REVIEWS
"Gavitt's Stock Exchange is a beautiful
reprint of a hundred year-old American game...The
Victorian era packaging (and ads) are all humorous
and insightful...the game is also enjoyable
to play!"
Shannon Appelcline, RPGnet.com, USA
"[Gavitt's Stock Exchange]
is so furious… and
the laughter... It's no wonder that this
game was the most popular of it's time."
Terri Coons,
Alpharetta, GA
"Gavitt’s original
game sold for 35 cents per set. The Out of
the Box version is still a bargain with a suggested
retail price of $12.99!"
Staff writer,
Specialty Toy and Gifts, USA
"You may not recognize
the name, but early in the 1900’s Gavitt’s
Stock Exchange was one of the most popular games
in America!"
NSSEA, Tidings
Magazine, USA
"[Gavitt’s] is
very simple to learn, and a very good after-dinner
game for social get-togethers!"
Patrick Korner, Gamewire
Game Reviews, USA
"Gavitt's Stock Exchange
is the flagship product of Out of the Box's Heirloom
Game Series, which are games from days gone by."
Michael Hooper,
The Topeka Capital-Journal, USA
"What a wonderful surprise
to find this classic game now available to players
in the 21st century."
Peter Freitag,
American Game Collectors Association,USA
"There's something about
playing with turn-of-the-century-looking cards
that makes the game as charming to look at as
it is fun to play."
Bernie DeKoven,
DeepFun, USA
"Gavitt was a Renaissance
Businessman"
The Topeka Capital-Journal,
USA
"A great game for young
or old - learn to play in minutes. Turn back the
clock to the early 1900's as you battle for control
of the railroads. Fast paced and thrilling - never
a dull moment when playing!"
Charlie Dix, Trainboard.com
REVIEWS FROM 1903
"The cards used for
playing this game are entirely different from
the regular cards which are generally used in
card games, and it is the novelty with which they
must be handled in playing that makes the game
so interesting and exciting."
The Pharmaceutical
Era Journal, USA
"G.S.E. is recommended
for informal gathering, college events, and for
use at summer resorts, or in fact at any new place
where genuine amusement and fun are desired."
The American
Stationer Journal, USA
"The new card game known
as Gavitt's Stock Exchange is having a great run
in Topeka just now. Dealers are unable to supply
the large demand."
Topeka State Journal, May 27, 1903
"The Gavitt Printing
Company are having a great demand for their Gavitt's
Stock Exchange railway playing cards in all parts
of the east"
Topeka State Journal, July 16, 1903
"THE GREAT SOCIETY game
in the East is G.S.E. (Gavitt's Stock Exchange.)"
Topeka Daily Capital, Aug. 9, 1903
"There was an extra
large number of informal (G.S.E.) Gavitt's Stock
Exchange parties this week."
Topeka State Journal, Aug 29, 1903
"There has been over
2,000 sets of G.S.E. (Gavitt's Stock Exchange),
the new card game, sold in Topeka in the last
six months. The book stores claim it is one of
the most popular games they have ever handled."
Topeka State Journal, Sept. 19, 1903
MENTIONED IN...
The Henry Luce III Center
For the Study of American Culture
"Original
Gavitt's Stock Exchange Game is a part of American history"
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