Improved Game for Teaching the Geography of Towns, and Means for Playing same:
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 10th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 12th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Game for Teaching the Geography of Towns, and Means
for Playing same:
I Alfred CoLLIER of 86 Victoria Park Road, South Hackney Middlesex,
Manufacturer of Games, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a game for teaching the geography of the counties and
towns preferably of the United Kingdom. To play the game a map of the counties
is required which may be in the form of a board and a certain number of counters,
which I term parcels or bales of goods, these are supposed to be despatched to the
different towns of the Kingdom as follows. Each player takes a number of bales
of all one colour. The play commences by holder of the red bales calling upon
the next player on the left to send a bale of goods to a certain town. This player
has then to place a bale upon the county in which the town is. Should he fail to
place it on the right county, his bale is to be removed from the board, if placed
correctly it remains tintil the end of the game. The second player then calls upon
his left hand player and so on all round the board; after each player has had
twelve calls the cne who has placed most bales correctly winning the game. Should
a player call for a bale to be sent to a town of which there are two of the same
name in different counties, and if the placer does not put it on the county intended
by the caller, he shall be entitled to a further move or as many moves as there are
towns of the same name in different counties. With each set of means for playing
the game a list of the towns and counties are supplied to settle disputes should
such arise.
Dated this 15th day of July 1891
FREDERIC PRINCE,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Game for Teaching the Geography of Towns, and Means.
for Playing same.
I, ALFRED COLLIER of 86 Victoria Park Road, South Hackney Middlesex,
Manufacturer of Games, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:―
This invention relates to a game and means for playing same for teaching the
geography of the counties and towns preferably of the United Kingdom. To play
the game a map of the counties is required which may be in the form of a board
and a certain number of counters-preferably of different colours-which I term
parcels or bales of goods these are supposed to be despatched to the different towns
of the Kingdom as follows. Each player takes an equal number of bales of all
one colour. The play commences by holder of the red bales calling upon the next
player on the left to send a bale of goods to a certain town. This player has then
to place a bale upon the county in which the town is. Should he fail to place it
on the right county, his bale is to be removed from the board, if placed correctly
it remains until the end of the game. The second player then calls upon his left
hand player and so on all round the board; after each player has had twelve calls
the one who has placed most bales correctly winning the game. Should the player
call for a bale to be sent to a town of which there are two of the same name in
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page_text: different counties, and if the placer does not put it on the county intended by the
caller, he shall be entitled to a further move or as many moves as there are towns
of the same name in different counties. With each set of means for playing the
game a list of the towns and counties are supplied to settle disputes should
such arise.
.
Having now particularly described, and ascertained the nature of this inveu-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare" that what I
claim is.
1. In the playing a game of the character described the combination of a map
of counties and counters to be used by the players as hereinbefore described.
2. The game for teaching the geography of towns and means for playing the
same, as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 10th day of Anonst: 1891. -
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FREDERIC PRINCE,
1, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.