red barber board game

[Skoonj]

Jay, Butch is right. Your game lacks just the round white wooden "ball", flat on one side. Once the die are rolled, one at a time, the ball is placed on the square under that number, and the play commences: fielders go, ball goes, runners go.

The ball is perhaps the LEAST important piece in the game, in my opinion. Not talking about complete game collector value or anything, just play value. Danny and I couldn't stand the ball since it could easily be touched and roll on the board, which is annoying as hell. We replaced it with an ordinary white shirt button, and that was good for years.

[Skoonj]

I just looked at the photo of the game. I have to say, whoever placed the fielders is asking for trouble. The infielders and outfielders should be deeper, and the shown configuration will result in far more hits. A couple of actual games, and this would surely occur to the person who set up the game for the photo.

[JayZim13]

Thanks guys.
I do have the white flat ball-just forgot to list it. Yes, the yellow box is the original "build up" that the pegs etc came in.
Are the 2 original scorecards considered part of the game?
Also, did the game come with the GR Anthony book offers?
I bought the game in 1990 from Lelands.

[Butch7999]

Hi Jay, we've seen the G R Anthony promotional flyers included with a few other examples of the game, so yes, they're original to it.
The scoresheets, too, are part of the original package. You could order 100 more of those for $1.00. Then.
Thanks for clarifying build-up versus parts box -- thought you might have had something we hadn't seen before!