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Horsie Horsie (Eight & Twelve Track Editions)

Horsie Horsie, Pepys Series


First Published: 1946, Pepys Series

Illustrator or Designer: M.J.C.


Contents:

8 Track Edition: 8 Different Playing Boards, 1 Check Board, 120 Check Board Counters, 32 Player Counters, 1 Bag & Rules Sheet.


12 Track Edition: 12 Different Playing Boards, 1 Check Board, 120 Check Board Counters, 48 Player Counters, 1 Bag & Rules Booklet.

Horsie Horsie -  Eight Track Edition Box Top

Horsie Horsie - Eight Track Edition Box Top



Horsie Horsie -  Twelve Track Edition Box Top

Horsie Horsie - Twelve Track Edition Box Top



Horsie Horsie -  Eight Track Edition Boards

. Horsie Horsie - Eight Track Edition Boards, numbered 1-8.



Horsie Horsie -  Twelve Track Edition Board

Horsie Horsie - Twelve Track Edition Board


Horsie Horsie -  Bases of the boards numbered 9-12 from the Twelve Track Edition

Horsie Horsie - Bases of the boards numbered 9-12 from the Twelve Track Edition


Horsie Horsie Check Board Closed

Horsie Horsie Check Board Closed

Horsie Horsie Check Board Open

Horsie Horsie Check Board Open


Horsie Horsie Counters Bag and Counters

Horsie Horsie Counters Bag and Counters

Horsie Horsie Player Counters, 8 or 12 of each colour depending on the edition.

Horsie Horsie Player Counters, 8 or 12 of each colour depending on the edition.

Horsie Horsie Check Board & Player Counters showing the reverse/undersides.


Horsie Horsie Rules for the Eight Track Edition

Horsie Horsie Rules for the Eight Track Edition


Horsie Horsie Rules for the Twelve Track Edition.


Adverts on the back page for Horse, Racing Tonight, Home Cricket, Speed, Dingbat Dominoes, I Spy, Wu-Pee, Peter & the Wolf & Sylabex.





Horse designs used on the boxes and boards of the two editions, left the Eight Track and right the Twelve Track.

Horse designs used on the boxes and boards of the two editions, left the Eight Track and right the Twelve Track.


In the 12 Track Editions I have several copies of a brochure by the former POW designers, M.J.C. - The Marine Jockey Commission. To read that brochure follow this link.


The game owes much to Bingo and its name is a pun on the slang or common name for Bingo "Housie, Housie".


The game's design, particularly the 8 Track version may have been inspired by the packaging of Bar One Cigarettes, a popular brand in the 1940s.


Bar One Cigarette Advert

Bar One Cigarette Advert


There is no mention of Castell Brothers on the box or rules and no addresses are given.





Game & Version Details


Horsie Horsie - Eight Track Edition Box Contents

Horsie Horsie - Eight Track Edition Box Contents


​Horsie Horsie - Twelve Track Edition Box Contents

​Horsie Horsie - Twelve Track Edition Box Contents


​​​​Horsie Horsie - Box Lids, Long Sides Eight Track Edition on top.

​​​​Horsie Horsie - Box Lids, Long Sides Eight Track Edition on top.


​​​Horsie Horsie - Box Lids, Short Sides

​​​Horsie Horsie - Box Lids, Short Sides


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