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About this item

• PLAY AND LEARN: learn about Shakespeare's plays in this fun new easy-to-play board game. Go back to Shakespeare's London and collect character cards to stage your own plays and win!
• SCREEN-FREE FUN for 3-5 players aged 8 and up. Play time is 30-60 mins and game play video is available via a QR Code on the back of the box
• SOMETHING TO TREASURE: this is a quality product made to last, with bespoke illustration and and stylish packaging. The box measures 265x265x65mm (10.5x10.5x2.5 ins)
• EXPLORE THE ENTIRE SERIES: this game is part of our bestselling Shakespeare range illustrated by Adam Simpson, includingThe World of Shakespeare: 1000-piece Jigsaw Puzzle and Shakespeare Playing Cards
• CONTENTS INCLUDE gameboard measuring 504x504mm (20x20 ins) when laid out, 28-page rule booklet, 86 cards (6 player cards, 30 luck cards and 50 play cards), 48 chips, 6 player tokens and a card tuck box.

Product Description

Product Description

PLAY AND LEARN:learn Shakespeare as you play this new board game for all the family

SCREEN-FREE FUNfor 2-5 players aged 8 and up

SOMETHING TO TREASURE:this is a quality product made to last, with bespoke illustration and and stylish packaging

EXPLORE THE ENTIRE SERIES:this game is part of our bestselling Shakespeare range illustrated by Adam Simpson, includingThe World of Shakespeare: 1000-piece Jigsaw PuzzleandShakespeare Playing Cards

Journey from Stratford to London in the footsteps of the world's best loved playwright, collect characters and race round London's theatres to put on as many plays as you can before other playwrights steal your ideas, burn down your theatres or spread the plague! In this fun family board game, you will absorb details of Elizabethan England as well as learn loads of references to Shakespeare's plays. The winner is the player whose plays take the most money at the box office, and the fastest in the race to fame and glory.

Review

"An elegant new diversion calledThe Shakespeare Gameis just thing to beguile an hour at home... Fans of the Bard will relish this immersive board game in which two to five players compete for financial success in the cutthroat world of Renaissance theater." –The Washington Post

From the manufacturer

AWARD WINNING: The Shakespeare Game

Journey from Stratford to London in the footsteps of Shakespeare, collect characters and race round London's theaters to put on as many plays as you can before other playwrights steal your ideas, burn down your theaters or spread the plague! In this fun family board game, you will absorb details of Elizabethan England as well as learn loads of references to Shakespeare's plays.

The winner is the player whose plays take the most money at the box office, and the fastest in the race to fame and glory.

Winner of the 2022 Independent Toy Awards Board Game Category