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

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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. This meant that the effect of money accrued in the first phase of this version of the game was fairly minor, and in particular the elaborate rules for betting, together with the final race prize money, were irrelevant. On the training section side of the board, each player has a set of horses, which start and end this phase in one of two stables. 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. 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.

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. 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. Totopoly was based on our old nation’s love of horse racing (or should I say betting on horseracing? A curious aspect of the game, which some people have regarded as a serious design flaw, is that (in the original version) the winner was the person whose horse came in first, irrespective of how much money they had.

Originally made in 1938 by Waddingtons, the game is based on a double-sided board, with each side representing a different half of the game. In the first section, each player has a set of horses, which start and end this phase in one of two stables. The race, which was first run at Lincoln Racecourse in 1853, is now (with occasional exceptions) run at Doncaster Racecourse. More recent editions of the game have an alteration to the rules, allowing the players to make the winner the one who has most money at the end of the race.

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. 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.An unusual feature is that each player throws the dice only once in each turn, the same throw being used for all his or her horses. 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.