Sounds sort of like Jenga, marril159, except I know that those blocks weren’t clear (in the original version, anyway).

Ghosted by Molten @ 01/25/2004 9:35 PM EST

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Axis & Allies was one of the very few serious games I ever played when I was a kid. You essentially had control of one of the more powerful countries during world war 2 and had to blow each other to hell. Tricky to play as the axis though, even if you did get to use a silly accent.

Does anyone know where I can get hold of ghettopoly? The monopoly rip off that taken off the market beause parker bros sued the willy off the guy who made it? There are some home grown versions here in Australia, like for bad suburbs (i.e Broadmeadows monopoly chance card: You have turned fifteen. Time to have a baby. Go back to the start and do not collect 200$), but I really want that version.

Ghosted by Damien @ 01/25/2004 10:08 PM EST

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Good, I’m not the only person who had a crush on John Stamos for several years and isn’t afraid to admit it. I wouldn’t have minded at least seeing him in "Nine" if I had the bucks to get me up to the other end of the Garden State Parkway and into the Eugene O’Neil Theatre. Wouldn’t have minded seeing Antonio Banderes, either, but that’s life.

I’m still a big fan of "Perfect Strangers." I like old-fashioned, flat-out silly humor. None of the other TGIF shows have stayed with me the way that one did over the years, including "Full House." I still like most of them, but "PS" has dated better, probably because the cast and stories stayed simple. It was just the two guys, the two girls, and a few wacky co-workers. Yeah, the plots ranged from dumb to nothing special, but they were actually pretty well-written, and Bronson Pinchot and Mark Linn-Baker had genuine chemistry that works when the often too-silly plots don’t.

My family had the Babysitters Club game and the Sweet Valley High game and still frequently play Mall Madness. The SWH game was also pretty popular, and really a lot of fun – you get to pick Elizabeth, Jessica, or one of their friends, and run around the high school collecting items for whatever event they were involved in. Yeah, it doesn’t make sense that most of this stuff would be in school, but if you overlooked this insight, the game was enjoyable for slumber parties and rainy afternoons.

I have no idea what happened to the Babysitter’s Club game. I know we had it, because I remember playing it for a few years. It must not have gone over as well as Mall Madness or Sweet Valley High, because I don’t remember much else about it.

My brother still asks to play Mall Madness every now and then. The 3D board is a bitch to set up, but it’s otherwise basic fun – run around and collect at least six items on your list without having to go to the bank too many times, then make a break for your exit. Sales change from time to time, necessitating quick grabs for the sale and clearance signs before your siblings get the privledge.

Ghosted by starwenn @ 01/25/2004 10:15 PM EST

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Benoit wins! Benoit wins!

Oh, and review "Mac and Me"

Ghosted by A-wel Cruiz @ 01/25/2004 10:54 PM EST

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Damien, Axis and Allies was a great game. We played it once when I lived in Rez, from like 5pm to 5am, and the game only ended because one kid went insane and started attacking everyone with ‘factory monsters’ which were just tanks with factories on top… oh, and I was Germany, me and Japan were only a turn or two away from victory before the chaos.

Ghosted by Gabbylicious @ 01/26/2004 2:15 AM EST

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Gabbylicious, Ann Coulter is the author of the popular, but controversial right-wing books "Libel" and "Treason." There are a number of conservatives that even think she is a bit "out there" with some of her views.
http://www.jhu.edu/mse/events/pics/coulter.jpg

Not to be confused with right-wing talk show host Laura Ingraham and/or Barbie (See, you can tie anything into X-E) as photoshopped here:
http://www.internetweekly.org/images/laura_ingraham_sm.jpg

Ghosted by ME @ 01/26/2004 2:42 AM EST

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The He-Man one brings me back, I think half the 80’s board games that came out for a time tried to do the ‘3d’ games. I believe there was a Voltron one, and I know The ‘Real’ Ghostbusters had one as well.

As for the worst, Full House is really bad. However I do remember Funhouse was kinda bad (if anyone remembers that kiddie gameshow. I know Matt would, used to be on channel 11 before TMNT.) And god I forget the name of it, but it really wasn’t a ‘Boardgame’ you had this cheap plastic ball n chain that you’d put on, and roll dices till you got doubles then pass it on. Lastly there was one based on another kiddie gameshow on Nickelodeon. It wasn’t Double Dare, I forget the name of it. All I remember was it had kids at the end running around and breaking stuff in this house for prizes.

Ghosted by Beaker Mike @ 01/26/2004 5:33 AM EST

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Beaker Mike was it Finders Keepers? They still show that on GAS. The host gave a clue, and the kids would tear the room apart, looking for the answer. There were pits of slime and huge foam totem poles and such.

Ghosted by trajeal @ 01/26/2004 7:46 AM EST

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One commercial that sticks out in my mind in terms of board games is the commercial for "Pizza Party." The commercial featured a stereotypical Italian chef entangled in an orgy of dancing pizza toppings. And you couldn’t beat the rapping of the chef. It was almost as good as cap’n Lou on SMBSS but not quite. To this day I can still hear the chorus of the song ripping my brain appart. " Parrtay!!!……..PIZZA PARTAY!" Too bad mr. chef didn’t bust out into the running man, possibly a dance off with Mr. Robert Van Winkle (aka vanilla ice, but i’m sure most of you knew that already) Alright time for me to shut up…….

Ghosted by phunqsauce @ 01/26/2004 8:48 AM EST

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Ibinsomniac: LOL on "52 pickup"… I’ve first heard of it when I read a children’s book and one boy said to his sister: "Wanna play 52 pickup?" She said yes, and cards are all over the place, to her dismay. I pulled that stunt on my sibs, and they got the joke.

Phunqsauce: When you mentioned Pizza Party, that silly jingle came in my head and I will have that for the rest of the day. It was a nice game to play. To this day, whether someone mentioned holding a pizza party, I’d sing it in my head. One time my roomie and I both sang it after the pizza guy delivered our dinner.

BTW, Don’t Break the Ice was neat, as you have to figure out which ice section is stable enough to chip off. From the same maker (Hasbro), there’s Cootie, in which you have to build a toy bug before others complete theirs. Did anyone remember that?

Ghosted by Carol the Theologian @ 01/26/2004 10:49 AM EST

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Yes, thank you Phunqsauce, I too shall have the Pizza Party jingle stuck in my head.

We still have our Cootie game. I think they have changed the way you play that game. I think the pieces arent as small because of the choking hazard.

Ghosted by allicat @ 01/26/2004 10:57 AM EST

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Wow, what a plethora of directions this is going in…

Some points to be made:

That guy who does Calvin and Hobbes is definitely overestimating his importance in the world,eh, Calvin and Hobbes is cute, but does reading make or break my day? Not really, but go ahead and "retire" it.

Point two, Gary Larson’s TV special, was pretty good but I remember correctly it didn’t have any dialogue…strange choice. I don’t think it was ever shown again on tv either.

Point 3, muuuuch earlier, from Chopstick Sensai, all Japanese people like Full House? My wife is Japanese but I’ll be sure not to test that theory.

Point 4, as far as DJ being hot…I’ll revive this from the old message board…Topenga from Boy Meets World…hot or not? Of course my vote is hot.

Ghosted by whitemale_98 @ 01/26/2004 11:33 AM EST

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Ker-Plunk! was a diff’ernt aminal altogether, where the goal was to end up with the fewest amount of marbles. Stay Alive is the winner!!! To quote Lurch in that one Star Trek episode, "That’s The Equation!" Catch me on a really good day, and I will sound a lot like Wreck-Gar, a lot of disparate elements, but making a kind of sense in spite of it. Gnip-Gnop! At least it wasn’t Moose doing the squishy-thumpy wit’ Uncle Joey. That is some high-quality nightmare fuel we gots goin’ on in here. I had Rubik’s Race, it was fun, especially when Little Brother and I started throwing the tiles at each other.

Ghosted by kingklash @ 01/26/2004 12:20 PM EST

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Something been nagging me since I saw "Return of the King," to celebrate Aragorn’s return, do they set an old dude on fire, and chuck him over the parapet every year?

Ghosted by kingklash @ 01/26/2004 1:19 PM EST

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Dark Tower

Joe – I used to own Turn the Terrible Tank! I rememebr having to shoot those stupid little B.B.s at the tank to get it to turn before it detroyed your base. My brother and I played that all of the time!

Allicat-
Fireball Island? My brother’s and I played that one. I was very excited when I got it for Christmas. I think we liked it so much because it was so big.

My favorite game has to be Dark Tower. I have never seen a game so involved as this one. It is still at my grandparents house and we break it out every time we visit. The electronic Tower in the center could rotate to whichever player’s turn it was and you would hit the buttons to tell it what you would do. It would randomly tell you of you moved safely, got attacked, got lost, or got crunched by the dragon. If there was a battle it would spin back and forth and show you how your men were fairing against the briggans. If you won, you would get gold, or a sword (to slay the dragon if he attacks), or possibly one of the three keys to the Dark Tower. You could go to the bizarre and purchase all inds of things to help you: more warriors, food, a scout would keep you from getting lost, a beast for carrying gold and a few others. You could even haggle the price down. If you haggled to low, the shop keeper would turn you away and you would have to wait until your next turn to shop. After you collected all three keys (Bronze, Silver and Gold) you had to journey to the tower and hit the right key combination to win.

What a great game!

Ghosted by Stilewalker @ 01/26/2004 1:34 PM EST

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Kingklash: Thats one of the scenes that REALLY bothered me in ROTK. It makes it look like Denethor changed his mind. I think the book presents a far more compelling image: Denethor simply standing, unmoving on the pyre while he is consumed in flames.

Ghosted by Cameron @ 01/26/2004 2:31 PM EST

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"My son, he’s still alive! Wait a minute, what’s cooking? Smells good, I am feeling a bit peckish, must be close to supper, uh…. AAAIIGGHHH!!" Just my feelings on that whole scene.

Ghosted by kingklash @ 01/26/2004 2:48 PM EST

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Dammit, why couldn’t they let Cena win? Ah well, I knew Benoit would win, I’m just a Cena mark. WORD LIFE!

Anyways… I’m bored, anybody want to help come up with ideas for that toyaction.net domain i have?

Ghosted by Skitzo at stupid5pin.com @ 01/26/2004 4:38 PM EST

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I know alot of people have already answered, but it was definitely "Don’t Break the Ice" around here. I loved that game. Too bad I am too uncoordinated and clumsy to play anything like that or Jenga.

I went to the Rumble last night, the undercard matches sucked big time but the Rumble was great. I got a knot in my stomach when the Undertaker’s old music came on. God, I hope they bring that back. It was great just being there.

Ghosted by Y2JB78 @ 01/26/2004 5:16 PM EST

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If anyone here is looking for some awesome, yet terrible board games from many different eras check out my auctions on ebay. the seller name is flyngzebra and heres a link
http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&include=0&userid=flyngzebra&sort=3&rows=50&since=-1&rd=1

Ghosted by Stephanie! @ 01/26/2004 5:52 PM EST

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I’d like to comment on Matt’s statement that organized board games and figures don’t go well together. That’s not entirely true. I had this one game called the Omega Virus, which is this sweet-assed game with a talking computer, figurines, and most importantly, fighting. The games we played always went smoothly. I mean, sure, it was a game that just sat on the shelf after awhile (and still does), but it was still quite unique.

The only game better than OM was Weapons & Warriors, a game in which you got to use toy cannons and catapults to fire orange plastic balls at your oponents’ men and buildings.

Ghosted by Nate @ 01/26/2004 7:08 PM EST

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Skitzo, you might try selling it on eBay. Or you could make it a porn site.

Ghosted by Killer Duck @ 01/26/2004 7:54 PM EST

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the sadest thing is…. i have every single one of those games…..

Ghosted by that wierd dude next door @ 01/26/2004 8:08 PM EST

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"Topenga from Boy Meets World…hot or not? Of course my vote is hot. "

Oh my god! Topanga was SO… FUCKING… HOT! You never see girls on TV with curves like that!

But the thing that bugged me was how they changed her personality when she got older. I really liked her in the early days, when she channeled Sumerian Gods and did interpretive dances to whale songs. She was kind of like Hermione from Harry Potter, complete with frizzy hair. Unless I missed a buncha episodes, there was no real transition between personalities, she was just suddenly really normal.

Ghosted by creaturetheatre @ 01/26/2004 8:35 PM EST

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When did Turn the Terrible Tank come out?

I hate how they take good games and "update" them for today’s kids- like the Game of Life (some friends wanted to play it recently and I was horrified to realize the rules were very different). Video games are doing it to. My roommate gave me Super Mario Advance 4 for my birthday. It’s actually a port of SMB3 from the NES with some disturbing additions like Mario’s annoying voice every five seconds (in the equally annoying stereotypical Italian voice). It’s the same with the Game Boy Advance port of SMB2 only now there are big fat enemies (though I love the enormous ninja guys), these messed up life holders that you have to hit with veggies and all the characters talk, even Birdo and the firey guy (who sounds like Charles Nelson Riley). I can see updating the graphics but this is a bit much.

Ghosted by Killer Duck @ 01/26/2004 10:26 PM EST

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