My gaming past to present

I've been boardgaming since I was a little kid, back in the 60's. I thought I'd try and create a chronological list of games as I played them through the years. I had a huge break of twenty years where I played very few board games (damn computers) but I'm back to my roots now. Maybe someone will see an old game here and recall the fun.

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Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:57 pm

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1. Board Game: Mouse Trap [Average Rating:4.09 Overall Rank:15327]

McDog

(Rastak)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

Man I loved this game when I was a little kid. I'm guessing this is long out of print. I bet small kids would still like this game.

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2. Board Game: Don't Spill the Beans [Average Rating:4.24 Overall Rank:15251]

McDog

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United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

Kind of popular back then.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:36 pm

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3. Board Game: Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots [Average Rating:4.69 Overall Rank:15189]

McDog

(Rastak)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

How cool was this game? Very cool.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:46 pm

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4. Board Game: Barnabas Collins Dark Shadows Game [Average Rating:4.70 Unranked]

McDog

(Rastak)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

Almost forgot about this one. We never played the actual game, just played with the glow in the dark skeletons, which were very cool.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:23 pm

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5. Board Game: Electric Football [Average Rating:4.70 Overall Rank:15110]

McDog

(Rastak)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

Who didn't play this back in the late 60's? I ordered the Vikings and Chiefs so I had these really nice painted guys buzzing around in circles with a small piece of football shaped spongy something under one guys arm.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:16 pm

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6. Board Game: Foto-Electric Football [Average Rating:5.79 Overall Rank:11895]

McDog

(Rastak)

United States
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Minnesota

This was actually pretty cool. They reprinted it when I was a kid, my uncle had it and we played many times.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:14 pm

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7. Board Game: Dogfight [Average Rating:6.30 Overall Rank:4128]

McDog

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United States
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Minnesota

Here's an old one. They did a series of them but this was my favorite. Didn't own it so I only played it a few times.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:01 pm

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8. Board Game: Sonar Sub Hunt [Average Rating:6.44 Unranked]

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(Rastak)

United States
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Minnesota

This was pretty cool for it's time.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:02 pm

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9. Board Game: Summit [Average Rating:5.69 Overall Rank:11354]

McDog

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Saint Paul
Minnesota

Fun game of politics, we played a few times.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:03 pm

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10. Board Game: Lie Detector [Average Rating:5.89 Overall Rank:10822]

McDog

(Rastak)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

Man, I don't even remember all the details of this game, but my buddy had it and we played a few times.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:07 pm

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11. Board Game: Careers [Average Rating:5.79 Overall Rank:4927]

McDog

(Rastak)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

I still have this laying around. Used to play it with mjy uncle and my grandparents. Used to be one of my favorite games.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:05 pm

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12. Board Game: Monopoly [Average Rating:4.39 Overall Rank:15329]

McDog

(Rastak)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

We played hundreds of games. This was the thing to do on a rainy day. Play all day long.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:24 pm

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13. Board Game: Challenge Golf at Pebble Beach [Average Rating:5.39 Overall Rank:12996]

McDog

(Rastak)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

Inspired me to try and make some golf games, they never turned out.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:27 pm

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14. Board Game: Blue Line Hockey [Average Rating:5.44 Overall Rank:13549]

McDog

(Rastak)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

This was pretty cool back then but I'd be bored to tears today moving around the little plastic pieces for hours.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:09 pm

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15. Board Game: Mr. President [Average Rating:6.70 Unranked]

McDog

(Rastak)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

This one was played quite often. I still have my original copy. It's pretty beat up.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:04 pm

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16. Board Game: Go For Broke [Average Rating:4.61 Overall Rank:15288]

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(Rastak)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

Remember playing a few times.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:40 pm

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17. Board Game: Blitzkrieg [Average Rating:5.88 Overall Rank:6113]

McDog

(Rastak)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

Never totally understood it but found it interesting enough to spur me into wargames.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:38 pm

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18. Board Game: Count Down [Average Rating:5.86 Unranked]

McDog

(Rastak)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

Got this at a garage sale back in the day. We played quite a few times out on the picnic table in the backyard on a summers day.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:06 pm

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19. Board Game: Win, Place & Show [Average Rating:6.70 Overall Rank:2228]

McDog

(Rastak)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

Played this often. I have a newer version up in the attic.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:08 pm

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20. Board Game: Columbo Detective Game [Average Rating:5.50 Overall Rank:12723]

McDog

(Rastak)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

LOL, forgot about this one. Don't remember much except having it in the closet and playing a few times.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:55 pm

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21. Board Game: Paydirt [Average Rating:6.84 Overall Rank:2959]

McDog

(Rastak)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

I bought this in 1972 when it came out. Ordered it from a football magazine. I would go on to play this game through the early 80's.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:25 pm

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22. Board Game: Talking Football [Average Rating:6.78 Unranked]

McDog

(Rastak)

United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

This and it's baseball brother were great fun. Kinda limited though.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:12 pm

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23. Board Game: Manhunt [Average Rating:5.66 Overall Rank:11871]

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United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

Don't recall too much about this but we played a few times.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:23 pm

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24. Board Game: Billionaire [Average Rating:5.17 Overall Rank:14858]

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Minnesota

Dang, we played this all the time too.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:27 pm

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25. Board Game: King Oil [Average Rating:6.02 Overall Rank:5471]

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United States
Saint Paul
Minnesota

We played this ALL THE TIME.

Posted Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:18 pm

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