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c1895 - Regatta - Werner & Schumann

There are a numer of game with Regatta in the title.

This was made by Werner and Schumann – trademark of Artist’s palette on the box c1890.

A game for six people in the form of a sailing boat regatta. Board (46.5 : 62 cm), 6 game pieces in the shape of small sailing boats,

The board shows a seascape in the middle with an island and a fisherman’s hut.

The playing pieces are 6 small, carefully designed wooden sailing boats in blue, black and natural (dimensions approx. 7.5 : 5.5 cm;  with sails, rigging and crew made of paper and string. 

The board is in two parts – looks as if that was the way it was made as it is too thick to fold into one piece.  Good condition slight raise when put together at the centre.

The six boats look original and are in very good condition.  No rules or extras apart from a leather dce shaker slightly bent and a dice.

Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging

 

REF : MIS126

£475

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1935-40 Motor Chase across London

This is a slightly different race game where four salon cars persue a black racing car across London
There was also a version with card cars. This one has metal cars

Motor Chase – Board very good / Rules – original – good / Playing pieces complete – but one car looks lightly smaller than the other three..

Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to

REF: MIS524

SOLD /MIS/08

 

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c1935 - British Empire or Trading with the Colonies

Glevum
Roberts Bros (Glevum Games)
1914-1939]

Following one of three trade routes, use a steamship to deliver British goods to colonial ports while picking up goods from the colonies to bring back to London.

As each player arrives back in London they total the points earned for the goods picked up during the voyage (amount for each type of good varies) and they deduct 2 points for each of the nine starting British goods that went undelivered. First steamship back to London earns an additional 10 points.

Condition : Original box / board – very good /  rules / three ships – very good / There are a number of small paper rules deals/ that are identified in the rules – c30. There are  instructions on the inner lid / Board clean and in very good condition

Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00 to cover packaging.

REF: MIS172

SOLD MIS/071

 

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c1861 - Oxford University Boat Race - Jaques

The New Game of the Oxford University Boat Race.

“This capital round game is adapted for any number of persons.   Each player chooses a boat bearing the appropriate Arms of its College, and the game is played on a folding board representing a river.

The game may be played in a variety of ways, either by flat races, in heats, the College Bump races, or as in the Oxford and Cambridge boat race”.

The two larger boats represent Oxford and Cambridge.

The other 11 are Balliol, Merton, Exeter, Oriels, Queens, New College, All Souls, Magdalene, Christ Church, , 2 replaements – not named

Condition – 11 boats – 9 with college labels – two blank – replacements pieces
There shoud also be a  special dice with an x and a crab on it. The rules are original. There is a photoopy of the race board.

Postage / As postage often changes it will be provided at time of purchase. Postage will be at cost rounded up to the nearest £1.00

REF: JAQ950

SOLD 009X1

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