Boomerang, an original vintage game by Ravensburger 1976

Boomerang, an original vintage game by Ravensburger 1976

• Manufacturer: Ravensburger
• Manufacture date: 1976

Description
On this wonderful game board, the many stones never come to rest. Each attack can always have a boomerang effect and hit the attacker. A single move and the threatening stone itself becomes the attacker. Whoever has captured a certain number of stones from the opposing team is the winner. However, if one can build a "triplet position" one may free prisoners. That way there is tension until the last moment.

Condition
This game is in good vintage condition. The box shows some traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Photos are part of the description.

Box size

• Height: 3.5 cm.
• Length: 33.5 cm.
• Width: 23 cm.

Ravensburger AG is a German game and toy company and market leader in the European jigsaw puzzle market.

The company was founded by Otto Robert Maier with a seat in Ravensburg, a town in Upper Swabia in southern Germany. He began publishing in 1883 with his first author contract. He started publishing instruction folders for craftsmen and architects, which soon acquired him a solid financial basis. His first board game appeared in 1884, named "Journey around the world".

At the turn of the 20th century, his product line broadened to include picture books, books, children’s activity books, Art Instruction manuals, non-fiction books, and reference books as well as children’s games, Happy Families and activity kits. In 1900, the Ravensburger blue triangle trademark was registered with the Imperial Patent office. As of 1912, many board and activity games had an export version that was distributed to Western Europe, the countries of the Danube Monarchy as well as Russia.

Before the First World War, Ravensburger had around 800 products. The publishing house was damaged during the Second World War and continued to produce games in the years of the reconstruction. The company focused on children's games and books and specialized books for art, architecture and hobbies, and from 1962 grew strongly. The company started to produce jigsaw puzzle games in 1964, and in the same year opened subsidiaries in Austria, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In 1977 the company split into a book publishing arm and a game publishing arm.

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