Idle Remorse

Author / jen

Review: Blockhead!

Review: Blockhead! Publisher: Parker BrothersYear: 1975Tagline: Parker Brothers Balancing Skill Game how we met I found Blockhead! on a less-than-memorable stop at a thrift shop. I was happy to find it, because I knew it was a dexterity game that I was interested to try. I feel like Blockhead! is a classic game that many […]

Review: Snapshot

Review: SnapshotPublisher: CadacoYear: 1989Tagline: A VERY REVEALING GAME how we met I found Snapshot during a long thrifting day last summer. It was at a thrift shop that we have never returned to and probably never will because the contents of the shop are not very gamely. I don’t remember the exact amount I paid […]

Panic Mode! or, making a game from beginning to end

First, news! I have such happy news about Panic Mode. I worked so hard for so long, and finally the game is actually printed and in my hands. It was on the ocean for awhile, then it was stuck at the port in LA for a bit, then it was on a train to Chicago […]

Review: 10-Four, Good Buddy

Review: 10-Four, Good BuddyPublisher: Parker BrothersYear: 1976Tagline: CB Radio Game how we met This one has been on the shelves for awhile and the story of finding it has already been told back with Barnabas Collins Dark Shadows Game. Like many of the games I got that day, the box looks like it has been […]

Review: Figure It Out

Review: Figure It OutPublisher: CardinalYear: 1998Tagline: The Game how we met I found Figure It Out at the same stop where I picked up Scavenger Hunt, so you can read more details there if you like. The gist is that it was a stop I’d never made before, and one that paid off because people […]

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