a ride through london
Board Game
ca. 1855 (published)
ca. 1855 (published)
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Design: lithograph, 2 sheets folded into a cardboard cover; represents a long winding road from Tower Hill to Buckingham Palace.
No. of squares: 50
Squares illustrated: all
Square numbering: all
Squares titled: some
Subject of starting square: Tower Hill
Subject of ending square: Buckingham Palace
No. of squares: 50
Squares illustrated: all
Square numbering: all
Squares titled: some
Subject of starting square: Tower Hill
Subject of ending square: Buckingham Palace
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Brief description | Reeves; Geographical, English, 1855, Ride through London |
Physical description | Design: lithograph, 2 sheets folded into a cardboard cover; represents a long winding road from Tower Hill to Buckingham Palace. No. of squares: 50 Squares illustrated: all Square numbering: all Squares titled: some Subject of starting square: Tower Hill Subject of ending square: Buckingham Palace |
Dimensions | Size: 6 5/8 x 44in; folded into cover 7 x 6½in |
Object history | shows various buildings in London. On the front is a lithographed pictorial circle containing the title and a coach hitting a gas lamp surrounded by London types. Price 1/- plain; 1/6d coloured |
Historical context | Rewards: receipt of counters from the pool Forfeits: payment of counters into the pool, missed turns and backward movement No. of Players: any Equipment required: markers, counters, 6 cards marked respectively from 1 to 6 (in place of a teetotum) and 5 cards lettered respectively from A to E Rules: 1. this game may be played by any number of persons; either by the spotted cards or a teetotum numbered from 1 to 6. 2. Each player to use a marker to denote his position on the game , also counters to pay fines, etc. 3. Each player to put 6 counters into the pool at the commencement. 4. Draw or spin for first player, the highest to begin. 5. The first player will draw a card, and place his marker on the game according to the number turned up; the others in turn will do the same. 6. At each following draw add the number turned up to the last occupied, and proceed accordingly until Buckingham Palace, No. 50 is reached. 7. Any player falling into Prison, No. 28, to lose a turn,. 8. Any player meeting with a break down, No. 42, to go back to the Hospital, No. 32, for medical treatment. 9. Any player occupying either the spaces No. 35 to 40 (a fog) to move forward only one space each turn instead of drawing, until completely extricated. 10. Whoever first reaches No. 50 takes the pool excepting 3 counters, the player arriving second takes 2 and the third, the remaining one. The Pool having vanished, and brought down to none, Just winds up the Game, as well as the fun. The hazards are: 3. Pay one 8. Pay one 12. Pay one 15. Take two 21. Pay one 28. Prison 32. Hospital 47. Go to 37. 48. Go to 38 49. Go to 39 50 Buckingham Palace Places passed along the route are: The Tower, St. Paul's, Temple Bar, , National Gallery, Westminster Abbey, Royal Exchange, General Post Office, British Museum, Horse Guards, Buckingham Palace. Rules placement: printed sheet attached to inside front half of cover |
Production | j a reeves; drawn bt c d hills |
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Accession number | E.1790-1954 |
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Record created | March 4, 2000 |
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