Play Table Gype!

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  For 2, 3, or 4 players, Ages 8 and Up! Simple to learn and teach, and certified lead-free!

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  Quality Eco-Friendly Components Made of cloth and wood, with minimal packaging. No oil-based plastic!

• Never the Same Game Twice! Randomness ensures the game is different every time you play.

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  Encourages Good Sportsmanship Features quotes from G.K. Chesterton, including, "You never enjoy a game till you enjoy getting beaten at the game."

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  Hand-assembled in the U.S.A. Support local workers of our independent publishing company.

• Teaches Tactics vs Strategy The constant changing of pieces forces you to think in the now, instead of planning moves far in advance.

About Gype

In his Autobiography, G.K. Chesterton tells of “the well-known and widespread national game of Gype” he created with his friend, H.G. Wells.

While the rules of the sport were decided for several fields of play, including water, land, and on the table, the game was never officially invented – even though playing too much was known to lead to a condition known as “Gype’s Ear.” Wells himself documented several other games in his books Floor Games and Little Wars, but neither he nor Chesterton expounded on the rules of any version Gype.

Uncle Chestnut’s Table Gype embodies several of the ideals Chesterton expressed elsewhere, such as the adventure of inconvenience (in All things Considered) and how going around the world (or across a board) is the shortest way home (from Homesick at Home and Manalive). The quotations on the game board and scattered throughout the rules are all from Chesterton’s works. The “mysterious and significant shapes” on the playing pieces are all elements often found in Chesterton’s writings.