Great boardgames of yesteryear

FMF

General

17 Jun 23

FMF

Joined: 28 Oct 05
Moves: 34587

17 Jun 23

-4

Well?

That every fondly-remembered game is steeped in the spirit of Each To Their Own is a given.

Torunn

Gothenburg

Joined: 11 Mar 16
Moves: 27794

17 Jun 23

@FMF
I can only mention card games such as canasta, poker, Swedish whist - no board games.

FMF

Joined: 28 Oct 05
Moves: 34587

17 Jun 23

-3

@torunn said
@FMF
I can only mention card games such as canasta, poker, Swedish whist - no board games.

I'll offer Escape From Colditz and Moviemaker.

Great Big Stees

Joined: 14 Mar 04
Moves: 182029

17 Jun 23

@fmf said
Well?

That every fondly-remembered game is steeped in the spirit of Each To Their Own is a given.

Risk

Earl of Trumps

Pawn Whisperer

My Kingdom fora Pawn

Joined: 09 Jan 19
Moves: 19762

17 Jun 23

Clue, Risk, Scrabble, Diplomacy - in that order

divegeester

Starmer is a liar

free tazer tickles..

wildly content...

Joined: 09 Mar 08
Moves: 202721

17 Jun 23

trivial pursuit
family refuses to play with me at the table because i'm always right

pente
ms hakima beat the snot outta me at this one, my ego is bruised, i still play

chess
i do not know why i suffer this ignominy

mlb62

Joined: 20 May 17
Moves: 16847

17 Jun 23

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Chutes & Ladders

Monopoly

Kewpie

Felis Australis

Australia

Joined: 20 Jan 09
Moves: 388960

17 Jun 23

@mlb62 said
Chutes & Ladders

Monopoly

Easy Money
a Monopoly clone with lots more opportunities, which meant players didn't get locked out of the property-purchasing process so easily.

Pick up Sticks
brains not required, just a steady hand and a bit of basic physics

Fish
easy card game requiring large hands

Snakes & Ladders
same as Chutes with better drawings for the "chutes"

Gambrel

Joined: 16 Aug 15
Moves: 1245

17 Jun 23

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Yesteryear? Sounds like a vintage narrator.

Tune in to listen to the adventures of yesteryear.

But there is yesterday

Why not yesterweek, yestermonth, yesterdecade etc
AW

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