Skirrid (board game)

Skirrid is an abstract strategy board game designed for two to six players, first published in 1977. The game takes its name from Skirrid Fawr, a mountain in Wales, and became known to a wider audience in Britain through a television advertisement that featured the comic actor Arthur Mullard promoting it to home audiences. Play centers on abstract strategic decision making rather than a historical or narrative theme, with the flexible player count from two up to six allowing the game to be played as a head to head contest or as a larger multiplayer session. The game received attention and reviews in period tabletop and toy publications of the late 1970s, which discussed its rules and positioned it within the broader wave of British family board games released during that decade. Skirrid remains a notable example of a mass market British abstract strategy title supported by television advertising, a promotional approach that was relatively uncommon for board games of its era.