Speed Card Game 3rd Edition, Pepys Series
First Published: 1948, Pepys Series
Illustrator or Designer: Not credited but assistance acknowledged
Contents: 44 Cards + Rules Booklet
There are 44 cards: 9 Aeroplanes, 9 Train, 8 Ships, 7 Motor, 6 Horses, 4 Lightning Cards and 1 Extra Turn.
Speed 3rd Ed cards, Aeroplanes: “Tudor 1”, de Havilland “Vampire”, Handley Page “Hermes”, Gloster “Meteor”, de Havilland “Mosquito”, Hawker “Tempest V”, Short Bros. “Solent”, Taylorcraft “Auster Autocrat”, Bristol “Brabazon”.
Speed 3d Ed cards, Trains: “Golden Shuttle”, “Cornish Riviera”, “The Coronation”, “Golden Arrow Limited”, “Atlantic Coast Express”, Royal Scot”, “The Coronation” Showing Beaver Tail, “The Coronation Scot”, “Torbay Express”.
Speed 3rd Ed cards, Ships: “Athlone Castle”, H.M.S. “Vanguard”, H.M.S. “Formidable”, “Orion”, H.M.S. “Exeter”, H.M.S. “Cossack”, “Queen Mary”, “Queen Elizabeth”.
Speed 3rd Ed cards, Motors: “Capt. Eyston’s “Thunderbolt”, Seagrave’s “Golden Arrow”, Campbell’s “Blue Bird”, E.R.A (Dobson), “Austin Seven Racer”, “Tourist Trophy Race 1905”, Cobb’s “Railton-Napier”.
Speed 3rd Ed cards, Horses (All Derby Winners): 1941 “Owen Tudor”, 1942 “Watling Street”, 1943 “Straight Deal”, 1944, “Ocean Swell”, 1945 “Dante”, 1946 “Airborne”.
Speed 3rd Ed cards: Lightning Cards and Extra Turn Card.
There were at least three different sets of rules issued. In one set there is no mention of Castell Brothers and no address is given. In a variant, Castell Brothers are not mentioned but Bow Street and North Wallace Street addresses are given.
A third set of rules, not pictured, has "Published by Castell Brothers Ltd." on the front cover and Bow Street and North Wallace Street addresses. This third version also contains a misprint in the contents incorrectly stating that there are "8 Motor Cards". The only games advertised on the back page of these rules are: Kargo, Peter Pan and Dumbo. Many thanks to Malc Hutson for sharing this observation.
An overview of every edition of Speed can be found here.
Game & Version Details
 | Speed 3rd Ed - Card Back |
 | Speed 3rd Ed - Rules Front |
 | Speed 3rd Ed - Rules Contents |
 | Speed 3rd Ed - Rules Acknowledgements |
 | Speed 3rd Ed - Rules Back Games Advertised: Horse Racing To-Night Home Cricket Horsie-Horsie Dingbat Dominoes I Spy Wu Pee Peter and the Wolf Sylabex |
 | Speed 3rd Ed - Variant Rules Front |
 | Speed 3rd Ed - Variant Rules Back
Games Advertised: Chase Woodland Snap Woodland Happy Families Faraway Tree Contraband Snow White Peter and the Wolf Disney Wu-Pee Mickey and the Beanstalk Picture Dominoes Sylabex International Football Whist I Commit |
 | Speed 3rd Ed - Box Back With Title Card |
 | Speed 3rd Ed - Box Top |
 | Speed 3rd Ed - Box Side Left |
 | Speed 3rd Ed - Box Base |
 | Speed 3rd Ed - Box Side Right |
 | Speed 3rd Ed - Box Front With Flap |