1937 “That’s Me!” Gambling Board Game by Parker Brothers, U.S.A.

Description

A well constructed vintage game in superb condition and with little sign of use.  The contents are complete and in very good order as shown.  Nice wooden playing pieces and quality dice.  The box is straight with all corners intact.  Includes the original Instructions.

This rare game was made in the U.S.A. by Parker Brothers, Salam, Mass. and dates from 1937.  The box measures  46 x 24 x 6 cm.

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Description from the boardgamegeek site:

This Depression-era party game is really a gambling game, but green wooden disks are provided as a game currency. The board has a central pot with a buff corridor from each of the four sides. In between are three concentric octagonal rings (Green outer, Grey middle, Orange inner). On these rings are spaces with 8 Up elevators, 8 Down elevators and 16 black circles.

There are 16 numbered wooden tokens and matching plastic disks. Each player takes one of the tokens randomly from the cup and keeps it secret. The plastic disks are distributed randomly onto the black circles on the board. The goal of the game is to land on and “collect” one’s own disk number.

Each player antes one chip and moves onto the board via one of four Entrance Elevators. Players roll a red and a white die and may choose which to use (red goes left, white goes right). Elevators, dots and the buff corridors must be reached by exact throw. In a buff corridor, a player immediately tries to reach the pot by exact count (1,2 or 3 depending on ring); if successful, he collects the pot, and everyone antes again. In either case goes back outside the building.

When a player lands on and captures a numbered disk other than his own, the owner (if in play) must say “That’s Me” and pay his captor five chips. Landing on another player “bumps” them and requires a fine of one chip to the pot and another to the bumper. The winner is the first to land on and collect his own numbered disk. The winner collects the pot plus 10 chips from each player.