distributor of educational board games. The strategy game and the race game are the two main types of board game and can be seen in a variety of forms including educational, like this one, and moral. Strategy games are usually played by two people and require at least some degree of skill. These can be subdivided into several different categories: war games that involve capturing, such as Chess and Draughts; hunting or chasing games, such as Fox and Geese and Chinese Chequers; and alignment games, such as Nine Men's Morris and Connect-4.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 6 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Title | fox & geese (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour printed card and paper, carved and painted wood |
| Brief description | Board game, 'Fox and Geese', made by The Green Board Game Company, United Kingdom, 1995. |
| Physical description | A boxed board game containing a main board which folds in half, 18 wooden white geese, one red wooden fox and a paper instruction leaflet folded in two. A square, card board which folds in two and acts as the carrier of the game pieces. It has the title printed at the bottom in yellow and an illustration of a fox in one corner and a goose in each other corner. The middle section of the board shows a cross with different places for the pieces to move from. 18 wooden pieces shaped into geese and painted white, one red wooden piece shaped into a fox. Box lid, maroon with an illustration of a fox chasing two geese. A rectangular cream base for the box. It has an image of the game on the bottom along with instructions printed in black in English, Dutch, French and German. A card maroon box insert divided into three. It has a fox on one side, a dip in the middle for the game pieces to sit and geese on the other side. Paper folded instruction leaflet with the rules for the board game printed on in maroon. The same illustration from the box is printed at the top of the paper. It is folded in two. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Summary | Fox and Geese is a game for two player. One player has eighteen geese and the other player has a single fox. The geese must try to trap the fox before they are captured and the fox must try to capture as many geese as possible to stop being trapped first. Fox and Geese was the favourite pastime of Queen Victoria. This game was manufactured by The Green Board Game Company in 1995, who were a manufacturer and distributor of educational board games. The strategy game and the race game are the two main types of board game and can be seen in a variety of forms including educational, like this one, and moral. Strategy games are usually played by two people and require at least some degree of skill. These can be subdivided into several different categories: war games that involve capturing, such as Chess and Draughts; hunting or chasing games, such as Fox and Geese and Chinese Chequers; and alignment games, such as Nine Men's Morris and Connect-4. |
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| Accession number | B.211:1 to 6-2010 |
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| Record created | May 9, 2011 |
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