1840, Edward Wallis, London, England.
The New Game of Genius is a difficult one: Players must not only memorize information in the instruction booklet, but also depend on luck. The booklet lists a variety of inventions, including the microscope, gunpowder, and orreries, to be memorized and recited. But land on unlucky No. 37, and “whoever arrives here loses his chance of the game, and may spend his time in lamenting the waste of human life occasioned by the composition.”
Gift of Ellen Liman ‘57
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