Little Monarch

Little Monarch is a rare pure mechanical (PM) table-top/counter game from King Game Factories of Grand Rapids, Michigan, active from 1932 to 1933. Its playfield is identical to the company's 1932 'Speed King,' suggesting it was a variant or rebadged release of that earlier design. Notably, the machine has no coin mechanism, distinguishing it from typical coin-operated counter games of the era.

Gameplay on Little Monarch follows the typical mechanics of PM machines, relying on gravity and ball flow rather than electrical components. The cabinet's compact dimensions - approximately 29 inches long (27 inches excluding the trough), 11 inches wide, 6 1/2 inches high in back, and 5 inches high in front - point to a modest tabletop play experience.

Little is documented about the machine's designer or exact production numbers, but its shared playfield design with Speed King and its unusual lack of a coin mechanism make it an intriguing specimen for collectors and historians studying the early pre-electromechanical era of pinball-like counter games.