shinyhappypeople Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Browsing ebay, and looking at vintage board games. Which games bring back the best memories for you? I think it might be fun to get my chicas a retro game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Monopoly Scrabble Clue (Cluedo) All are still around and we like the classic/original no frills editions not the fancy ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Risk Stratego Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luanne Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Clue Sorry Parchessi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingmama Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Monopoly Chess Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2bdeutmeyer Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Clue and Life were my absolute favorites! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Vintage games? We loved (still do as we have them) Countdown, Wide World & Video Village... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Payday Careers Acquire Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeekingSimplicity Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Bermuda Triangle Life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Clue and Life were my absolute favorites! Mine too! We only had 1 or two board games when I was young (I *know*!!), but my best friend, who lived just across the street, has an entire closet full. I'd spend the night there and her parents would play games with us well into the night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 When younger, as in less than 18 favorites games were: Gestures. Get fun memories about this game. Castle Risk. We also played Scotland yard. But I'm to young to remember any of the details of the game. We also played some geography game with hexagon pieces that you used to build the world. I don't remember the name of the game or how it worked. But it was cool. I wonder if my parents still have it. My Dad and I played Connect 4 often. My Mom and I played Checkers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Chineese Checkers, aggravation and Rook. Great memories of my Grandma and Grandpa's cottage on the lake playing board games with aunts and uncles after full days of canoeing, fishing and croquet in the yard! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Elliot Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Browsing ebay, and looking at vintage board games. Which games bring back the best memories for you? I think it might be fun to get my chicas a retro game. LIFE -- I didn't care about finishing with the most money; I just wanted to finish with the most kids.:001_smile: Luann Mom of 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Life (My grandparents had the Art Linkletter version. The cars were 50s-style Cadillacs. My brother always chose the pink one.) Clue Chess Not a board game, but dominoes was a favorite with kids and adults. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Clue Payday Masterpiece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Life Clue MAD (I know, crazy, huh?) PayDay Connect Four My family was not really into games, so we didn't have many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 MAD sounds interesting. I loved MAD magazine. I never played MAD. Good ole Alfred E. Newman. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 My university roommate introduced me to Rack-o. I don't know if it is retro, but when I tried to find it a few years back for my own kids I wasn't able to find it anywhere. I didn't think to look on eBay ... great idea! I can't remember how to play it, I just know it was fun LOL. As kids we played a lot of backgammon; we still do. Probably doesn't count as a board game, but my kids love it and it's a great take-anywhere game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 LOL I don't know if you watch American Idol, but we all voted here and thought Scotty McCreery looks like Alfred. No, I haven't watched it. Sometimes my son reminds me of him. :lol: Gosh, that was a fun game. I am actually buying it right now on Ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Rack-o is awesome. I'm a board game junky. hay we have 2 versions of the game I picked up at thrift store of 50 cents (or so each). Had them for years and never played the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Life. I loved that game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elinor Everywhere Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Sorry, Clue, Monopoly, Life, Careers, Trouble, Candy Land, Chutes & Ladders, Mille Bornes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 I only vaguely remember playing it (we are a Euchre family), but my mom brought some of our old games on vacation and my kids *loved* Can't Stop and Bonkers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink and Green Mom Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Life, Careers, Payday and Sorry. I also loved Trivial Pursuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Parcheesi Dream Date Monopoly Candy Land Winnie the Pooh version shoots and ladders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 We loved 221B Baker Street. My family played a lot of card games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Clue Skip-Bo Sorry Guesstures Trivial Pursuit American Version Memory (the original, not the Memory games tied to a cartoon of some sort versions!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi3129 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Definitely Parcheesi! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Clue. Far and away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Careers Stock Market Game Parcheesi Clue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 battleship (I purchased a vintage edition for my 7yo because the ratings on more recent versions were they were garbage and would disintigrate) trouble life monopoly sorry aggravation clue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Go To the Head of the Class. It was full of trivia, and I was good at that sort of thing. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 The Winnie the Pooh Game Hi-Ho Cherry-O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSOchristie Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Hotels Pictionary (which is not a board games, I guess) Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSOchristie Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 ParcheesiDream Date Monopoly Candy Land Winnie the Pooh version shoots and ladders lOL, Dream Date, I had totally forgotten about that one, my sister and I played that a hundred times with our friends, I bet.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Browsing ebay, and looking at vintage board games. Which games bring back the best memories for you? I think it might be fun to get my chicas a retro game. Monopoly (we had the deluxe edition in a maroon-colored box) Parcheesi Dream Date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Pente Royal Game of UR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoorsy Type Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Masterpiece - it had paintings you bid on with random "worth" connected to them. So you start out with x amount of cash at the beginning of the game, and the winner has paintings worth the greatest amount. Sort of like LIFE but with art. Loved that game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Scotland Yard Fireball Island Clue Connect Four Pictionary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Nobody else wants to fess up to Hungry Hungry Hippos?! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Masterpiece - it had paintings you bid on with random "worth" connected to them. So you start out with x amount of cash at the beginning of the game, and the winner has paintings worth the greatest amount. Sort of like LIFE but with art. Loved that game! We just played Masterpiece this past summer at my mom's. It was fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Go To the Head of the Class. It was full of trivia, and I was good at that sort of thing. :D I remember playing this one with one of my aunts back when my sister and I were fairly young. It was good for learning trivia (or seeing how much you knew). My sister loved it. She was older than me, so had an advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Innocent Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Sour Grapes BBC Playschool's 'Pick a Pair' Rings on Your Fingers as well as the more usual Cluedo, Ludo and Yahtzee. Emma x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Stay Alive ("I'm the sole survivor!") -- the neighbor kid had this; my parents wouldn't buy it for us. :glare: Life Monopoly Battleship Candy Land Mystery Date -- a friend had this and we played every time my family visited hers. Perfection -- I used to cheat to beat the timer! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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