Favorite Board Game_(growing_up)

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:15 am

We all play “fantasy football” now, but what did you play when you in grade school? My top 5 board games…
1. Risk
2. Dark tower
3. Stratego (Electronic version)
4. Axis and Allies
5. Monopoly

What are your top 5?

KOTRAX · Post by **KOTRAX** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:26 am

1. STRATEGO
2. CLUE
3. MONOPOLY
4. CHUTES AND LADDERS
5. LIFE

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:43 am

Originally posted by KOTRAX:

4. CHUTES AND LADDERS
believe it or not, i never had or played this game as a kid. the first time i ever played it was when i bought it for my kid!

KOTRAX · Post by **KOTRAX** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:49 am

YEAH I LIKE IT G.G. I KNOW IT A BASIC GAME BUT WHEN YOU GET YOU HAND CAUGHT IN THE COOKIE JAR AND HAVE TO SLIDE ALL THE WAY DOWN THAT SUCKS!! LOL.

I USED TO POUGHT AS A KID WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME.

Sollan · Post by **Sollan** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:38 am

Top Five for Grammar School:
Monopoly
Risk
Life
Clue
Stratego

I discovered Axis and Allies later in life.

Derek "Lumpy" Anderson

Diesel · Post by **Diesel** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:51 am

Just off the top of my head....

Sorry
Trouble
Monopoly
Clue
Trival Pursuit(I was still a youngster when it came out, and used to impress while playing TP...Now I can't remember where I put my wallet, let alone multi category trivia.

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[ June 18, 2008, 11:52 AM: Message edited by: Diesel ]

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:16 am

where are the Dark Tower players

pizzatyme · Post by **pizzatyme** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:20 am

Chess
Monopoly
Clue
Battlefield
Checkers

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:35 am

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:
where are the Dark Tower players

This might explain the crickets:

"Working copies of Dark Tower are increasingly hard to find, and thus highly sought after by collectors. This is primarily due to two things: (1) wear and tear on the tower unit, which tended to experience technical faults with the light bulbs and carousel after prolonged use, and, (2) the fact that the game went out of print shortly after release due to a lawsuit brought against Milton Bradley for intellectual property theft. The suit was brought by two men who claimed to have presented the original concept for "Dark Tower" to Milton Bradley in the late Seventies, at which point, MB declined to pursue it. Thereafter, they claimed, MB independently developed the game based on their proposal. As part of the resolution of the lawsuit, Milton Bradley pulled the game off the market, and it was never republished."

Source: Wikipedia