Alibi
Card Game
1930s (published)
1930s (published)
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This card game has 50 cards with pictures of crime, detection and punishment. Like the game Krimo, also from the 1930s, it is based on the good behaviour games of the 19th century. One assumes that they were designed to lead children away from crime. It could be, however, that they were intended to teach the players how to avoid being found out.
Object details
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| Title | Alibi (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed card |
| Brief description | Boxed card game, Alibi, published in England by Tor Productions Ltd in the 1930s |
| Physical description | 50 cards, rules and box. Design: chromolithographs, reverse side printed in dark blue to show the silhouette of a policeman. One card is missing. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by C. J. Barton |
| Object history | There are a few intriguing games based on the principles of Crime and Punishment, a 20th century version of the good behaviour games of the 19th century. One assumes that they were designed to lead children away from crime, although they may have been intended to teach the players how to avoid detection. See also Krimo. Games & Puzzles, CGG, 1991 |
| Historical context | No. of Players: any Equipment required: 50 cards showing pictorial representations of crime and punishment with titles and numbers booklet card box covered with leather like paper |
| Production | Entered at stationers' hall, havtor series |
| Summary | This card game has 50 cards with pictures of crime, detection and punishment. Like the game Krimo, also from the 1930s, it is based on the good behaviour games of the 19th century. One assumes that they were designed to lead children away from crime. It could be, however, that they were intended to teach the players how to avoid being found out. |
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| Accession number | MISC.66-1978 |
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| Record created | March 4, 2000 |
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