Libel
1994
William Roache Mambi Games Ltd.
 
First produced
1994
Players
2 to 6
Age(s)
12+
             
 

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  This game guides players through the ‘quicksand’ of assembling a team of legal advisers in order to proceed to trial.
Players pay their lawyer's fees. Buy too soon and you could find yourself losing members of your legal team other players. There are penalties imposed by the courts and pitfalls from your opposing barrister during cross examination.
  Contents Notes
  1 x playing board
2 x wooden dice
6 x wooden playing pieces
129 x banker's drafts in various denominations
6 x injunction lifted cards
27 x perjury cards
6 x legal team fee cards
84 x legal team cards;
- 3 barristers, 3 QCs, 6 solicitors, 18 witnesses, 18 affadavits and 36 jurors 		  Libel was devised by William Roache after he sued the Sun newspaper for printing a defamatory article about his portrayal of Ken Barlow in the well known TV serial.
William had previously devised a board game with his daughter, called Teacher's Pet, for a school project and enjoyed the experience.
Once his libel case had ended, William assembled elements of his and other cases into a game for all the family. A game of entertainment, competition, ‘needle’ between players and an educational step ladder for those who have never taken part in a civil court action.