Review: Wacky Blasters Publisher: Golden Year: 1990 Tagline: The Game That Will Blow You Away! how we met Oh, it was a fine day. This was also up there in terms of how embarrassed I was in a single purchase. You see, I live near a small town that I do not visit often and […]
Review: Girl Talk Secret Diary Publisher: Western Publishing Co Year: 1991 Tagline: The Game of Sharing Secrets & Surprises how we met I met Girl Talk Secret Diary in a different time, and I was different then. Back in 2017 I would buy anything that said “Girl Talk” on it. One day in a Milwaukee-area […]
Review: Eagle Kingdoms Publisher: Gamewright Incorporated Year: 1994 Tagline: An Enchanting Game of Capturing Medieval Kingdoms how we met I found Eagle Kingdoms when passing through a thrift shop on the way to a wine tasting. The cover is funny; it does not really do a great job of indicating what the game is like. […]
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 […]