Review: The Family Ties Game Publisher: AppleStreet Year: 1986 Tagline: Play along with the Keatons for family fun. how we met The Family Ties Game is one of the many board games dug out of the basement of a shop near me (see Barnabas Collins game review). The box is in really rough shape and […]
Review: Compatibility Publisher: Mattel (under license from Crown & Andrews) Year: 1996 Tagline: Do Great Minds Really Think Alike? how we met In my opinion, the cover of Compatibility is pretty terrible. It looks like one of the many dime-a-dozen party games that my eyes fly by at thrift shops. But if I haven’t seen […]
Review: Saved by the Bell Publisher: Pressman Year: 1992 Tagline: Spend an outrageous day with the “Saved By The Bell” gang! how we met My copy of Saved by the Bell hails all the way from a thrift shop in Dubuque, Iowa. I normally like to explain a little bit about why I choose to […]
Review: Vanity Chase Publisher: Patomike, Inc. Year: 1988 Tagline: The Outrageously Fun Game You Already Play … how we met I found Vanity Chase in a small shop in an even smaller Wisconsin town. In fact the shop had two copies, neither in tip-top shape. I opted for the copy that appeared to have all […]
Review: Don’t Tip the Waiter Publisher: Colorforms Year: 1979 Tagline: Be Careful, Too many Dishes Tip the Waiter. how we met If you thrift on a regular basis, you are probably very familiar with the feast or famine nature of the hobby. I found Don’t Tip the Waiter at thrift in a strange feast situation. […]