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Geographia Ltd

Touring Scotland : an entirely new map game, requiring skill and judgement.

[1951?]

  • Creator

    Geographia Ltd

  • Title(s)

    Touring Scotland : an entirely new map game, requiring skill and judgement.

  • Published/Created

    London : "Geographia" Ltd., [1951?]

  • Physical Description

    1 game ; game board 50 x 37 cm

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    GV1199.G46 T68 1951 Flat A
    Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Three-Dimensional Artifacts

  • Notes

    "Devised by P.H. Thorpe, F.R.G.S."--Instruction booklet.
    Game pieces include: a game board; four lead cars of varying colors; 32 numbered cards, each naming a city or town in Scotland (along with a brief fact about the town); a die, and a shaker. "Each player has dealt to him two cards of each colour, making eight cards in all. Each player arranges his eight cards so as to form a journey or tour by the shortest route, starting and finishing at the same town."--Instruction booklet.
    Title from label on an exterior of game board.
    Undated. The populations given for Glasgow and Edinburgh are those of the 1951 census.
  • Subject Terms

    Geographical recreations -- Specimens. |
    Scotland -- Description and travel. |
    Scotland -- Maps.

  • Form/Genre

    Board games. | Games -- Great Britain. | Maps. | Recreations -- Great Britain.

  • Contributors

    Thorpe, P. H

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