Treason ITT 2002 GBG |
2002 |
Green Board Game Co. |
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First produced |
2002 |
Players |
2 to 6 |
Age(s) |
10+ |
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1 x illustrated playing board 6 x pewter playing tokens 1 x gold plate crown 1 x wood dice 1 x jewel bag 168 x game cards; - 8 Tower - 36 equipment - 40 weapon - 30 question - 48 chance - 6 gate 1 x rules booklet A well designed, beautifully illustrated and cunning game of strategy and deceit. The first player to break into the Tower of London, steal the gold crown from the jewel room in the White Tower and escape to freedom, wins. |
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| Tools needed to break into the White Tower are obtained from various buildings within the Tower and by correctly answering question cards. For each player choose from 3 levels of difficulty depending on age and experience. Chance cards can assist you in stealing the Crown and earn you weapons to defend yourself with, as well as place you under house arrest.
Your opponents will try to stop you and even steal the crown from you! In 1671, Colonel Thomas Blood nearly succeeded in stealing the Crown Jewels. Nobody else has dared to try since, that we know of. He first visited the Tower disguised as a Clergyman, in the company of a woman pretending to be his wife. After befriending Talbot Edwards, the keeper of the Jewels, Colonel Blood and a number of accomplices arrived at the Tower a few days later, early in the morning. They overpowered Edwards, an accomplice named Parret, stuffed the Orb in his breeches and Blood hid the crown under his cloak. A third conspirator began to file the Sceptre in half because it was too big to hide. By complete coincidence, Edwards' soldier son interrupted them, putting them to flight. Pursued by young Edwards and his tough companion, Captain Beckman, the thieves fled along Tower wharf. The alarm had been raised. They were captured by the Yeoman Warders and Captain Beckman. Although Blood was initially imprisoned in the Tower, and all his estates confiscated, he was later not only pardoned by the King but also rewarded with restitution of his estates and an income of £500 per year, which he enjoyed until his death in 1680. |
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