I am about to blast back to my past (I LOVE EBAY!!!).

Does anyone recall any of these treasures???


Classic!


(took me forevah to find this one...as I simply could not remember it's name)


Crazy!


from when I was little




and the thing that started the search....the granddaddy of all games that are cool...


Dark Tower Unfortunately it's fetching for about 200 bucks...so maybe not right now

i remember playing stay alive and DARK TOWER (very cool game).....we sold it on ebay last christmas.....

The Game Of Life.



You had to get married, have kids, buy a house and then try to retire at Millionaire's Mansion.

I was never very good at it.

Mouse Trap.



I never used to play it, I just used to set it up and watch it do it's thing.

I also used to have a lot of themed board games, like a Spiderman board game where string came out of Spiderman's bottom like a web. There was an "escape from Frankenstein's castle" game too, which I loved.

BinaryJustin said:

Loved both of these. Especially Mousetrap. Someone did a lifesize one somewhere this year near San Francisco. Looked pretty cool. But that was one of my favorites.

Life was cool, but sorta ordinary...I was too young to enjoy it that much. Though NOW...they have this crappy version that's not even 3-D...looks really cheap. And they changed some of the rules and the strategy . I'd like to get a hold of the classic version.

TheDuck said:

My dad got rid of all of my cool toys after my mom passed. I had left the house already...and he never told me about a garage sale he had. Other than the Dark Tower...I lost ALLLL of my micronauts. All this stuff fetches high prices on ebay, so I piece a little bit of it together from time to time.
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BinaryJustin said:

Game of Life.... ...My favourite....


...I always took the "University" route


Can't forget old faithfulls like ....






Or.....

This game ruled my childhood. I still remember the smell, when you unfold the game. ... memories. I recently bought one just as a keepsake or to pass down to my kids whenever I have them, cuz who knows...this game might be out of print when that time comes. Which I doubt it, to me Candyland is like Monopoly....it'll never go out of style.Board games like Candyland are so cheap now....especially if you catch em' on sale for like $5. Chutes and Ladders was another one. Man, there were so many we used to play. Mouse Trap was one that we only played a few times, cuz it took so long to set up and a lot of times the traps didn't work and the ball would get stuck, same with Clue...it took forever. "Sorry" was one that we used to play too, but I didn't really like that one, we just used to play it,cuz we were bored. Even though Connect 4,UNO, and Hungry Hungry Hippos aren't actual board games, we used to play the hell out those too.

superspaceboy said:

how old are you?

MERLIN !!!!!

sosgemini said:

yeah, those games look pretty ancient.

We had Stay Alive, Monopoly, Life, Stratego, Sorry!, Merlin, Battleship...that's all I can think of at the moment. A friend of mine had Dark Tower. That game rocked! I wish they'd make that one again, but I think it's tied up in legal issues. Damn lawyers.

I used to program Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" into Merlin's playback mode.

AsianBomb777 said:

I wished mother would've let us played that game.....looks like fun. Is it?

Natisse said:

I still love that game. Me and my brother would come up with the craziest descriptions to throw each other off.

Oh yeah, I forgot about Clue.

AnckSuNamun said:

it's fun isn't it! I was at my best friend's place on the weekend and we played games all night Saturday night and listened to music with her kids and man - it was awesome! her 9 year old daughter taught me a new game

sosgemini said:

Old Enough

But most of those came out in late 70's early 80's. Except for the Stay Alive and PB&J..those are older. I recall playing them...I did not own them.

Mach said:

5 bucks

Monopoly
Risk
Yahtzee
MasterMind

me and my sister were addicted to this...


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Don;t forget all the action games like...











Intriguingly, Operation is one of the top-ten selling games this year in Britain. I'm unsure why - I guess these things go in cycles.

There was another game we had which had four dolls, all in swimsuits, and I think it was like a beauty pageant board game. I can't remember the name of it .... anyone?

Reincarnate said:

I never knew it was called ludo. but I love this game.

Guess Who

'Is your person bald?!'

Eric is my favorite with the sailor cap and dimple chin.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

Well after a recent trip to see my nieces...They screamed and cried during this game. Drove me nuts!

UNCLE BOB got it. they did not.

superspaceboy said:

Its not that hard surely!?