game, True Dough Mania
Report a Mistake- Date Made 1982
- Event --
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Chieftain Products Inc.
- Object Number 2003.163.1 a-o
- Place of Origin Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Ontario, Municipality - Downsview
- Category Recreational artifacts
- Sub-category Toy
- Department History
- Museum CMH
- Earliest 1982/01/01
- Latest 1982/12/31
- Brand Name / Model CP 140
- Inscription (top of box/dessus de la boîte) TRUE DOUGH MANIA/A GAME OF CHANCE WHERE YOU HAVE NO CHANCE/2-6 PLAYERS .../AGES 12 TO ADULT. (bottom of box/dessous de la boîte) TRUE DOUGH MANIA/A GAME OF CHANCE WHERE YOU HAVE NO CHANCE/You are the PROUD owner of a flourishing business/in the resource, manufacturing or service sector, when/suddenly, government bureaucracy and red tape/begin to eat into your profits/Your business is subjected to everything from Dock/Strikes and Acid Rain to Rail Squabbles and/Metrification. Just when you feel comfortable with/the game rules, you are hit with a new Constitution or/Cabinet Shuffle, and then to top it all, the/government goes broke and issues more inflation-/causing Savings Bonds./Of course, the Free Trade Zone allows you to relax for/awhile and sell some shares to the government, but/sooner or later, everyone will go broke. After all, that/is the idea of the game - be the first to lose all your/assets to the government and be declared the/undisputed winner.
- Materials Cardboard, Plastic, Metal, Ink
- Person / Institution Associated political figure, Trudeau, The Right Honourable Pierre Elliott
- Measurements Height 4.1 cm, Width 51.7 cm, Depth 30.2 cm