Old fashioned family games we played.

[Milkyway]

C n C said:

We also used to play a fair number of games as a family when I was growing up.

The usual Snakes and Ladders, Top Trumps, Scrabble and Monopoly. We had a modern Monopoly set (for the 70s/80s) but my mum also had a set from when she was young - the pieces were cardboard cutouts set in a wooden base, and the houses and hotels were all made of wood.

Also card games - Whist, and Newmarket.

Risk, Yahtzee, and Game of Life were also regulars.

I also remember playing " Beetle" at a Beetle Drive a few times with quite a lot of people in teams sat a different tables - maybe it was at cubs/scouts or similar.

As kids, and at school, we'd also play Scabbie Queen (mentioned above), and sometimes chess, backgammon, Go, and occasionally Rummicub.

BEETLE... Sure I had that, plastic beetles that you had to assemble. First to complete... Won.
I have been told that the old original games are collector items now... some fetch good money.
( wish I’d kept my Scalextric & train stuff now too).
A lot of the games are in my brothers loft...

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 5th September 18:46

[thebraketester]

Pass the Pigs.

[Milkyway]

I played this OLD video / board game a few years ago... really enjoyed it. ( Bit more for grown up kids on wine & cheese)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nqyONCEv-AQ

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 5th September 20:13

[slopes]

Monopoly
Escape from Colditz
Mahjong
Mousetrap if i was on my own

Later in life - Thud

[Milkyway]

REBOUND...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ghqo163nhc

BAGATELLE:
https://cf.geekdo-images.com/wjwvqKbbUSxR5tVFJ4rW4...

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 6th September 02:10

[easytiger123]

Soggy biscuit. Not played it since school. I've tried to encourage dinner party guests to give it a go, but to no avail.

[miniman]

[Milkyway]

miniman said:

Can’t remember if I’ve played this or not...
My ex had a cupboard full of games... but only played a few.

[Milkyway]

slopes said:

Monopoly
Escape from Colditz
Mahjong
Mousetrap if i was on my own

Later in life - Thud

Mousetrap: I also played ‘ Haunted House”... a very poor mans / child’s version.
https://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory/haunted-hou...

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 5th September 20:18

[Milkyway]

FRUSTRATION.... IT WAS REALLY COOL WITH THAT DICE IN ITS OWN DOME.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iX1tdxN_eRM

POPPIN HOPPIES: If you moistened the base, they would stay down for ages.
( or put them around the living room for extra fun)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Quv6ptT8mh8

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 6th September 02:04

[Einion Yrth]

Zio Di Roma said:

Einion Yrth said:

Wacky Racer said:

That looks quite old, yet it still suffers from a grocers' apostrophe.

You mean grocer's apostrophe.

Arguable; to me it's the apostrophe of a number of grocers, to you, apparently, just the one.

[ecsrobin]

Tuna said:

Board games have been having a huge revival over the last few years, and the pandemic accelerated that. It's a billion dollar industry.

There are dozens of new games coming out, review sites, you can play online or with a traditional set.

Modern classics include Carcassonne (place tiles to build roads and villages) and Ticket To Ride (build railways across America), party card games like Werewolf (also an app) and Exploding Kittens, strategy games like Pandemic (resource management) or deck builders like Disney's Villainous (play as a famous Disney baddie).

There are board game simulators so you can play on your computer and online - Tabletopia and Tabletop Simulator play both traditional games and many modern ones.

And then you can play tabletop roleplay games, from the classic D&D to modern alternatives like Starfinder, Call of Cthulhu or Warhammer.

And if you want a more gentle, puzzle oriented game you can play by yourself or with friends, you could try Railroad Ink

We often play games, the current favourite is actually over 30 years old but a remake: survive escape from Atlantis. The first time playing with new people every is quite polite, then a second game is requested and it’s a war!

Lots of good modern games listed on here: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Mave]

Anyone played Coppit or Microdot?

[Milkyway]

ecsrobin said:

We often play games, the current favourite is actually over 30 years old but a remake: survive escape from Atlantis. The first time playing with new people every is quite polite, then a second game is requested and it’s a war!

Lots of good modern games listed on here: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

I wasn’t really into the ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ scene, but my mate / neighbour was... he did try a few times though.
I can just remember, loads of little groups scattered around the school huddled, muttering & flicking through various volumes of God knows what... each to their own I suppose.
The Games Workshops still freak me out... as I scurry by.
I think the ‘ Big Bang Theory’ portrayed it a few times.

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 6th September 11:00

[Milkyway]

A couple of rather obscure games...don’t think I played them much...don’t know why;

SPY RING
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mNvrJXQzg5k

SCOOP
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2974/scoop

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 6th September 12:36

[blue_haddock]

We often play old style games when we go away on holiday.

We usually take jenga, a pack of normal cards, pass the pigs and our favourite - Uno

[Milkyway]

blue_haddock said:

We often play old style games when we go away on holiday.

We usually take jenga, a pack of normal cards, pass the pigs and our favourite - Uno

We had a version of this... but we called it ‘STREAKER’
GREAT FUN...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jbVaDtAy_-M

[CopperBolt]

Milkyway said:

A couple of rather obscure games...don’t think I played them much...don’t know why;

SPY RING
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mNvrJXQzg5k

I got bought this when I was about 10 but it came with no rules in it. Never did figure out how to play it.

[Milkyway]

CopperBolt said:

Milkyway said:

A couple of rather obscure games...don’t think I played them much...don’t know why;

SPY RING
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mNvrJXQzg5k

I got bought this when I was about 10 but it came with no rules in it. Never did figure out how to play it.

To be honest, from memory.... you’re not missing much.
( There certainly were some real weird games then)

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 6th September 13:10

[Milkyway]

TOTOPOLY: Wonder where they got that name from.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2607/totopoly