TailGlowVM
Now 100% more demonic
I'm surprised we don't have any thread for this (or am I the only person here that plays them? Hopefully not.) I was introduced to board games mainly by my father, who used to play them all the time with his siblings when growing up. I enjoy them but my mother and sister don't quite as much, and most need more than two players, so we don't end up playing them as much as I would like to. A lot of the games they used to own are probably worth a considerable amount of money now, but some have been thrown away and others have lost a piece or two over the years.
The ones I'm aware of remaining and have played are an old Monopoly and Cluedo set, which you obviously know of, but can anyone work out what the missing playing piece in the Monopoly set would be? The game is probably from the 1960s or 1970s, is the British version, and has a car, dog, ship, boot and hat. The others have not been produced for decades, and I am likely the only person here to have ever played some of them. There's Ulcers, a game that requires hiring staff for a company, Ratrace, a game of social climbing, Mine a Million, Soccerama, and Campaign (a game of strategic conquest in the age of Napoleon).
My father and his siblings owned numerous others at the time, which I don't remember all of but includes two others we now have modern versions of: the London Board Game, and Escape from Colditz (originally created to tie in with the 1970s TV series, though even if you haven't watched it is probably worth buying if you are also a board game fan.) He also mentions the Dad's Army board game, saying that he remembers it not being very good, but he should have kept it as it would be worth a lot of money now the way the series has lasted.
Is anyone else here interested in these board games, or any other? This is a place to discuss it (and no, I am not selling you any of the games above.)
The ones I'm aware of remaining and have played are an old Monopoly and Cluedo set, which you obviously know of, but can anyone work out what the missing playing piece in the Monopoly set would be? The game is probably from the 1960s or 1970s, is the British version, and has a car, dog, ship, boot and hat. The others have not been produced for decades, and I am likely the only person here to have ever played some of them. There's Ulcers, a game that requires hiring staff for a company, Ratrace, a game of social climbing, Mine a Million, Soccerama, and Campaign (a game of strategic conquest in the age of Napoleon).
My father and his siblings owned numerous others at the time, which I don't remember all of but includes two others we now have modern versions of: the London Board Game, and Escape from Colditz (originally created to tie in with the 1970s TV series, though even if you haven't watched it is probably worth buying if you are also a board game fan.) He also mentions the Dad's Army board game, saying that he remembers it not being very good, but he should have kept it as it would be worth a lot of money now the way the series has lasted.
Is anyone else here interested in these board games, or any other? This is a place to discuss it (and no, I am not selling you any of the games above.)