Número del objeto
2010/20/6/1-6
Título
Farming,
Creador
Descripción
‘Farming’ is a board game in which 3–6 players run a farm for a year and try to finish the farming season with the highest profit. The game was manufactured by Edward Fletcher & Partners in 1982. The game contains a shared game board and individual playing boards, bank notes, and various playing cards. These are the bank notes from ‘Farming’ and include £1, £5, £25, £50, £100 and £500 notes in assorted colours.
Historia del archivo
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Description: Board game with the title ‘Farming’ which involves each player running their own farm for a year. Box with farming picture on front, main game board, 5 farm homestead boards, stock cards, crop cards, play cards, money etc. See separate list of full contents. Made in Great Britain by Edward Fletcher & Partners, 25 West Park Road, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DB. c. 1982// Dimensions: // Associated information: Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project. // References:', Instructions text – ‘The Aim of FARMING // The aim of FARMING is that each farmers should finish the farming season with as large a profit as possible. The farmer with the largest profit at the end of the game is the winner. FARMING also gives the players a realistic insight into the activities that occur on a farm during the course of the year.’, 2010/20/6/1 £1 bank note x 40. 2010/20/6/2 £5 bank note x 30. 2010/20/6/3 £25 bank note x 15. 2010/20/6/4 £50 bank note x 15. 2010/20/6/5 £100 bank note x 40. 2010/20/6/6 £500 bank note x 40.
Lugar de producción
Kew
Fecha
1982 - 1982
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