London Cabbie compact box 1970s Intellect Games

	London Cabbie compact box	1970s	Intellect Games
	First produced	1971	Players	2 to 6	Age(s)	8+

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1 x playing board

1 x set of 47 passenger cards

1 x Set of 16 tip cards

1 x set of 30 destination cards

1 x set of 13 traffic jam cards

12 x coloured cabs, 6 sets of 2

2 x traffic jam pieces

Set of money;
- 8 x £5, 30 x £1, 10 x 50p pieces, 20 x 10p pieces and 10 x 5p pieces

1 x tray to hold money and sets of cards

1 x rule booklet

Each player has a cab which moves 20 spaces on the board during each turn. There are always 5 passengers available for players to pick up at all times during the game. Players heading for the same passenger must compete.

A second cab of the same colour may be brought into play by each player, once £3.00 is earned. The 20 spaces allowed each turn, however, now have to make do for both cabs. You need to be shrewd at anticipating the movements of other players' cabs, quick at working out the best routes and clever at avoiding traffic jams and one-way streets. The player driver who makes the most money wins. There is a standard fare for each trip but not a standard tip. Like a real cabbie, a player may get a good tip, a rotten tip or no tip at all. The game board is a genuine map of central London so the game is realistic and great fun.

This early edition has a compact box and smaller game board than the first edition which was easily damaged due to its large size. The smaller size was used thereafter.

Intellect Games was established in the early 1970s. They quote “We believe it's high time there were new adult, family and children's games. Games based on interesting, original ideas, fascinating and absorbing to play, and outstandingly well made and presented." View a list of challenging games by Intellect Games from the 1970s.