1923 Flip-o-Hoy Aeroplane Race Game by Chad Valley, England

Description

Here’s an extremely rare game board, dating from the early twentieth century.  “Flip-o-Hoy” has an early aviation theme and would originally have had six Aeroplane playing pieces.  Sadly these have long gone, but the large, double-fold board would make an excellent display piece for a museum or private collection.  The Rules are are printed on a label, attached to the back of the board, as shown.  According to these instructions, , there would have been a spinner at the centre of the board to determine moves.  This is no longer present.  The game features in Brian Love’s 1978 “Play The Game” book.  Interestingly, the example illustrated in the book doesn’t show the spinner either?  I will upload some of these photos to the boardgamegeek site, as their current photos are from the book, rather than the actual game.

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