Games & Recreation Children's board games from the paaaaast

[Mobbs]

The downball/foursquare thread made me think of this.

In primary school (in my case, 1970s), did anyone else have this? :

 

[Knighta21]

My mum and dad dragged this out one day... Never heard of it.
Wasn't too bad once you got the hang of it.

 

[Mobbs]

I had fond memories of it but hardly remember how it worked. Was kindah like dominoes, but with pipelines instead of numbers/dots. Had to make the pipes connect based on number/position of pipes, and their colour.

I'd love to just see it again for the posterity.

 

[Sunny_]

Love the pop-o-matic.

 

[Mobbs]

Oh I didnt see the Squatter pic, heh yeah an older sister and bro-in-law had it, and I got it myself once years later, lost it though.

Trouble heh, that was fun.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Monopoly, The Game Of Life, 20 Questions, Rummikub (never played it,) Yahtzee, 3D Snakes and Ladders, Ludo, UNO, Trivial Pursuit, Pictionary, Pictureka (never played it,) Scattergories, Up Words and Connect 4 off the top of my head.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Monopoly, The Game Of Life, 20 Questions, Rummikub (never played it,) Yahtzee, 3D Snakes and Ladders, Ludo, UNO, Trivial Pursuit, Pictionary, Pictureka (never played it,) Scattergories, Up Words and Connect 4 off the top of my head.

Had (or still have) all the bolded. And Squatter as well.

Discover Australia was a good one with a massive map of Australia for the board. Can't find a pic of it online.

And don't forget Trimula - just 3D noughts and crosses really.

Edit - You don't get games with pictures of people smoking on the box these days!

 

[Wallaby]

Mates and i played this a lot:

The ad went 'This man has just paid $500,00 for this masterpiece by Van Dyke only to discover..' (turns over card - FORGERY) - 'I'm ruined!'

Pretty crap game actually.

The game of life was good, though.

Did anyone evr play Billionaire? 'twas briefly popular about 20 years ago - great fun.

 

[woopedazz]

These three. Amazing games. My grandma used to have these and I would sit and play them for hours.

 

[Igloo]

My favourite board games would probably be Scattergories, Trivial Pursuit and Scrabble. Nothing ever beats Scrabble.

Back when we were like 5 and 8, my older brother's American (or Canadian) pen pal sent him a board game called Brain Quest. It was pretty much just an answer questions game, and make your way across the board. It had grade 1-6 questions, and I think you had to answer the number you rolled. It was pretty fun. Although some of the questions were all Americany, and that young kids from Australia had no chance of knowing

 

[Mancey]

Chinese checkers and test match ftw

 

[Sunny_]

Sorry! was another one I used to play. Fun times.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Did anyone play at least one game of Headache?

Another 2 that's come to mind is Ker Plunk and its block equivalent Jenga.

 

[Dagless]

Any 90's kids remember Boltenstein?

Was both amazing, and terrible in terms of actual skill development.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Not board game related but does anyone remember the likes of The Incredible Machine, Jazz Jack Rabbit and Word Rescue on computer?

 

[Cleavy]

Not board game related but does anyone remember the likes of The Incredible Machine, Jazz Jack Rabbit and Word Rescue on computer?

remember the first 2.

 

[rustyg70]

These three. Amazing games. My grandma used to have these and I would sit and play them for hours.

Used to love playing Risk with my big Bro and Step Dad.
Always got my butt kicked though.

 

[Xtreme]

Monopoly, The Game Of Life, UNO, Connect 4 off the top of my head.

Add Guess Who? to the list and that sums up my childhood . While Monopoly is a classic, i have more fond memories of playing The Game of Life.

I mostly stuck with "themed" board games - TMNT, The Simpsons, Neighbours (yes i still own it), NBA JAM Session, Wheel of Fortune, It's a Knockout etc.


I still play UNO today, however it has a more interesting twist (strip Uno FTW).

 

[triplejdude]

Mouse Trap anyone?

Never actually played the game, just set it up and made the trap work.

This video explains it perfectly actually -

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[volcboy]

Obscure board games I enjoyed as a lad

Buccaneer

Aaaarggghh....it was a good game

Totopoly

Train horses, then race them, complete with bookmaking. Lots of fun.

 

[raskolnikov]

These three. Amazing games. My grandma used to have these and I would sit and play them for hours.

I loved Risk. I also had a computer version. A friend and I played it for hours. Also loved Cluedo.

Another favourite:

 

[jefffff34]

Love the pop-o-matic.

Genuinely can't believe there is no iPhone app for this game.

 

[LosBeatles]

This thread is awakening some long lost memories what about Hungry Hippo?

 

[Gibbsy]

This

And most definitely this

I only really ever used the questions from the first couple of pages so I ended up knowing the answers off by heart

 

[lincsPJ]

blow those ping pong balls thru the straw.. and chip the tiddly winks!