Bodleian Library

The Games Co.

Globe Series of Games (on advertising booklet)

(no catalog number shown on game)

(none)

[title THE
BOER
WAR
GAME]

(PATENTED)

THE GAMES CO. 154 LEADENHALL STREET E.C.

Cover is monochrome, with black ink on a yellow top label; a man with a rifle on his shoulder is at left; a man with a rifle butt on the ground is at right; "The Games Co." on cover.

war, Boer War

medium-sized leaflet (pale yellow, 4 sides)

118 mm wide — 95 mm high — 38 mm deep

4.6 inches wide — 3.7 inches high — 1.5 inches deep

The top label has a yellow background.

At top, just right of center, is an illustration of an explosion.

A soldier is standing at left, holding a rifle in his left hand, resting it against his shoulder.

Another soldier is standing at right, holding a rifle in his left hand, resting the butt of it against the ground.

The title, "THE BOER" over "WAR GAME" over "(PATENTED)" fills most of the center.

A line is drawn below the soldiers.

"THE GAMES CO. 154 LEADENHALL STREET E.C." appears at bottom.

red

Red with no design.

gray with red underlabel edges

The game includes 4 cards (3" wide by 1 3/8" high), each in a different color and with the name of a location printed (in blue/purple) on one side (the other side in blank): "LADYSMITH." on light purple; "MAFEKING." on pale green; "PRETORIA." on offwhite; and "BLOEMFONTEIN." on red (on a smaller card).

4 small flags (made of paper) on metal pins (with pinheads) come in the game: 2 have the British Union flag, and 2 have the Boer Republics flag (with a vertical green bar at left; and three horizontal bars at right: red at top, white below, and blue at the bottom (which is the Dutch flag)).

In the Bodleian Library copy of the game, bone squidgers come in: deep purple, yellowish-white, green, and red. Winks come in 6 each of the same colors.