TOTOPOLY. VINTAGE 1950's BOARD GAME WITH METAL HORSES. WADDINGTONS

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The horses names in Totopoly are quite fun actually too – they were the real horse names that ran in The Lincolnshire Handicap between the years 1926-37. Totopoly was based on our old nation’s love of horse racing (or should I say betting on horseracing? Of the brand waddingtons - The theme horse racing as well as an age level : 17 years up - A countryregion of manufacture qualified as 'united kingdom' , a game type : 'board' and a material established as cardboard.

Originally made in 1938 by Waddingtons, the game is based on a double-sided board, with each side representing a different half of the game.

During the race, "advantage" cards may be played to improve a horse's position; also, any "disadvantage" cards held must be used, with the effect of holding a horse back or cancelling an "advantage" card, before the end of the race. Interestingly, and this is the first time I had seen this - the game was played on a double-sided board, each side represented a different half of the game. During the race, “advantage” cards may be played to improve a horse’s position; also, any “disadvantage” cards held must be used, with the effect of holding a horse back or cancelling an “advantage” card, before the end of the race.

The horses are moved around a loop, and, depending on which squares they land on, the player may collect "advantage" and "disadvantage" cards, which become important in the game's second phase. Originally published in 1938 by Waddingtons, the game is based on a double-sided board, with each side representing a different half of the game.The horses are moved around a loop, and, depending on which squares they land on, the player may collect “advantage” and “disadvantage” cards, which become important in the game’s second phase. In the first section, each player has a set of horses, which start and end this phase in one of two stables. In the first half of Totopoly each player has to “groom” their horses, by rolling die and collecting "advantage" and "disadvantage" cards, which become important in phase two of the game.