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Review: Spitting Image

Review: Spitting ImagePublisher: Parker BrothersYear: 1984Players: 2 to 6Tagline: THE GAME OF SCANDAL how we met Since my sister moved to the area, I frequent Madison quite a bit, and Noble Knight Games has a clearance cave that I rarely leave without four or five games in tow. My very first visit I found Spitting […]

Review: Polar Dare!

Review: Polar Dare!Publisher: Milton BradleyYear: 1991Tagline: The Game of Chills, Thrills and Spills how we met I found Polar Dare! at a thrift shop last summer, shortly after our group played Dizzy Dizzy Dinosaur. I picked it up because it looked old, and once I picked it up I could see that it was a […]

Review: Chicken Out

Review: Chicken OutPublisher: Parker BrothersYear: 1988Tagline: “Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?” Game how we met I found Chicken Out for the first time for $5 at a flea market, but the seller would not let me open it and did not know if it was complete. I also didn’t totally want to carry […]

Review: Mad Magazine Card Game

Review: Mad Magazine Card GamePublisher: Parker BrothersYear: 1979Tagline: (none) how we met I think Bill brought Mad Magazine Card Game home one day. I have never personally seen it at thrift, only at antique stores, and antique stores are expensive. Our copy looks like it spent at least 20 of its 40 years in direct […]

Review: Lost Treasure

Review: Lost TreasurePublisher: Parker BrothersYear: 1982Tagline: ELECTRONIC DEEP-SEA DIVING GAME how we met Thrifting Minion Josh gave me a copy of Lost Treasure. He found it at thrift one day, and all of the other thrifting minions already had it. Lucky me, again. how it plays Lost Treasure is one of the most interesting vintage […]

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