The Museum Of Board Games just struck gold!

As in the best mystery stories, the tale we are going to share with you is filled with unexpected findings, hidden treasures, attics, and...road safety.

Heidi Gibbs, from Norfolk, never would have imagined that amongst her late grandmother's toys, hidden in the attic, lay an obscure and truly unique gem.
Stop or Go, a road safety game played on a grid with counters, was designed in the 1940s by the games company Pepys, but was never manufactured.

Heidi found what is believed to be a pre-production version of the game, and approached the Museum of Board Games in Newent in the Forest of Dean.
Curator Tony Boydell confirmed it was "the rarest Pepys game by a mile" as the game was known about but had never been seen. It has now been bought by the museum and is on permanent display.

Boydell said even the most knowledgeable "guru" of the company's archive, Rex Pitts, who wrote a book about the history of Pepys, had never seen a copy.
"It became very clear that this is something of a holy grail, it's a real treasure," he said.

Gibbs said she decided to sell the game to the museum because she wanted board game fans to be able to "see and appreciate" it.

You can read the full story on the BBC's website!

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