Hand coloured board game, The Game of Besieging, made in Germany in the early nineteenth century.The game is a strategy based on one played by the rules of Fox and Geese, however, Halma may be a later version of this game.The armed forces and war have inspired a number of games, perhaps following the late 18th century tradition of celebrating the exploits of king and country in board games. Strategy games were naturally the easiest to transform into battle games of all types. Men at war, be they soldiers, seamen or pilots, would play games in their spare time, often creating their own simple boards from paper and pencil, and re-enacting famous victories.Equipment required: 23 wooden men and 2 bone counters all contained in a card box bearing a different label with an engraved pictorial title 3in x 3 7/8in x 2 7/8in lettered in english, french and german - BoardGameGeek