What was your favorite game you played when you were a kid?

[thrillathahunt]

My mom was really into board games, and always made sure we had a "family" night (usually on saturday night) where we played all kinds of different board games. Did you have a favorite game you played? I always liked chinese checkers.

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[Smudge]

Clue.

 

[spartacus53]

Do I have to write a laundry list

All I know is most of the games were either Parker Bros., or Milton Bradley

As a child - Monopoly, Game of Life, Chess, Checkers, Risk, Parchessi and RACKO
Broadside? Was a naval game set in the American Revolution
Flying Aces? Air war WWI Spads vs the tri-plane and Albertros
Pacific Island? Stratergy WWII board game

Now - Scrabble and Axis & Allies

 

[gadigger81]

Do I have to write a laundry list

All I know is most of the games were either Parker Bros., or Milton Bradley

As a child - Monopoly, Game of Life, Chess, Checkers, Risk, Parchessi and RACKO
Broadside? Was a naval game set in the American Revolution
Flying Aces? Air war WWI Spads vs the tri-plane and Albertros
Pacific Island? Stratergy WWII board game

Now - Scrabble and Axis & Allies

You mean you actually grew up?? Sorry spart, I'm working on my campaign!

 

[poorhunter78]

Oh Boy! There are Millions of games out there, Not sure which I would actually call a favorite!

 

[truckinbutch]

Doctor .......
Oh , you meant board games . Monopoly .

 

[spartacus53]

Doctor .......
Oh , you meant board games . Monopoly .

I would have gone that route too TB, but this is he new, kinder, gentler me I was also thinking of the games we played in the street... especially Skully

GaDigger81, As I mentioned, there is no need to dig dirt on me, I'll take the fun out of that and give you every juicy story for free

 

[truckinbutch]

Doctor .......
Oh , you meant board games . Monopoly .

I would have gone that route too TB, but this is he new, kinder, gentler me I was also thinking of the games we played in the street... especially Skully

GaDigger81, As I mentioned, there is no need to dig dirt on me, I'll take the fun out of that and give you every juicy story for free

Ha Ha . I had to back down a little , too . Got my legs strapped for some love poetry I wrote
to you .

 

[bigscoop]

Ken & Barbie.
G.I.Joe & Barbie
Johnny West & Barbie.
Enough said.

 

[thrillathahunt]

Ken & Barbie.
G.I.Joe & Barbie
Johnny West & Barbie.
Enough said.

Poor Barbie!

 

[bigscoop]

Ken & Barbie.
G.I.Joe & Barbie
Johnny West & Barbie.
Enough said.

Poor Barbie!

She was kind of wild.

 

[bigscoop]

You know, in the end Barbie got everything. It ended poorly, Johnny West got mauled by a poodle, G.I. Joe lost the use of an arm, and Ken.....well, as I recall G.I.Joe and Johnny West killed him and buried him in the back yard.

 

[thrillathahunt]

Scoop, isn't that the way it always goes? Barbie always gets it......oh, never mind.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Gettysburg! by Avalon Hill
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...=true&rt=nc&si=7IQxOM1Tyt345IYosvGneVIMmrM%3D
My older brother commanded the North and for some reason, he always won. The game was so technical and realistic.



We couldnt afford most of these games so we made our own. If a neighbor kid had the game, we copied it. Another favorite I remember was a Le Mans car racing game and of course we made and played Risk. Candyland? I dont remember that one Mike, but Im sure I forgot most of them. Ah I remember a cool baseball game where we pitched a magnet to a metal backboard and hit it without seeing it with a springy toy bat... It was really cool.... And the vibrating football game... and the....

 

[FarmerChick]

Battleship!!!!

Game of Life

Operation


I second....poor Barbie

 

[Dano Sverige]

The usual board games mentioned above, and chess. Favourite though was "subbuteo table football" (soccer to you heathens).

A big gang of us used to have our own favourite teams. We'd play each other in a full football season twice, just like the real thing, and then we'd all battle it out to win all the trophies. Trust me, it's a lot harder than it looks, but with practice you can become pretty good.

 

[dirty digger dude]

Skully. We used to play that for hours.

 

[thrillathahunt]

WOW people, half of these games I never even heard of. I must have had a sheltered childhood.

 

[packerbacker]

A "soccer" board game?? That's just amazing!! I thought "pet rocks" were a little far fetched. I guess Brit parents want their kids to play quietly, I can understand that.