Board game simulating shipping lines - has series of courses defined by compartments of box over which playing pieces move

摘要

The parlour game educates the players in financial matters, using a box divided into compartments to provide a playing circuit and to accommodate the constituent parts such as pawns, cards and ships. The circuit is metallic to provide good pawn adhesion, a pack of hazard cards together with a pack of departure cards are included, and cards are dealt by a draw-bar which traverses the board. The bar has a centre stop and uses recesses to slide cards off the bottom of packs located by pockets opening out on the slideway. The circuit includes 150 squares in a maze together with 69 blank squares and a start square. In addn. there may be salvage squares, colour-coded squares, treasure squares and hazard squares.