Game Information
Glevum Games (publisher) AGPI # · P-3163Full Publisher Info
The Game of Dropiton (game title) AGPI # · G-30946
Title Source · 
game cover
Title, Preserving Case

THE GAME OF "DROPITON"

Title Language · 
English
Publisher Name on Game

Glevum Series

Publication Location on Game

UK

Publisher Catalog #

(no catalog number shown on game)

Publisher Mark(s)

"GLEVUM" SERIES. [text only]

Cover Text

«THE
GAME
OF
"DROPITON"»

BRITISH MANUFACTURE.

"GLEVUM" SERIES.

MADE IN ENGLAND.

Made In Location Marked · 
England
Game Type · 
Keywords
Rules Format

label under box lid

Rules Overview

"DROPITON" [in quotes]
INSTRUCTIONS

Container Type

cardboard box

Container Size · (measured in inches)

10 inches wide — 8 inches high — 2 inches deep

25.4 cm wide — 20.3 cm high — 5.1 cm deep

Cover Description

Label with white outer border, then black line, red, then black line. At upper left to left center: "THE" above "GAME above "OF" (all in black) above "DROPITON" (in quotes, in red with white outlines and black outer line).

Man (brown hair, red long-sleeved shirt) at top left-of-center leaning on dark rock holding a crab at the end of a string above an unsuspecting sleeping man (white hair, red vest, light blue pants, light blue/blue/pink/white shirt) on a beach. Woman (blonde hair, light green short-sleeved top with red/white color and red ribbon around waist) looking on at upper right-of-center.

At right below center is an inset depicting the play of the game, with a yellow background. Four hands are reaching in, each holding a rod with a metal loop at end, endeavouring to move or place individual balls with holes in them into which the metal loop is placed. Bowl of balls plus target vertical stacks of balls on metal rods are on a red table.

"BRITISH MANUFACTURE." appears at bottom left, |"GLEVUM" SERIES.| at bottom center, and "MADE IN ENGLAND." at bottom right.

Underlabel Description

red

Apron Descriptions

Red with no design.

Box Bottom Description

light brown with edges of red paper wrap-around from box bottom sides.

Contents

Target stands with metal rods for placing and stacking small balls with holes through them (1 13/16" square wooden base, 1/4" high, with thin metal rod (3 7/8" high from where it is attached to wooden base): 1 green wood, 1 purple wood, 1 pale red wood, 1 orange wood.

Devices to be held in hand to pick up small balls and move them to the target stands (3 3/8" wooden rod 3/8" in diameter, with a thin metal rod (3 1/2" long) attached): 1 green wood, 1 purple wood, 1 pale red wood, 1 orange wood. Metal rod has a 3/8" perpendicular bend at end to be used to pick up the small balls.

Small wooden balls (3/8" diameter) with thin hole: 9 green, 9 purple, 9 red, 9 yellow.

Golden-colored shallow metal dish (3 3/8" top diameter, 2 5/8" bottom diameter, 1/4" tall).

Collection • Individual(s)

Rick Tucker

Database Update Date · 
2025-04-14 20:28:26

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