Pete Rose Score Baseball Game Review
Produced by illco Toys in 1979, this Pete Rose “Score Baseball Game” features all the excitement of a real game of baseball without the troublesome licensing of the MLB.
Fireball Island Retro Board Game Review
The 1986 Fireball Island is the original “dimensional adventure game of pitfalls and peril!” The game featured a three-dimensional board designed as a topographical map of the island ruled by a sinister idol named Vul-Kar. The goal of the game was to reach the Vul-Kar idol and steal its Firestone Jewel. The player who manages to escape the island with the jewel wins!
Candy Land: The Sweet History of a Sweet Little Game
Candy Land was invented in 1948 by a woman named Eleanor Abbott while she was recovering from polio. Eleanor was a retired school teacher, and came up with the game as a way to help the children who shared her ward pass the time until recovery. Her goal was to make a game so simple that any child could play.
Mad Magazine, The Board Game!
This is Mad Magazine, The Board Game!
Originally released by Parker Brothers in 1979, this zany game plays like no other! Players navigate their way around the game board in a madcap race to empty their wallets. The first player to go broke wins!
Gooey Louie Retro Board Game Review
This is Gooey Louie, and it’s a disgustingly good time! Originally produced by Pressman in 1995, Gooey Louie is a hilarious strategy game for kids ages four and up. Players compete to see who can pick the most “gooies” out of Louie’s nose before his head explodes!
Mouse Trap Retro Board Game Review
Mouse Trap was originally published by Ideal in 1963, and is widely considered to be one the most popular 3D board games. Today we are going to compare the iconic Milton Bradley edition from 1986 to the modernized Hasbro edition from 2021.
The Grape Escape Retro Board Game Review
The Grape Escape was released by Parker Brothers in 1992, and it’s one crazy fun game! Players take control of one of four grapes trying to escape a jam factory. This is not your average jam factory, this factory is filled with wild and crazy machines all designed to provide our poor little grapes with a grisly end!