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The game reconstructed

The counters were made of glass in the shape of thick chocolate drops where one side is flat and the other curved. There were two colours, white and blue, and there were thirteen of each. All the counters were broadly the same size except for one white counter which was about half the diameter of the others.

The board was made of wood which preliminary investigations suggest is maple. It was about 55 cm long and 40 cm wide. It was hinged at both ends so that it folded longways. Each corner was strengthened with a right-angled metal bracket. The proportions of the board suggest that it was laid out as a grid of twelve by eight squares. The blue pieces were placed along one side of the board lengthways and the white were placed down the other side so that all twelve squares were filled on each side. The small white counter (the thirteenth one) was placed near the centre of the board. The thirteenth blue, distinguished from the others by being upside down, was placed in one corner, near blue's base line. Presumably the upside counter was the blue equivalent of the small white one. Perhaps originally there had been a small blue counter too but it was lost.

[Game board as found]

[The game]