2 games from the way-back machine

moreotherstuff · May 31, 2021

No question here, just show and tell of a couple of things I’ve photographed recently.

I particularly like the graphic on the lid of the box for this board game. It was a gift from a great-grand uncle to my father. Also in the box were panels from a comic strip called “Just Kids”. There’s no date associated with the game, but one of the comic panels is dated 1929.

The game was made by Amuso, which I think may still be around.

Easy to play. Just toss a die and follow the trail... but don’t land on space 29!

Just a touch less than politically correct.

The box is about 12” by 8 1/2”, and the board, which folds in three, is about 10” by 16”.

A Trip Round the World

This next game has a nice chromo on the lid of the box, and inside are 5 more chromos, each with a different scene. Each of those scenes has been stamped to make 9 octagonal cut-outs. You throw the cutouts into a hat, distribute the cards, and randomly pick cut-outs, match the number on the back to the number on the card, and the first to get a full card wins.

This one says “Designed in England” but printed by JW Spear and Sons in Germany. Since one of the scenes shows a goat cart, I wonder if that gives a date around 1910, when that fad was in full swing.

The box measures 8 3/4” by 9 1/2”, and each card is about 8” by 6”.

Farmyard Lotto