Election
Board Game
1972 (manufactured)
1972 (manufactured)
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Board game, a large board printed with a map of the United Kingdom, broken into regions and marked with squares printed with types of profession. There are six coloured polystyrene game pieces representing party leaders, six polystyrene arrows to indicate popularity, forty-nine Campaign cards, and 205 gaming tokens. There is a printed booklet of instructions. All pieces fit into - and are played from - the polystyrene tray inside the box base.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 15 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Title | Election (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed card, injection and blow-moulded polystyrene |
| Brief description | Board game, Election, made in England by Intellect UK Ltd in 1972 |
| Physical description | Board game, a large board printed with a map of the United Kingdom, broken into regions and marked with squares printed with types of profession. There are six coloured polystyrene game pieces representing party leaders, six polystyrene arrows to indicate popularity, forty-nine Campaign cards, and 205 gaming tokens. There is a printed booklet of instructions. All pieces fit into - and are played from - the polystyrene tray inside the box base. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by Martin Edwardes |
| Production | Invented and designed by Drakes Jarvis Walsh & Gluck Limited, who were the directors of Intellect Games. |
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| Accession number | B.77:1 to 15-2015 |
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| Record created | July 27, 2017 |
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