{"id":34,"date":"2019-03-19T12:21:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T16:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:27:08","slug":"walliss-new-game-of-genius-or-compendium-of-inventions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/walliss-new-game-of-genius-or-compendium-of-inventions\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallis\u2019s New Game of Genius, or Compendium of Inventions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>1840, Edward Wallis, London, England.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The<em> New Game of Genius<\/em> 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 \u201cwhoever arrives here loses his chance of the game, and may spend his time in lamenting the waste of human life occasioned by the composition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gift of Ellen Liman \u201857<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/03\/Liman-VictorianGames-090-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1240\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/03\/Liman-VictorianGames-090-2.jpg\" alt=\"new game of genius poster\" class=\"wp-image-124\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Images<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1272\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/03\/Liman-VictorianGames-350.jpg\" alt=\"Green floral damask case. Title in gilt at center, with foliate motifs.\" class=\"wp-image-144\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1240\" data-id=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/03\/Liman-VictorianGames-090-2.jpg\" alt=\"Central area has title and image (a scene of a waterway with an industrial bridge and boats). Other spaces surround; they depict people inventing\/creating things, including the printing press and a microscope.\" class=\"wp-image-124\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1033\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/03\/GameOfGeniusDirectioins1.jpg\" alt=\"game of genius\" class=\"wp-image-106\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1258\" data-id=\"105\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/03\/GameOfGenius11-15.jpg\" alt=\"game of genius page 11-15\" class=\"wp-image-105\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 \u201cwhoever <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/walliss-new-game-of-genius-or-compendium-of-inventions\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Wallis\u2019s New Game of Genius, or Compendium of Inventions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":459,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1087,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/1087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}