The Sportsman and the Rabbit (1913)

The Sportsman and Rabbit game is a roll and move game for 2 to 4 players. Players move around spaces on a playing board either as a hunter or rabbit. The rabbit tries to elude the hunter and reach its rabbit warren. The hunter tries to catch the rabbit to win the game. The lithographed board displays Australian rural life where the abundance of wild rabbits became a staple meal during the early 20th century, The board has hunters, rabbits, rabbit warrens and a wheat field for rabbits to hide. Published by the National Game Company in Australia and Recorded in the National Archives of Australia as being registered in 1913. —user summary