Pyramid of History Game

[ADRIAN SEVILLE]

 Subject: Pyramid of History Game

Hello All,

 

In response to your several emails, I offer the following:

 

William Sallis was born in 1782 and died in 1865. He published board games, card games, jigsaw puzzles, and maps from his 5 Cross Key Square address from at least 1852 through 1863.  

 

Sallis was active during the transition from games being mounted on linen, folded, and glued into an embossed and gilded book-like cover to games mounted on cardboard (which were much cheaper to produce).  He published around 15 board games using both formats with larger sized games in the former format.  He did publish one game in both formats - the Geographical & Historical Travellers through England & Wales.  John Passmore (who succeeded Edward Wallis as a game publisher) was the printer for several of Sallis's cardboard games including the Pyramid of History. 

 

I do not have a copy of the rules but believe the play of the game follows others by Sallis.  Each player in turn spins a teetotum and moves forward the number of spaces as the number spun.  Certain spaces call for a penalty (paying into a pool, missing one or more turns, or move back to another space) while others call for a reward (remove some money from the pool, allowing an additional spin, or moving forward to another space).  The winner is the first person to land exactly on space 34 and he/she takes the contents from the pool.  The rule book would contain a description of each space, some of which would identify the penalty or reward.  Each time a player lands on a space the description would be read aloud, thus providing a learning experience for the players.  

 

       John Spear

 

 

  

[Schädler Ulrich]

Thank you all for your comments and useful information !

Best

Ulrich

 

De : bgs4...@googlegroups.com [mailto:bgs4...@googlegroups.com] De la part de ADRIAN SEVILLE
Envoyé : mardi 25 novembre 2014 11:38
À : BGS4ever
Objet : Pyramid of History Game

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