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A Cut Above

A Cut Above

1982

Designed by Eàmon Bloomfield

Published by Silk Cut

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Trivia game from an age when smoking and board games could be related. Unusual large triangular box. Published by a cigarette maker, intending that pub landlords might leave the game in the bar for customers to play. Game equipment: 1 Magnetic Playing Board A set of 5 playing counters (and 2 spare sets) 896 Question and Answer cards 4 Winner's Medals 1 cord to hang the board on a wall if required The board looks like a cross between Pictionary and Ludo. It is intended that teams of 4 people play. When your team gets to answer a question, they can choose A Snip (easy), A Cut (medium) or A Cut Above (difficult). The subject they get is determined by the colour of the space they are on. The sujects are: Purple: General Knowledge Blue: Sport Red: TV and Films Yellow: Music If you are correct, your marker moves forward either 1, 2 or 3 spaces on your track. The winning team is the first to get to the end of their track. And, Yes, the team get real-life metal medals, each with a ribbon cord.

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