Board game
John Waddington Ltd.
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
1971
Materials
Paper, cardboard and plastic
Measurements
Box – 502 mm (length); 256 mm (width); 45 mm (height), Instructions – 209 mm (length); 153 mm (width), Card –68 mm (length); 45 mm (width), Playing Piece -21 mm (height); 12 mm (depth)
Place of origin
Leeds
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661909
Summary
This is the board game, Campaign, in the original box (circa 1970s). The cover of the box has a picture of three drums on a dark red background. On the middle drum is the title of the game surrounded by a decorative baroque style frame. On the other two drums are pictures of soldiers fighting, guns and cavalry. Inside the box is the playing board, a set of instructions, a note about the years of Napoleon, twenty-eight playing cards, four bags of plastic playing pieces coloured red, green white and blue, and one bag containing four pieces of different colours representing generals. The dice are missing. Total number of items is 115.
Makers and roles
John Waddington Ltd., maker