I'd really like to know what this board game is.
Oh crap I think my grandmother had that game, or a version of it. It's too bad I'm in another country now. ;_;
It's an older version of Goose Game?
I did a lot of searching for this game at Board Game Geek and elsewhere and came up empty. It clearly has a cycling theme. I don't think it's a version of Goose, since most of those are spiral-track games. The back and forth path suggests it's a variant of Snakes and Ladders. A cycling-themed S&L is a reasonable guess, since cycling games were a little in vogue, and S&L had been translated into an English game from the original Indian/Hindu around this time.I'm assuming the studio a) copied the board design from somewhere instead of inventing it and b) simplified board elements for clarity. Simplifying the board is what will make identifying this game difficult.
I did a lot of searching for this game at Board Game Geek and elsewhere and came up empty. It clearly has a cycling theme. I don't think it's a version of Goose, since most of those are spiral-track games. The back and forth path suggests it's a variant of Snakes and Ladders. A cycling-themed S&L is a reasonable guess, since cycling games were a little in vogue, and S&L had been translated into an English game from the original Indian/Hindu around this time.
I'm assuming the studio a) copied the board design from somewhere instead of inventing it and b) simplified board elements for clarity. Simplifying the board is what will make identifying this game difficult.
Do you have any other shots of the board? I've posted a message at BGG looking for help IDing the game. Is there are action going on in the scene, like dice throwing or moving a piece? One person's suggested a game from the period, but I'm not convinced they're right.
>>3277I'm >>3253 If it's any help, I think the game I remember had vertical lines dividing the yellow path into long narrow strips.
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>>3279This is what I thought of when you said vertical strips: http://personales.ya.com/anki/cyclingboardgames/g_landsend.htmThe closest game I could find was at the same site: http://personales.ya.com/anki/cyclingboardgames/g_parkernewbicycle.htmIt's vaguely similar, but I doubt it's the game, since it was published in the US. There are other cycling games of the era mentioned here, but I can't find much with Google.
>>3279This is what I thought of when you said vertical strips: http://personales.ya.com/anki/cyclingboardgames/g_landsend.htm
The closest game I could find was at the same site: http://personales.ya.com/anki/cyclingboardgames/g_parkernewbicycle.htmIt's vaguely similar, but I doubt it's the game, since it was published in the US. There are other cycling games of the era mentioned here, but I can't find much with Google.
>>3298Those aren't really close. I'm almost positive I saw a game board with nearly the same layout.
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