The Game of War was published around 1865. This board game for two players was based on military strategy and Jaques advertised it with the following – “This finely designed game is played by two persons on a large leather board divided into a great number of squares. Each player has an army composed of infantry, cavalry and artillery, represented by certain pieces, and these are placed by the first player in any position on the field he chooses. The second player then places his army in a position to attack his adversary’s weakest point, and the player who first captures his adversary’s standard wins. The Game of War is entirely one of skill and strategy for the display of which it is admirably adapted, bearing the closest analogy to actual warfare attainable in a game.”