Speed 14th Edition, A Pepys Card Game
First Published: 1978, Pepys Series by Castell Brothers Ltd., St. Cross Street, London
Illustrator or Designer: Not credited but assistance acknowledged
Contents: 44 Cards + Fold-Out Rules Leaflet
There are 44 cards: 9 Aircraft, 9 Train, 8 Ships, 7 Motors, 6 Animals, 4 Lightning Cards and 1 Extra Turn.
Speed 14th Ed cards, Aircraft: Wright Bros. Plane, Alcock & Brown Vickers Vimy, Vickers Armstrong “Spitfire”, “Viscount” Air Liner, “Hawker” V.T.O. P1127, BA Boeing 747, “Concorde”, Avro Vulcan B.2., English Electric Lightning
Speed 14th Ed cards, Trains: “The Rocket”, “Flying Scotsman, “The Spirit of Progress”, Auckland-Rotorua Express “The Canadian”, “Golden Arrow”, “Electric Scot” Inter-City, “Bullet” Super Express, High Speed Train (125 mph)
Speed 14th Ed cards, Ships: “Cutty Sark”, “Blue Bottle” owned by Duke of Edinburgh, H.M. Yacht “Britannia”, “Empress of Canada”, “Q.E. II”, “Hovercraft” Hoverlloyd Ltd., H.M.S. “Eagle”, H.M.S. “Dreadnought”
Speed 14th cards, Motors: “Tourist Trophy Race 1905”, “Capt. Eyston’s “Thunderbolt”, “Railton” John Cobb, B.R.M. Graham Hill, “Jaguar” E Type V12, Lotus Ford, “Elf Tyrell Ford”
Speed 14th Ed cards, Animals: Lion 50 mph, Giraffe 22/25 mph, Racehorse 45/50mph, Cheetah 70mph, Rhinoceros 25/28 mph, Greyhound 36 mph
Speed 14th Ed cards: Lightning, Extra Turn
Note the misprint on Aircraft 4. The lower "4" has been rotated 45 degrees, this was first noticed by Rex Pitts. A feature looking at misprints and mistakes will feature on Collecting Pepys soon.
The pack featured here was part of Rex Pitts' personal collection.
An overview of every edition of Speed can be found here.
Game & Version Details
 | Speed 14th Ed - Card Back |
 | Speed 14th Ed - Rules Front |
 | Speed 14th Ed - Rules Contents |
 | Speed 14th Ed - Rules Acknowledgements |
 | Speed 14th Ed - Rules Back Games Advertised: Tom and Jerry Snap Penalty |
 | Speed 14th Ed - Box Back |
 | Speed 14th Ed - Box Top |
 | Speed 14th Ed - Box Side Left |
 | Speed 14th Ed - Box Base |
 | Speed 14th Ed - Box Side Right |
 | Speed 14th Ed - Box Back With Flap |
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