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Game Example: Life (The Game of)

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NameLife (The Game of)
CollectionColchester and Ipswich Museums Collection
Object TypeGames
Manufacturer/PublisherWaterman?
NationalityBritish
Datec1885-1895
"WoodBox"
"Board"
Rules included?
Links to Maker recordsWaterman (Lewis) (Probable)
Shown in the Colchester and Ipswich Museums site.
The folding board has a spiral track, numbers from 1-63, some having good names eg Truth, Obedience. Others have bad names eg Fidgets, Whipping Post.
There are four pawns, a white, a black, a red and a blue.
Also cardboard counters of the Reversi type, in the same colours, and a wooden six sided tetotum, and rules printed on pale brown paper.
An entry in the Copyright Register shows a game of this name was published by Lewis Waterman on 2 March 1891.

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