Impact of the war was evident in boys’ toys in particular. Instructions on how to play a dive-bombing board game from the 1940s were printed on the box: “Place the game on the floor. Standing up, each player drops their bomb on one of the military targets marked in red on the board. The score is calculated according to the military value of each target. Players drop the bombs in series agreed upon in advance. Try not to hit the targets marked with a red cross or letters M (museum), K (church), or T (theatre). Hitting these less-strategic targets reduce your total score. The player who has the best final score wins. For variation, players can drop the bombs standing on a chair or a table, for example. This way it is much harder to hit the target.”
In addition to museums, churches and theatres, the instructions advise to avoid the Red Cross and encourage to hit the headquarters, radio masts, broadcasting company, armory, harbour, barracks, warships, government house, factories, bridges, airplanes, laboratories, post office, lighthouse, electric plant, gas bell, cargo ships, fire station, water tower, airport, petrol tanks, cannons, and runways.
Impact of the war was evident in boys’ toys in particular. Instructions on how to play a dive-bombing board game from the 1940s were printed on the box: “Place the game on the floor. Standing up, each player drops their bomb on one of the military targets marked in red on the board. The score is calculated according to the military value of each target. Players drop the bombs in series agreed upon in advance. Try not to hit the targets marked with a red cross or letters M (museum), K (church), or T (theatre). Hitting these less-strategic targets reduce your total score. The player who has the best final score wins. For variation, players can drop the bombs standing on a chair or a table, for example. This way it is much harder to hit the target.”
In addition to museums, churches and theatres, the instructions advise to avoid the Red Cross and encourage to hit the headquarters, radio masts, broadcasting company, armory, harbour, barracks, warships, government house, factories, bridges, airplanes, laboratories, post office, lighthouse, electric plant, gas bell, cargo ships, fire station, water tower, airport, petrol tanks, cannons, and runways.
