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Go for Broke, the Game of Spend a Million

Board Game
1975-1980 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design: playing board with spinners, dice and cards
Squares illustrated: n/a
Square numbering: n/a
Squares titled: n/a
Subject of starting square: n/a
Subject of ending square: n/a

Object details

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Object type
TitleGo for Broke, the Game of Spend a Million (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Printed card
Brief description
Boxed board game, Go for Broke, made in England by Invicta Plastics Ltd in the late 1970s
Physical description
Design: playing board with spinners, dice and cards
Squares illustrated: n/a
Square numbering: n/a
Squares titled: n/a
Subject of starting square: n/a
Subject of ending square: n/a
Dimensions
  • Length: 47.7cm
  • Width: 24.5cm
  • Depth: 3cm
Box measurements
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Given by Mrs T. Z. Hudson
Object history
The aim is to get rid of one's money by the various means availble to gamble it away.
Historical context
Rewards: loosing money
Forfeits: not loosing money
No. of Players: 4
Equipment required: cards
dice cup and dice
pawns and discs in different colours
spinners, marked Roulette, racetrack, slot machine, stock market

Rules placement: inside the lid
Production
Copyright 1965, Selchow & Richter Co., BYA Shore, New York
Collection
Accession number
MISC.588-1986

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Record createdMarch 4, 2000
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