Snake Game Rules (1840-60)
This Board Game is played with Two Dice or a Tee-To-Tum
“Rules. This Game is played with Two Dice or a Tee-To-Tum (A teetotum is a form of gambling spinning top.); and any Number of Persons can play at it. From No. 1, in rotation, each throw brings the Player forward according to the Number thrown; and if it brings the Player on a Star Number, look at the direction and corresponding figure. — If the Player throws over 122, there is to be counted back as many as there are thrown more, with one extra throw when on 119.”
Title: Snake Game Rules
Summary: Print showing a game board with red, gold, and blue spaces, numbered between 1 and 122; on the board are illustrations that are numbered and correspond to the blue "starred" spaces, which are action spots, the player landing on one follows the instructions given with the corresponding illustration, and moves accordingly. At the beginning of the game is a portrait of George Washington and at the end, a rustic looking homestead identified as the "home of the Washington family."
Created / Published: [between 1840 and 1860]
Library of Congress: 2007675305