Did you have a lot of games as a kid?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (169940)
United States
August 10, 2018 7:36am CST
We had tons of board games as a kid..the popular ones like Monopoly, Clue, the Game of Life, Game of the States, Hands Down, Operation and many others. We loved board games and got them every Christmas. My generation was slightly before video games, the only one we had was Pong..so board games were the thing. Pretty much, if it was a board game sold in the 60's and 70's we had it. Hands Down was really a fun game. It has been so long since I have played a real board game though. I played Scrabble a couple of times with my former roomie that was it. I do have a few board games here. Maybe next time I have guests I will break out Jenga!
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Aug 18
The only game I liked playing as a kid was Yahtzee. Remember that one?
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
10 Aug 18
Yeah, we had Yahtzee. I don't remember how to play anymore but at that long term focus group I went to..some people struck up a game. I was mildly tempted to play.
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@Marilynda1225 (79708)
• United States
10 Aug 18
@johnroberts my grandfather was a big Yahtzee fan so we would go to his house and play. We had such good times
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
10 Aug 18
You must have been a child bride lol. I think Pong was out by the early 70's but not sure.
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@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
10 Aug 18
@snowy22315 I got married in 1971, I remember I bought Pong for my younger brother that year.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
10 Aug 18
Clue was fun. I think it was Professor Plum in the dining room with a wrench! 
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@dodo19 (47050)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
12 Aug 18
@snowy22315 Lol. Or was it Miss Scarlet in the hall with the revolver? Who knows!
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
12 Aug 18
@dodo19 HAHA the beauty of the game!
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
10 Aug 18
We use to love boards games. Of course in my generation there were no video games. I still enjoy playing board games with my grandchildren. Some of the games we had or played were Trouble, Sorry, Yahtzee, Connect Four, Concentration, Mouse Trap, Guess Who, Battleship and Don't Break The Ice. I won the Don't Break The Ice Game on a TV contest. Only thing I ever won!
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
10 Aug 18
@Happy2BeMe Crazy Clock was cool..it was hard to set up the contraption right though to make the clock work, but that was part of the game.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
10 Aug 18
HA, that's funny. I used to play Battleship with my son. We had Crazy Clock..that was an interesting game. The games I wanted that we didn't have were Mousetrap and Cold Feet.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
10 Aug 18
@snowy22315 I forgot about Cold Feet. I heard but it but never played it. Mousetrap was fun! I remember Crazy Clock..never had it though.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
10 Aug 18
Yes, we played different games when I was a kid . I love "Chinese garter", hide and seek , "tumbang preso" and many more
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
10 Aug 18
@Jessabuma Interesting..I can't even really think of a game we have that is similar. I know in NYC back in the old days they used to play stickball though..
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
10 Aug 18
@snowy22315 I am not familiar with stick ball hehe!! But we used play different games. We even play "Patintero".
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
10 Aug 18
I like Chess. I never heard of Ludo.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
10 Aug 18
@Sojourn Thanks,,it looks like pachessi.
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@Sojourn (13836)
• India
10 Aug 18
@snowy22315
This is a ludo board
Image: Iambuying.pk
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
11 Aug 18
I always Loved Board games when I was growing up. Seemed like I always had a game of Monopoly going with someone, and usually Life as well. Still play Monopoly from time to time when I can get enough people together who want to play it.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
11 Aug 18
I haven't played Monopoly in years, but I would..if someone wanted to.
@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
11 Aug 18
I like Monopoly. I noticed they have a shorter version now.
@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
10 Aug 18
We did not have many board games, but played a variety of card games, marble games and dice games, and dominoes. My kids had lots of board games, and my daughter still does, but not my son. His wife and step kids do not play them.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
11 Aug 18
Yes, we played a variety of outdoor games as well.
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@Marilynda1225 (79708)
• United States
10 Aug 18
We only had board games when I was growing up but for us we enjoyed playing cards as we got older.
We still play board games with the grandkids occasionally
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
10 Aug 18
My nephews like to play a game called Sequences. I have played that. There is another game we were playing recently but I don't remember the name of it.
@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
10 Aug 18
I had Monopoly, Clue, Operation (which I hated), and Jenga (which I loved). I also had a backgammon game too. I loved it too.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
11 Aug 18
why did you hate operation? I have a backgammon set in storage.
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@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
14 Aug 18
@snowy22315 I wasn't good at it. And it buzzes. I didn't like toys that make sound and still don't.
@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
11 Aug 18
DW David mentioned Qwirkle too. Maybe I will buy it around Christmas.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
11 Aug 18
I might look for Qwirkle around the holidays.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
10 Aug 18
I have played Chutes and Ladders which I assume is very similar.
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@BabeSays (8576)
• Mauritius
10 Aug 18
@snowy22315 Never heard of that but I guess you're right.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
10 Aug 18
I play WWF on Facebook..which is basically scrabble. I play that every day.
@moichan (666)
• Philippines
10 Aug 18
I remembered Monopoly but we weren't the board game type. We usually run in the streets all day. We were the smelly and sweaty kids back then. My well-off friends were playing Super Mario Bros in their Nintendo console. We we're watching them because having a console back then was a bit pricey.
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