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Review: The Family Ties Game

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: Vanity Chase

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: A Question of Scruples

Review: A Question of Scruples Publisher: Maruca Industries Year: 1984 Tagline: (none) how we met If you become a follower of this blog, you will likely begin to notice that one of my weaknesses is a dated box cover (see Circulation review). I must have seen the black & white and gold & white versions […]

Review: Girl Talk Date Line

Review: Girl Talk Date Line Publisher: Western Publishing Company Year: 1989 Tagline: The Talking Dating Game how we met We started out in the car one morning to go thrifting and my husband asked me, “What would you like to find today?” I replied, “Girl Talk Date Line.” It’s not like it happened immediately, but […]

Review: Ad Liners

Review: Ad Liners Publisher: Pressman Year: 1989 Tagline: The hilarious game where you choose popular advertising slogans to go with outrageous pictures! how we met Yeah, we met in a thrift shop. I generally pick up most games that I am unfamiliar with to determine our compatibility. I opened Ad Liners in the store and […]

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