THE BOER WAR GAME

Bodleian Library

On cover: "(PATENTED)".

The Games Co.

(no catalog number shown on game)

(none)

Globe Series of Games appears on an advertising booklet contained in the example of this game at Oxford's Bodleian Library though online images do not show it; it may or may not be original.

«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)

cardboard box with red underlabel

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.

Richard Ballam Collection, Oxford Bodleian Library [weblink https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/45eeac52-3dd2-49b3-a22f-c37ed99aca53/]

web-source-1 ⇱ · web-source-2 ⇱ · web-source-3 ⇱ · An advertisement by The Games Co. appears in the Jersey Express and Channel Islands Advertiser on 2 January 1900, page 4, column 4 [weblink https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005957/19000102/076/0004]