Friday, January 3, 2014

Board Game-a-Palooza


 


















 

9 comments:

j-swin said...

we had a bigfoot game where if you landed on the wrong square he'd chase you around the board...classic

Kal said...

My favorite of all time was the Green Ghost game. I love that you could play it in the dark.

Jordan said...

Several comments:

1) The FBI Game is fantastic. I love that it’s based on “Volume 46 of the Landmark Book Series” (whatever that is) and is endorsed by none other than Random House’s Bennett Cerf…even though the game is so unchallenging in its scope that it’s got the criminals exchanging information right outside the window of FBI headquarters.

2) The “Voodoo” box cover is fantastic. Very Saul Bass

3) The idea of trying to get the “explore inside a human body in a submarine” concept from Fantastic Voyage into a board game is ridiculously ambitious. I’m sure it just ends up being the usual “take a card and advance that number of squares” routine. Impressive that they increase the racial diversity of the crew, though. (And that sure doesn’t look like Raquel Welch…and why’d she bring a purse?)

4) I can imagine Leonard Nimoy looking at the cover painting of the Star Trek movie game and saying, “Come on, I’m not that old, guys.”

5) Sub Search, Manhunt, Green Ghost and Tank Command make me nostalgic for the pre-digital days when they had to work really hard to amuse you by building lots of complicated stuff out of injection-molded plastic.

6) Could Groop Loop be any more 1970’s? I’m surprised Sean Cassidy and Henry Winkler aren’t on the box.

Kal said...

I love collecting these as I come across them. The box art on many of these games is great. I thought about collecting box lunches and games back in the days but finding complete games was crazy and my childhood games where lost so I had nothing good to start with.

Jordan said...

7) Transogram "proudly presents" the BUck Rogers game. They're really proud of what they've created!

8) Somebody crossed out the word "action" on the Tank Command box. Maybe it was the disgruntled owner. "Not much 'action' here, folks. Don't be fooled if you see this turkey in a yard sale!"

Dr. Theda said...

The card game at the top was something that my family used to do at the kitchen table for hours . at least a couple of times each week , my Friend ... Thank you for reminding us of this pleasant memory....

Kal said...

Milles Bourne is a great game and I remember a card you can use to Coup Fret your enemies and stop them cold. Love it.

Lone Wolf said...

Agreed, Milles Bourne is a really fun game...might even try and pick it up again.

Nathan said...

Mille Bornes was a childhood favorite of mine, too.