Pirate and Traveller (1954)
I first heard about this game a few years ago. The first edition was 1911, but of course that one is $100+ if you can find it at all. The 1936 edition is almost as pricy, but I was finally able to get the 1954 edition in near mint condition and set it up. First of all, I love moving pieces on actual maps. I also enjoy being the geography textbook who can help anyone find any spot in any country, thanks to my lifetime hobby of collecting stamps from every country. For some of the places I even found myself starting brief history lessons. This map is very well done. It is not a graphical marvel by modern standards, but it captures the look of a page from an old atlas of the time period. The travel routes are very well thought out, and match what I know of the history of trade routes. The paths all make sense, and that skull in the South Atlantic Ocean fits where St. Helena or Ascension Island would be, so for a geography lover there's more than ju...