Game Information

Glevum Games (on cover)

646 (on apron)

"GLEVUM", Roman profile and helmet, AND "GAMES" in oval (on cover)

[title THE "GLEVUM"
COMPENDIUM
OF GAMES]

FOR PLAYING 21 GAMES

MADE
IN
ENGLAND

[logo GLEVUM GAMES]
TRADE MARK

horse, chariot, whip, gladiator, tunic, Roman

white leaflet (32 sides)

Rules for:
"FOX AND GEESE",
"GO-BANG (2 Games)",
"REVERSI",
"DRAUGHTS",
"REVERSIBLE DRAUGHTS",
"RUSHING DRAUGHTS",
"SENTENCES",
"CELEBRATED NAMES or CELEBRITIES",
"SPELLING COMPETITION",
"ZIG ZAG",
"WORD FORFEITS",
"WORD MAKING",
"MYSTERY",
"STEEPLECHASE AND RACE GAMES",
"LUDO",
"ROYAL LUDO",
"SNAKES AND LADDERS",
"DOMINOES",
"MATADOR",
"MATCHING AND BLOCKING",
"MATCHING AND DRAWING",
"DOMINO WHIST",
"THE FOLLOW-ON GAME",
"THE CROSS GAME or SABASTOPOL",
"DOMINO POOL or DOUBLES",
"JUGGINS or ALL THREE'S",
"ODDS AND EVEN GAME",
|"MUGGINS" or ALL FIVES|,
"TIDLEY-A-WINK DOMINO",
"ANIMAL SNAP",
"SNAP",
"SNAP-SNIP-SNORUM",
"OLD MAID",
"MATRIMONY",
"DONKEY",
"PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY",
"THANK YOU",
"CORK GRAB",
"SMILING SNAP",
"FAMILIES",
|"TABLE QUOITS"|,
"The Popular Game of ROPE QUOITS",
"THE GAME OF SOLITAIRE",
"WALL QUOITS",
"BLOW FOOTBALL",
"TIDLEY WINKS",
"COUNTER POLO",
"TABLE TENNIS",
"THE FAVORITE RACE GAME",
"SPIN-JENNY",
|"HOUSE" or "LOTTO"|,
|"HALMA" (1) For Two Players|,
and |"HALMA" (2) For Four Players|

13⅛ inches wide — 13⅛ inches high — 1¾ inches deep

33.3 cm wide — 33.3 cm high — 4.4 cm deep

The top label has no borders. The background at top is blue, transitioning down to light blue (as sky) then as yellow.

|THE "GLEVUM"| (in white) is at upper left. Below is "COMPENDIUM" above "OF GAMES" (in blue with white left shadow).

The main cover illustration shows a barechested man wearing with a Roman helmet, in a yellow chariot with red then white upper borders, holding a whip in his right hand as two horses (one white, one brown) run to the right. The horses each wear red harnesses; the brown one has an animal face on the harness near the head.

In the rear in an arena are two men at right battling, other men battling, and two horses (white and bornw) with a red chariot.

At the bottom on a blue rectangle, "MADE IN" above "ENGLAND" (in white) appears at lower left. "FOR PLAYING" (in red) "21" (in blue) "GAMES" (red) is on a yellow rectangle that is part of a ribbon banner with a red and yellow outer ribbon shadow.

The logo, "GLEVUM" and a Roman profile and helmet and "GAMES" (in white) in an oval is over the blue rectangle background about "TRADE MARK" in white.

red

Red with no design.

medium gray, with edges of red wraparound bottom label.

The game includes:

A thick cardboard game board (12 1/4" square) with a checkers board on one outside side, a Parcheesi board on the other outside side, and when unfolded, the inside is a steeplechase race game board.

2 metal stands (5 1/4" wide, 3 1/4" high, and 1 5/8" maximum deep) with a moveable metal goalie attached on a horizontal wire.

A diamond-shaped square wooden board with 7 metal hooks on it, each with a number (11, 6, 9, 13 (at enter), 4, 2, and 1) below on the concentric target (in red, yellow, light blue, white, green, and black). Two black rubber quoits (2 1/2" outer diameter, 1 7/8" inner diameter) are provided to be thrown at the target.

4 cardboard tubes (4 1/2" long, 3/8" diameter) to be used for blowing, in red, yellow, blue, and white.

A celluloid ball (with 3 red and 3 black sectors).

A number of cardboard discs (1" diameter; red on one side, gray on the other).

A number of square cardboard cards (7/8" square), each with a letter on it and a blue back with white ovals.

A natural wooden cup (1 1/2" top diameter, slightly convex on the sides near top, then slightly concave to the protruding base, 1 9/16" bottom diameter), which is shiny only on the sides.

Copy 1 includes:

Squidgers (7/8" diameter, quality plastic, no burrs): 1 red, 1 teal, 1 yellow, 1 green.

Winks (1/2" diameter, quality plastic, no burrs): 4 red, 4 teal, 4 yellow, 4 green.

1 white die (1/4" cube) with black pips.

3 (out of 4 original) metal movers (approximately 1 1/2" long and 1" high) depicting a rider on a horse for the steeplechase game, in red, green, and blue.