| NOT IN BODLEIAN Mahogany hinged lock box with Jaques label.Fine brass & gunmetal pieces: infantry & artillary. Rules card does not fit inside. Copyright 29/07/1858 Walter Whitmore Jones.
The game appears in Jaques advertisements showing initial set up on a 47 x 47 board.
War. “This finely designed game is played by two persons on a large leather board divided into a great number of squares. Each player has an army composed of infantry, cavalry and artillary, represented by certain pieces, and these are placed by the first player in any position on the field he chooses. The second player then places his army in a position to attack his adversary’s weakest point, and the player who first captures his adversary’s standard wins. The Game of War is entirely one of skill and strategy for the display of which it is admirably adapted, bearing the closest analogy to actual warfare attainable in a game. Price of board, with men complete, 30s. Superior ditto, £3. |
