The Shakespeare Game

By: Adam Simpson

Published by Laurence King Publishing, 2022

Journey from Stratford to London in the footsteps of the world's best loved playwright, collect performance cards and move around London's theatres to put on as many plays as you can before other playwrights steal your ideas, burn down your theatres or spread the plague! Who will be the fastest in the race to fame and glory? The winner is the first to earn ℗Đ120, enough to buy ShakespearéU+0099s home, New Place, in Stratford Upon Avon ́U+0093 or the first to finance a new theatre on the Southbank (the Globe), and stage a medley performance there, winning in one fell swoop .While you play, you will absorb details of Elizabethan England as well as learn references to Shakespeare's plays. Players can use their growing Shakespeare knowledge to play event cards that result in added drama and sabotage.