The "Old Guy and his Girlfriend" board game box

Ed Sherman

(edosan)

United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado

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I think that back in the day, the "Old Guy and his Girlfriend" motif must have been a good way to market boardgames. What old geezer wouldn't be excited by the prospect of getting some attractive girlfriend by buying a game at the local toy store?

(I am sure there are more games with covers like this, so help me find them! Go, my minions! Scour the earth to find them!)

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Posted Tue Nov 6, 2007 3:28 pm

26. Board Game: High Rollers [Average Rating:6.42 Unranked]

Paul Denhup

(PAYDIRT)

United States
Stratford
Connecticut

Ooh, what big dice you have...

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Posted Thu Nov 8, 2007 1:43 am

27. Board Game: Adultery [Average Rating:4.50 Unranked]

Tim Thorp

(berserkley)

United States
Granite Falls
Washington

Ah, after a day of plotting World Domination, or trying to figure the frickin' Mastermind pattern, Mr Woodward likes to "indulge" himself.

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Posted Thu Nov 8, 2007 7:54 am

(Osiris Ra)

United States

New York

When the world hands you a Jeffrey, furry walls will make it fine.

Hey, buddy. Put that clock back in your pants. This is a family show.

Posted Thu Nov 8, 2007 9:13 pm
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King of the Dead

(Nazhuret)

United States
Portland
Oregon

Nice box... shake

Posted Fri Nov 9, 2007 7:31 am
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To Mega Therion

(nousernameneeded)

United States

No, no no no. No, no. No, sir. I don't know what kinda vibe you think got off me but I don't play that way. I'm not that way!

The box picture is awesome, as is the description:

The object of the game is spend a good time with 2 different players of the opposite sex. NOTE: Drinks & Mixes should be close at hand. Players spin and move their game piece around the board getting tokens worth two, three and five minutes. When all players have three time tokens, players are selected at random to retire to another part of the house. Game ends when each player had the chance to spend time in private with two different players.

Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 10:02 am
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28. Board Game: Ticket to Ride: Europe [Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:66]

Lindsay Thomas

(lindsayt)

United Kingdom

Whenever we get this game this game out, my 3 year old daughter Gigi points to the man in green "Daddy" - the woman in red "Mummy" - the girl in yellow "Gigi" and then her 2 older brothers argue over whether they're the greasy mechanic or the blond man in the bowler hat.

Gigi hasn't spotted daddy's mistress in the dark dress on the side of the box yet...

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Posted Thu Nov 8, 2007 10:41 am

29. Board Game: Travel Aggravation [Average Rating:5.30 Unranked]

Abe Bloom

(Maharba)

United States
Glenview
Illinois

I didn't remember that on this box they are camping too, though I did recall the box from my subconscious. Man, playing marble based games while camping sure beats poison ivy!

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Posted Fri Nov 9, 2007 6:30 am

Ed Sherman

(edosan)

United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado

Hey, it's Tom Wopat, fresh off the set of "Dukes of Hazzard!"

Posted Fri Nov 9, 2007 8:46 pm
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30. Board Game: Organized Crime [Average Rating:5.69 Overall Rank:5853]

Tim West

(Tahndur)

United States
Nashville
Tennessee

And let this be a lesson to all hair-challenged game-geezers: Big cheap cigars and a day-glo suited bruiser are excellent lady lures too! cool

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Posted Fri Nov 9, 2007 8:03 pm

Founding member of Meeples Anonymous

(Moriaiwe)

Canada

*points above*

It's true, it works like a charm!

Posted Fri Nov 9, 2007 8:05 pm
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31. Board Game: Witchcraft Ritual Kit [Average Rating:3.83 Unranked]

Paul Denhup

(PAYDIRT)

United States
Stratford
Connecticut

Hey now... John Holmes as "the old guy" and Katharine Ross as "the young girl."

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Posted Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:14 pm

32. Board Game: Conspiracy [Average Rating:6.29 Overall Rank:2001]

Lindsay Thomas

(lindsayt)

United Kingdom

The old guy and his girlfriend theme from the Sigma File box is carried over to the games pieces:

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Posted Fri Nov 23, 2007 6:39 pm

33. Board Game: The Royal Game of Ur [Average Rating:5.48 Overall Rank:6670]

Pete Hall

(Meander)

United States
Graham
Washington

I think this qualifies. It's from the backside of the Ur box.

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Posted Thu May 29, 2008 9:04 pm

34. Board Game: Connect Four [Average Rating:4.82 Overall Rank:7928]

ackmondual

(ackmondual)

United States

Virginia

Alright, I admit, "old" is a relative term for this entry

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Posted Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:42 pm

35. Board Game: Trespass [Average Rating:4.77 Unranked]

Nick Cooper

(Caliburn)

United Kingdom
Stoke-On-Trent
Unspecified

And this. Like, the old guy is checking out her playing pieces. Right.

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Posted Tue Mar 3, 2009 12:55 pm

All Hail Knucklebeard!

(Neil Thomson)

Australia
Wodonga
Victoria

BorderCon 101 - Bring the fun, bring a smile, grab a game from the pile. Place the Meeple, play a card, swing your sword and kill the guard! So make the trip, don't be docile, look for details on my profile!

Indeed...the old geezer calculates whether he has one last heart attack left in him.

Posted Fri May 22, 2009 11:02 am
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36. Board Game: Senet [Average Rating:5.88 Overall Rank:3857]

Matt Doublé

(Ralzakark)

United States
Williamsburg
Virginia

Apparently this marketing technique is older than we thought.

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Posted Sat May 23, 2009 1:24 am

37. Board Game: Facts in Five [Average Rating:6.05 Overall Rank:2387]

Michael Hruza

(bigfriendlymike)

United States
Duluth
Minnesota

How about Abraham Lincoln?
Asian woman? Check.
Football player, conquistador (?), and astronaut as backup? Awesome!! laugh

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Posted Sat May 23, 2009 10:36 pm

38. Board Game: Pagode [Average Rating:7.39 Unranked]

Jordan Scott

(Rigolade)

United Kingdom

Maybe not that much older (we can only see the back of his head) but it's not hard to see how this list the first thing I thought of upon seeing this box.

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Posted Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:40 pm

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patrick stevens

(patrick stevens)

United States
Los Angeles
California

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Posted Thu May 26, 2011 12:09 am

40. Board Game: Othello [Average Rating:6.06 Overall Rank:1735]

(Waveshock)

Spain

Reversed mastermind!

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Gary Webster

(gary_webster)

United States
Littleton
CO

Being an old guy myself, I rather like this list!

Good fun.

Posted Tue Nov 6, 2007 5:36 pm
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Tomello Visello

(TVis)

United States
Reston
Virginia

edosan wrote:

I think that back in the day, the "Old Guy and his Girlfriend" motif must have been a good way to market boardgames.

I've been sort of snickering at variations on this topic the last week or so. Those first two images are mine, of games I have owned since new approx 1980. Let me tell you, we also snickered at these box covers way back then.

It gives the appearance of having been a trend in marketing, but we never thought of it as a "good way" to market. We just plain didn't understand it. I could only guess that there was some presumption of "European" (mysterious European?) as implying sophistication.

Posted Tue Nov 6, 2007 10:17 pm
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(Osiris Ra)

United States

New York

When the world hands you a Jeffrey, furry walls will make it fine.

You make the guy fat, as well as old, and you have all the makings of a Latin American comedy.

Posted Thu Nov 8, 2007 9:14 pm
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Ed Sherman

(edosan)

United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado

oneilljgf wrote:

OK. I was born in 1949 and my good wife was born in 1969.

So, twenty years separate us...

But does she stand behind you and pose while you play games?

Otherwise it doesn't really count.

Posted Fri Nov 9, 2007 9:29 pm
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Drew

(Drew1365)

United States
Eau Claire
Wisconsin

Okay, this is a great list! Thumbs way up.

What's funny is that I hadn't yet looked at this list when I responded in [url= http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/237608]this thread. And the first two items I mentioned in the thread were the first two items on the list. Obvious choices or simply great minds thinking alike?

old guy --> cool

<-- girlfriend

Posted Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:00 pm
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Frank Feldmann

(feldmafx)

United States
Dayton
Ohio

Now contributing to Father Geek!

And, of course, the Republicans tried this approach in the last election, which is a sort of game. Didn't work tho...

Posted Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:33 pm
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