Review: Polly PocketPublisher: RoseArtYear: 1994Players: 2 to 4Tagline: Party Game how we met I found Polly Pocket at a thrift shop that rarely disappoints. The store is nearly an hour away, so I don’t get there very often; usually we only travel there when we need something for the sheep that is not available closer […]
Review: Fat ChancePublisher: Gamewich, Inc. Year: 1996Players: 2 to 6Tagline: Winner Loses All! how we met I found Fat Chance at some random thrift shop during some random stop. As you can probably tell from the cover image, this is not to be confused with the 1978 Fat Chance in a similar vein which I […]
Review: CNN The GamePublisher: GamePlan, Inc. Year: 1994Players: 2 to 6Tagline: Cover the World As a CNN Correspondent how we met I know I paid $1.99 for CNN The Game. I know this because the price tag is still on it. I know I bought CNN The Game in July 2019. I know this because […]
Review: “Read My [Lips]” Kid!Publisher: PressmanYear: 1991Players: 3 to 6Tagline: Hey, it’s the wild game of unspoken words! how we met Reader, you know how sophisticated my gaming tastes are. I did not buy this game. This is another that Bill picked up unsupervised for $1. We played one night as a group of three […]
Review: Ice CubePublisher: Milton BradleyYear: 1972Players: 2 to 4Tagline: The game that uses real ice cubes how we met I wrote in a past review (see Hide ’n’ Thief) how my friend Josh found a treasure trove of vintage games in a single store one fateful day. Ice Cube is part of that story. Ice […]