Speed (15th Edition), Pepys Series
First Published: 1988, by Gibsons Games, London SW19 2RB
Illustrator or Designer: Mark Bromley
Contents: 44 Cards + Folded Rules Sheet
Speed 15th Ed. - Box Front
There are 44 cards: 9 Aeroplanes, 9 Car, 8 Ship, 7 Train, 6 "Special", 4 Lightning Cards and 1 Extra Turn.
Speed 15th Ed. Aeroplane Cards: Sopwith Camel 1917 118 MPH, Supermarine S6B 1931 407 MPH, Gloster Gladiator 1934 253 MPH, Spitfire MK 2A 1940 370 MPH, Gloster Meteor F.MK 1 1945 590 MPH, Hawker Hunter 1954 710 MPH, Comet 1952 490 MPH, English Electric Lightning 1959 1500 MPH, Concorde 1985 1450 MPH.
Speed 15th Ed. Car Cards: Bentley 4 ½ 1929 90 MPH, Seagrave’s Golden Arrow 1929 231 MPH, Campbell’s Bluebird 1935 300 MPH, Captaincies. Eyston’s Thunderbolt 1938 367 MPH, MG TC2 1946, Cobbs’ Railton Napier Special 1947 394 MPH, Jaguar XK120 1948 125 MPH, Mini Cooper 1969 98 MPH, Williams Honda 1987 200 MPH.
Speed 15th Ed. Ship Cards: Cutty Sark 1880 17 Knots, HMS Dreadnought 1906 22 Knots, Titanic 1911 21 Knots, HMS Hood 1918 29 knots, Queen Mary 1934 31 Knots, Vosper MTB 1939 42 Knots, Campbell’s Bluebird 1955 228 MPH, Atlantic Challenger 1986 52 Knots.
Speed 15th Ed. Train Cards: Stephenson’s Rocket 1829 29 MPH, Caledonian Railway Dunalastair 1896 80 MPH, G.W.R. City of Truro 1904 100 MPH, L.M.S. Royal Scot 1932 98 MPH, L.N.E.R. Gresley’s Papyrus 1935 108 MPH, L.N.E.R. Mallard 1938 126 MPH, HS 125 1975 129 MPH.
Speed 15th Ed. “Special Cards”: Norton Commando 1970 120 MPH, Hovercraft 1969 50 Knots, Westland Lynx 1986 249 MPH, Challenger Tank 1986 35 MPH, HMS Swiftsure 1973 30 Knots, Hydrofoil 1975 45 Knots.
Speed 15th Ed. Lightning & Extra Turn Cards
Speed is one of the Pepys games that Gibsons retained when they took over the brand in 1984. In 1988, fifty years after the first publication of Speed, they added a new edition that has become known as "Speed 15th Edition" even though no number or edition is mentioned in the Gibsons version. I have adopted the use of "15th Edition" here as that is the name most used by collectors and was coined by Rex Pitts.
The Gibsons designed Speed totally changed the style of the cards but retained the game's format.
Speed 15 Ed. Rules
There is no full address give in the game just a postcode on the box base (and in some cases not even this). That postcode relates to Gibsons Games when they were trading from: Unit 9/Greenlea Park, Prince Georges Road, London, SW19 2RB.
To my knowledge there are no other documented versions of this game. At the time it was published in 1988 all Gibsons Games bore barcodes on their boxes.
An overview of every edition of Speed can be found here.
Game & Version Details
Speed 15th Edition | |
 Box Front | |
 Card Back | |
 Rules Front | |
 Rules Back There is no full address for Gibsons Games just "London" | |
 Box Back, Red | |
 Box Top | |
 Box Base Gibsons Address is given as London SW19 2RB | |
 Alternate Box Base - No Address | |
 Top Flap Made in the E.E.C. | |