I'm an Addict!  

I don't have anything too old, my oldest are from the 70s (when I was a kid). Some older ones include Survive (you are trying to escape an island that is goign to blow up), 221B Baker Street (Sherlock Holmes mysteries - I have 1 or 2 boosters for it too), Pay Day (they make new versions but I've had this one forever - not in the greatest shape mind you, it is well played with), The Ungame (this one is a Christian game which has no real winner but can be interesting as you have to answer various personal-type questions) and Even Elephants Forget (a kids' game where you use memory to place animals in their cages at the zoo). I also have an old Chinese Checkers game and one rally neat old one (can't remember the name offhand) where it teaches moral values and you spin a four-sided wooden top to find out how far you move.

I was at an auction last night and there were some amazing old games there, many from the 40s. I wanted to stay and try to buy some but the weather was terrible and I decided I'd better go home instead :(

I never collected old or vintage board games, but can remember the many nights I spent as a child playing games with my family. We would always have board game nights and I used to like having a way to enjoy being with my family.

heathcliff - that's an amazing collection! I have not done much purchasing at garage sales yet, but this summer I'm going to have to take a peek at what I can find :) I really lucked out on the World of Warcraft game. I was at a convention and they had a draw for everyone who played the demos of the games they had there. I won the WoW game in the draw. We've only played it twice so far. After 5 hours of play we still were only 2/3 of the way through!

That's an awesome door prize! Hopefully I'll be able to save up for one of those big "war" games this summer. The last game I spent real money on was a multi-player version of Stratego, so my kids wouldn't have to take turns against me.

I used to have a running competition with some friends about who could find the weirdest game for under $3.00. Maybe I should throw that challenge out there on the internet?