2010/31/12

AgriHazard,

Ford Motor Company Ltd (Manufacturer)

This is a set of six playing pieces, in six different colours, from 'AgriHazard', a farming board game for 2–6 players, in which players buys and sell farms, grow crops and sell their produce at market. The game contains instructions, a game board, bank notes, various playing cards and pieces, a dice and a dice thrower. It was first manufactured by Ford Motor Company Ltd. in 1973.

MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Standard museum name: … // Accession number: … // Classification: … // Negative number: … // Acquisition method: … // Acquired from: … // Date: … // Store: … // Condition: … // Recorder: … // Date: … // Description: Board game with the title ‘Agri-Hazard’. // For 2–6 players. Players buy and sell farms, stock them with sheep, cattle and tractors, grow crops & sell their produce at market. // See separate list for full details on contents. // Produced by Ford Motor Company Ltd, 1973 // Dimensions: Box: 52 cm x 25.6 cm x 4 cm deep. // Associated information: Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project. // References: …', 2010/31/1 Box lid. 2010/31/2 Box base. 2010/31/3 Box insert. 2010/31/4 Playing board. 2010/31/5 Rules. 2010/31/6/1 Bank notes £5, orange x 40. 2010/31/6/2 Bank notes £50, blue x 80. 2010/31/6/3 Bank notes £100, pink x 130. 2010/31/6/4 Bank notes £500, white x 60. 2010/31/6/5 Bank notes £1000, cream x 100. 2010/31/6/6 Bank notes £10,000, yellow x 130. 2010/31/6/7 Bank notes £50,000, grey x 40. 2010/31/7/1 Farm estate card, Garlands Farm. 2010/31/7/2 Farm estate card, New Hall Farm. 2010/31/7/3 Farm estate card, Fordham Hall Farm. 2010/31/7/4 Farm estate card, Whitelands Farm. 2010/31/7/5 Farm estate card, The Oakes Farm. 2010/31/7/6 Farm estate card, Frosthill Farm. 2010/31/7/7 Farm estate card, Blakeney Farm. 2010/31/7/8 Farm estate card, Rothby Farm. 2010/31/7/9 Farm estate card, Fen Farm. 2010/31/7/10 Farm estate card, Hare Warren Farm. 2010/31/8 AgriHazard cards x 25. 2010/31/9 Market report cards x 25. 2010/31/10 Blue Ford tractors x 50. 2010/31/11/1 Sheep x 5. 2010/31/11/2 Cows x 5. 2010/31/11/3 Bullock x 1. 2010/31/12 Player tokens x 6. 2010/31/13 Dice x 2. 2010/31/14 Dice tumbler., Board game instructions – ‘Introduction // Agrihazard is all about Farming, and may be played by 2–6 people. Players buy and sell farms, stock them with sheep, cattle and tractors, grow crops and sell their produce at market. Each completed turn round the board represents a farming year. // Travelling around the first three sides of the board, each player has the opportunity to buy farms and stock them with animals. The fourth side of the board represents the market, when the players discover how successful they have been as farmers, and collect their profits from the bank.’

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