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Does anyone remember this old board game?
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| 7/21/'15
| Zionist Conspirator
Posted on 07/21/2015 8:51:14 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator
Way back when I was a little kid there were occasional specials sponsored by the 3M company. I don't remember much about them but I do remember a certain commercial that ran during the telecasts.
It was for a game 3M had created involving a small square board with holes in it and a set of pegs. The pegs were put in the holes and then other pegs were laid atop them.
It struck me at the time because it seemed similar to a game we had at elementary school which consisted of a board and pegs, except that this was really sophisticated and supposed to be really intellectual. It had a short one syllable name, but I have never been able to recall it.
Does anyone else remember this commercial or recall the game?
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To: Zionist Conspirator
I had one but I’m still trying to remember the name. I think it was something like “Twixt”.
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posted on
07/21/2015 8:53:46 AM PDT
by
Da Bilge Troll
(Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
To: Zionist Conspirator
It’s called “cribbage”. That is the only game I know that uses pegs, but it also involves a deck of playing cards
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posted on
07/21/2015 8:54:02 AM PDT
by
alloysteel
(If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out? - Will Rogers.)
To: Zionist Conspirator
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posted on
07/21/2015 8:54:41 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
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To: Da Bilge Troll
I remember a game like that, it was called Bridge.
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posted on
07/21/2015 8:54:48 AM PDT
by
erkelly
To: Zionist Conspirator
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posted on
07/21/2015 8:54:50 AM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
To: Zionist Conspirator
Twixt?
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posted on
07/21/2015 8:55:12 AM PDT
by
rarestia
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To: Zionist Conspirator
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posted on
07/21/2015 8:56:10 AM PDT
by
Fido969
To: All
Never mind. Found it!
I apologize for wasting bandwidth. Just be happy I looked up Henlein's bibliography on Wikipedia before asking about "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag!"
PS: Is this game still available? Anybody here ever play it?
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posted on
07/21/2015 8:56:21 AM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(The "end of history" will be Worldwide Judaic Theocracy.)
To: Zionist Conspirator
I think it was Twixt, just to confirm the first response.
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posted on
07/21/2015 8:56:37 AM PDT
by
Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: Da Bilge Troll
you win
you can play it online
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posted on
07/21/2015 8:56:42 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
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To: Zionist Conspirator
I don’t think the OP is thinking about Twixt. I can see the game in my head. It’s more like black and white thimbles that get stacked on top of each other, right?
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posted on
07/21/2015 8:56:49 AM PDT
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bolobaby
To: Zionist Conspirator
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posted on
07/21/2015 8:56:57 AM PDT
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ConservativeMan55
(In America, we don't do pin pricks. But sometimes we elect them.)
To: Zionist Conspirator
Peg-o, pogo, peg solitaire, solo noble, cribbage?
To: Zionist Conspirator
I forget the trade name. But the kit consisted of bed vertical and cross beams snapped together in box fashion. From the holed green fiberboard bases upwards and across. There were also panels for windows and brick that were pushed against the construction.
It was Kenner’s answer to the still the popular ‘Erector Sets’ in the early to mid 1960s.
With a bit of imagination and angled roof beams. Pretty cool looking spaceships could be built, too!
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07/21/2015 8:59:09 AM PDT
by
Jack Deth
(Knight Errant and Resident FReeper Kitty Poem /Haiku Guy)
To: Zionist Conspirator
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posted on
07/21/2015 8:59:29 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: All
Wow . . . that was quick.
Thanks to all who responded!
Do they still make this game? Of course, it says it can be played with pen and paper, so the set isn't necessary. But it looks so neat!
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posted on
07/21/2015 8:59:46 AM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(The "end of history" will be Worldwide Judaic Theocracy.)
To: bolobaby
I dont think the OP is thinking about Twixt. I can see the game in my head. Its more like black and white thimbles that get stacked on top of each other, right?No; no thimbles involved. It was "Twixt," all right.
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posted on
07/21/2015 9:00:56 AM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(The "end of history" will be Worldwide Judaic Theocracy.)
To: Fido969
I have that game. must be forty five years old!
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posted on
07/21/2015 9:01:20 AM PDT
by
Chickensoup
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To: Jack Deth
Um . . . no. It was Twixt. I wasn’t referring to Tinkertoys.
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posted on
07/21/2015 9:02:14 AM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(The "end of history" will be Worldwide Judaic Theocracy.)
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