Tag: board games

The Landlord's Game board. Go directly to jail
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And you thought Monopoly started fights…

Before Monopoly, there was “The Landlord’s Game”, very similar yet it seems more foreboding than the current versions.

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EEEEEE!!

Playing Wordfeud with my sister. I have a really lousy hand here, there are five E tiles! I’ve almost cornered the market on the letter…

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Maybe I should have said “tiger”? Pictionary fun

We have been sort of confined to quarters by bad weather, so to keep from going all REDRUM! we have been playing Pictionary. Now, every…

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Monopoly dog goes to jail
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MONOPOLY HOUSE RULES. Stop picking your nose.

A rainy day plan; Try to make Monopoly less like monotony. We came up with some house rules, will modify/add/delete when they are tested on the field of battle.

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Original Geocaching game metal ammo box
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Old school Ammo Can Geocaching Game

We have the original deluxe “Cache Me If You Can” geocaching board game, from 2013. The original, which came in an actual metal ammo box,

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That’s $50 a Beatle!

I know some ladies who obsessed over the “Fab Four” back in the sixties… Any of them would be delighted to be gifted with this…

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Chicks Battle the Dudes lame board game
Posted in Love and War files Puzzles and games

Chicks vs Dudes

I found this board game in the American Science and Surplus catalog ( sciplus.com ) – didn’t bite for several reasons… $9.50 is a bit…

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Stranger Things Eggo Game; It’s evil Uno

Got my son the Stranger Things Eggo game, we played it once, but it’s basically overcooked Uno, The twist is that your character card gets…

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I want FASTER Monopoly, not this monstrosity

I previously posted here about our experience with the https://www.neverjethot.com/posts/speed-die-monopoly-faster-but-more-evil/ – We like to move things along, because of short attention spans I guess. So…

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Speed dice for Monopoly
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Speed-die Monopoly; faster but more evil

I got a tournament-approved Monopoly “Speed Die” from a guy on ebay, we started a game using this third die today. Not sure if we…

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