Artifact Details

Title

Future, a game of stratey, influence and chance

Catalog Number

102741051

Type

Physical object

Description

The Future game was designed by Dr. Olaf Helmer, T. J. Gordon, and Dr. Hans Goldschmidt. The object consists of the following: a letter from the president of Kaiser Aluminum& Chemical Corporation; an eight-page instruction booklet; ten score sheets; sixty event cards; news event cards lettered A -J; one survey card; an upopened package of one and five billion future dollar bills; a twenty-sided die; a box containing twenty-five each of the colors orange, green, yellow, and blue; four game boards; one center cross; a letter to Paul Armer from Olaf Helmer, and a copy of a news artilce from the New York Times dated Saturday, October 22, 1966.

Date

1966

Manufacturer

Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation

Place Manufactured

U.S.

Dimensions

overall: 3 5/8 in x 8 1/2 in x 10 in

Category

Game

Credit

Gift of Paul and Joan Armer and family

Lot Number

X6896.2014