Game Information

Advertisement in Publisher's Weekly, Volume 100, 24 September 1921, page 933

A game full of fun and adventure

INTENSELY AMUSING

[title]

Introducing
BEATRIX POTTER'S
world-famed
characters—
PETER RABBIT
SQUIRREL NUTKIN
JEREMY FISHER
AND
JEMINA PUDDDLE-DUCK

London — FREDERICK WARNE & CO. LTD. — NEW YORK
Copyright— — All Rights Reserved

The game includes wooden pieces. The board is folded into three sections.

Peter Rabbit, rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, squirrel, Jeremy Fisher, Jemima Puddle-Duck, duck, wolf, frog, cat, owl, fish, fairy tale, Beatrix Potter

(no rules present in games examined)

4¾ inches wide — 3⅝ inches high — 1½ inches deep

12.1 cm wide — 9.2 cm high — 3.8 cm deep

The implements box has a white label with a double blue line border. All text is in light blue.

At the top of the cover, underlined, is "A game full of fun and adventure", and below: "INTENSELY AMUSING".

Below that and to left of center is "PETER", which is above "RABBIT'S", above "RACE", and then above "GAME".

To the right is an illustration of a light brown squirrel, standing on two legs.

At right is the following text: "Introducing BEATRIX POTTER'S world-famed characters - PETER RABBIT
SQUIRREL NUTKIN
JEREMY FISHER
AND
JEMIMA
PUDDLE-DUCK"

At bottom, the following appears: "London - FREDERICK WARNE & CO. LTD. - & New York" and "Copyright - - All rights reserved"

red

red, no design

red, empty

Red cardboard cylindrical cup (3 1/4" tall, 1 1/4" diameter) with white circle on side and metal bottom.

Playing pieces ( 1 1/8" to 1 1/2" tall without base), each cut from multiple ply wood with an attached paper illustration on one side, and mounted on a wooden base (3/8" x 3/4" x 1/8"): a duck (Jemima Puddle-Duck), squirrel (Squirrel Nutkin), rabbit (Peter Rabbit), and frog (Jeremy Fisher), depicting characters from Beatrix Potter books.

Trifold cardboard game board (29 3/4" wide by 19 3/4" high by 1/16" thick; folds to 10" by 19 3/4") has a red back. At top: "PETER RABBIT'S RACE GAME" (black). At bottom left: "FREDERICK WARNE & Co. Ltd. London and New York" (black). At bottom right: "COPYRIGHT - All rights reserved". Race game has separate routes for each of the four players, who each use one of the playing pieces (Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Jeremy Fisher, and Jemima Puddle-Duck). Each route has 123 numbered steps. The start is at the center, marked "THE MEETING PLACE IN THE WOOD". Board has 24 illustrations of the characters in different scenes outside the player's routes. Some numbered steps have special behaviors that are described on the board, though most numbered steps do not.