Titre et auteur:

Petropolis®

Publication:

[Mexico] : Petropolis Inc., ©1975 (Mexico : Aries)

Description:

1 game : metal, paper, plastic ; in black leatherette attache case cm

Notes:
Monopoly style oil game created and designed by Baron Arnaud de Rosnay.
Letter "t" in title represented by oil derrick.
"Aries, hecho en Mexico"--Case; "Imprimé par Les Editions Brunétoile, Paris"--Booklet
"The central motif of the game is to acquire the most exclusive oil concessions and to earn the maximum profits from the oil producting countries"--Booklet p. [11]
Casa Aries produced otther ed. of Petropolis, including a super luxury ed. in a green leatherette case, and a Petropolis + Backgammon ed. in a black leatherette case.
Title from booklet.
Contents: 1 board, 2 dice, 1 dice cup, 1 timer, 34 silver-plated derricks, 14 gold-plated oil platforms, 7 gold-plated markers, 25 telex cards, 8 memo cards, 27 concession titles, 390 petrodollars, 16-p. booklet.
Casa Aries produced other ed. of Petropolis , including a super luxury ed. in a green leatherette case, and a Petropolis + Backgammon ed. in a black leatherette case.
1 board, 2 dice, 1 dice cup, 1 timer, 34 silver-plated derricks, 14 gold-plated oil platforms, 7 gold-plated markers, 25 telex cards, 27 concession titles, 390 petrodollars, 16-p. booklet.
Library copy: incomplete: 33 derricks, 6 markers, 26 concession titles.

Expositions:

Exhibited: "1973: désolé, plus d'essence = 1973: sorry, out of gas", Centre canadien d'architecture, Nov. 7, 2007-Apr. 20, 2008.

Sujet:

Board games Specimens.
Oil fields.
Petroleum reserves.
Gisements pétrolifères.
Pétrole Réserves.
oil fields.
Board games.
Toys Specimens

Classification/genre:

Board games.
Specimens.
Board games (game sets)
Attaché cases.
Games.

Vedettes secondaires:

Rosnay, Arnaud de, 1946-

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main jouets et jeux 261069
Cote: TS2301.T7.P6 R6 1975
Statut: Disponible