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Posted 2 years ago
ranwenharp
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This game has been a huge mystery - it's dated 1946, and is listed in a compendium catalogue of Milton Bradley games. Only produced this one year, and advertised as a "party game." It plays like an early version of chutes and ladders - players take turns rolling the dice and moving their wooden "knight" along the pegboard and up the castle wall to rescue the princess. Watch out though! Stay out of the hermit's cave, the witch's brew, and other traps that make you slip backward down the path!
The artwork is really bright and imaginative. I love the 3-D aspect of this game.
Would really love to find out more about it overall. Will just keep researching, and posting on places like this to see what other people have to say.
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