Our favourite TT fan, Ian Huntly created a game some years back that is based on the Isle of Man races. Legendary stuff. The game is old school... no electronics here but in '78 when it was first introduced, PONG was the thing that was newest in home video games, or was it Pac-Man? I can't remember... I am barely able to remember where I live most days. Have a look at the game and how it works.

Someone should design a game about the Custom Bike industry and running that business with the E.P.A., Police and car drivers! Have a look at Ian's site - www.ttfan.co.uk

I thought you might like to see the original version of my game, which you can see was sponsored by Geoff Dukes Manx Line (1979 - thirty years ago).
 
All these items are from my collection and would in total, not travel by post too well, but I could send you some of the smaller pieces for you should you need me to. (such as play booklet)

 
ttg1 is of course the large playing area.

 
ttg2 is the cardboard "fairing" used to follow the progression of each lap, each player having one in front of him.

 
ttg3 the fairing as supplied before "construction".

 
ttg4 is the slide rule used to convert the final throw total to the average speed attained on that lap and then the final TT Race average for that race.

 
ttg5 is the wipe-clean scoreboard held and filled in by one trustworthy player who has been given the task of being scorer !

 
ttg6 is a pad of tear-off player score sheets for each player to follow the progression of his race.

 
ttg7 is a comprehensive booklet showing how the game is played and why.

 
ttg8 the reverse of the playing area with sponsors name.

 
ttg9 is one of my original game box lids with TT Rider Doug Randall featured (he was my pal at the time and he gave credibility by playing the game with me while I was developing it and offering constructive criticism).

 
tth1 is a selection of card player markers plus a number of card replicas to be awarded to the finishers.

 
tth2 in this packet are the dice, a selection of plastic bases into which a marker may be inserted and some spare markers.
 
As you can see, we made a good game of it but suffered by making it too bulky with too much inside. It was impossible for a biker to carry it, however we sold lots by mail order and received some very good comments and appraisals from customers.
 
I have sold batches to a shop in America for Xmas time over a number of years. My other main market was Germany.
 
I hope board games will make a come back. Next year we have more TT nostalgia and hope some company can see the value of an item which can be retained and in playing it all year round they can get advertising mileage from it.
 
Many years and eras of the TT can be re-created just by moving the slide rule up or down.
 
My ideas for the 2009 version are being put together but I really hope someone could help me to bring it up to a really desirable standard which could remind us all in future of events over 100 years of TTs.
 
I tried to have it marketed for the TT centenary but the Isle of Man seemed to want to produce only home-grown items. I was very surprised to see that a Manx school had obviously seen my game and then produced one which really was not a true TT simulation game as mine is.
 
The Manx Museum have a copy of my game and it featured in their booklet when the TT exhibition was on.
 
Best Wishes Ian www.ttfan.co.uk
 
Another later version of the game is in the post for your perusal.