Sailing Game (1954)

Game from 'The Children's Book of Games, Puzzles and Pastimes. A simple roll and move game in the tradition of 'Goose' games. RULES. This game is for two players, who must provide themselves with two counters of different colours to represent the boats, and a dice (sic). Each opponent takes a turn at throwing the dice and moves his boat forward the number of spaces shown by the throw. Any boat getting on the marked squares must follow the rules below : FAIR WIND 3 spaces forward FOUL WIND 3 spaces back FAIR TIDE 1 space forward FOUL TIDE 1 space back HIT BUOY Start again FAIR WIND AND TIDE 5 spaces forward First to the Finish Boat, wins.