Vintage Board Games (For A Laugh...Or A Shudder)

BanzaiCat · December 13, 2013, 09:24:29 AM

http://www.buzzfeed.com/dray/18-vintage-board-games-that-might-make-you-angry-a-4666

What Shall I Be? The Exciting Career Game for Girls

Yup: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7303/what-shall-i-be-for-girls

Blacks & Whites

Yup: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7245/blacks-whites

Public Assistance

Yup: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3393/public-assistance

Vanilla Ice Electronic RAP Game

...sigh, yup: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12418/vanilla-ice-electronic-rap-game

mirth · December 13, 2013, 09:34:57 AM

The Vanilla Ice game definitely makes me angry.

bayonetbrant · December 13, 2013, 09:36:00 AM

this one is actually a pretty fun game - my parents still have it and it got a lot of play when I was in college and took it with me one year.

BanzaiCat · December 13, 2013, 09:40:12 AM

That Lie, Cheat, & Steal box cover - the board looks like a rip-off of Careers, a game that got a lot of play in my house when I was young. Or maybe Careers ripped them off...who knows.

mirth · December 13, 2013, 09:41:40 AM

Star is still playing this one

BanzaiCat · December 13, 2013, 09:44:45 AM

I wonder about the "house rules" that might exist about what you can stick in there. :o

mirth · December 13, 2013, 09:45:35 AM

Quote from: Banzai_Cat on December 13, 2013, 09:44:45 AM
I wonder about the "house rules" that might exist about what you can stick in there. :o

Don't go there. For the love of god, do not go there!

BanzaiCat · December 13, 2013, 09:46:13 AM

DON'T SAY IT THREE TIMES, or Starfury will appear!

BanzaiCat · December 13, 2013, 09:50:05 AM

Ohhh, shiite...here's some more...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/13-horribly-offensive-board-games-of-the-past

Side note: One game is labeled "7. "Four Little N-Word Boys," published by Chad Valley in 1950." Whereas the picture has that very 'word' right there to see. I find it funny that they cannot type it. Nor can I, as the NSA is here, of course, and that would be against the Constitution as that document protects everyone's right to not be offended.

And then there's...
8. "Out With the Jews," published by Günther & Co. in 1938.

There's an interesting discussion on BGG regarding certain games and whether or not they should be deleted for being offensive.

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/20052/why-this-game-should-definitely-be-deleted

I can understand the concern for having random people visit BGG and see this kind of thing and go "Gasp! That's so offensive! Boardgamers are racist assholes! I better call the MEDIA!" But I admire BGG for having the cojones to list games like this in the first place.

LongBlade · December 13, 2013, 09:55:26 AM

Those are bad.

The worst I have is a copy of Bureaucracy.

mirth · December 13, 2013, 10:00:33 AM

I got this one year for Christmas

I was happier the year everyone bought me socks. 22 pair in all.

BanzaiCat · December 13, 2013, 10:03:27 AM

My mom bought me "Titanic: The Board Game" one Christmas 15 years ago. I looked through it as I have a morbid curiosity about me, but it's never been played.

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2004/titanic-the-board-game

mirth · December 13, 2013, 10:14:05 AM

Quote from: Banzai_Cat on December 13, 2013, 10:03:27 AM
My mom bought me "Titanic: The Board Game" one Christmas 15 years ago. I looked through it as I have a morbid curiosity about me, but it's never been played.

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2004/titanic-the-board-game

If you play, take the iceberg.

LongBlade · December 13, 2013, 10:17:56 AM

Quote from: mirth on December 13, 2013, 10:00:33 AM
I got this one year for Christmas

My mom gave me that, too. I don't believe I ever opened it.

They had a flood a few years back and I think it may have been lost then. I don't miss it, but I do miss my copy of Swashbuckler.

mirth · December 13, 2013, 10:20:11 AM

I never played Trump either. I think I took the plastic wrap off and looked inside.