'' The Great Train Robbery '' is a board game created by the British military historian and author Bruce Barrymore Halpenny in the early 1970s , and is based upon the actual Great Train Robbery that took place on the 8 August 1963 . Although based on the Great Train Robbery , the board game has been adapted on a few small points , one being the extra farm house that was added for playing purposes . The game is a form of strategy race game , with the robber player trying to avoid the police players
Great Train Robbery
Great Train Robbery (1963)
The Great Train Robbery (board game)