I also had Radar Search from Ideal. It used electric probes and a turnable radar screen to find your opponent on a reverse board.
-PJ
Posted on 02/06/2014 10:20:41 AM PST by olepap
Unless it is Cribbbage
I still recall the game instructions for NATO, which allowed for use of tactical nuclear weapons. The instructions had a section for a “Strategic Nuclear Scenario.” The instruction was “soak map in lighter fluid and apply a flame.”
I got a Risk game at a flea market for a couple of bucks a couple of years ago; it is a “Lord of the Rings” edition, so it works almost with a timer: with each turn the ring moves closer to Mordor, so the game can’t go on indefinitely. There are only four armies, though.
Forty years ago a friend won a “Titanic” board game in a Chinese auction in school; the board was cut across the middle with the attached shape of a boat across the middle. With each turn the boat pivoted a little (it was pinned in the center); it gradually slipped under the waves (actually turning upside down, because of how the middle piece rotated). The object of the game was to rescue travelers from staterooms, then get to a lifeboat station. IIRC, you had to get a box of food and a cas of water as well.
When I was young we somehow came into possession of some old second-hand board games that I’ve never seen anywhere else; “Hit the Beach” (Marines storming a Pacific island, with Japanese bunkers as obstacles), “Fighter-Bomber” (I remember this had plastic planes, but I don’t remember the details), and a Civil War game where the pieces were infantry, cavalry, and artillery (you could move more quickly along rail lines).
One of my favorite games was “Survive!”, where you had to get off a sinking island (I believe a volcano was erupting); the sand pieces went first, followed by the woods, and finally the mountains. You had to fill your boat with survivors and get to a corner; eruptions, whales (which would overturn your lifeboat), and sharks (which would kill swimmers in the water) were obstacles.
Ah, memories...
That was Avalon Hill Co. if I recall. Boy they had some great games. I played Midway! and Conflict 2500 on my Atari computer...30 years ago. Good stuff.
We played Third Reich, Arab/Israeli War, PanzerLeader and PanzerBlitz in college.
Yeah good stuff. Looking forward to teaching the grand kids.
“These are real, physical games with real people.”
Wait ‘til he discovers...the great outdoors!
-PJ
I also had Radar Search from Ideal. It used electric probes and a turnable radar screen to find your opponent on a reverse board.
-PJ
Those were awesome games.
That has to be “Jutland”. Only game I ever heard of where a mapboard is not needed.
The games are similar but much different in terms of complexity. SL got bogged down by its rules but ASL is hands-down the best wargame I've ever played.
Propaganda makes your opponents' population defect to your country. There are a myriad of delivery systems and warheads that must be matched together to be played, including Killer Satellites, Space Platforms, Cruise Missiles, MIRVs and the "SuperVirus", which roams around the table randomly wiping out population due to plague.
That looks Awesome......where can one buy that game?
Back in the day, I remember my hobby shop selling them (I forget the scale). Other people made their own.
Interesting article about the history of board games
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/games/board-games
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