tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post1728914247231589825..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: Old gamesGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-53945091403101147372013-06-18T12:09:45.202+12:002013-06-18T12:09:45.202+12:00You and me and our old games,
our gospel knowledge...You and me and our old games,<br />our gospel knowledge.<br /><br />What is the game <br />where you run up on someone<br />but if they catch you<br />it's back to the start?<br /><br />I say, "creep up",<br />you say, "what's the time, Mister Wolf?"<br />I say, that's different,<br />with that one, he hears you coming.<br /><br />What we knew <br />is renovated orMegan Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584562106579704547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-88258775930986825682013-06-13T14:19:24.737+12:002013-06-13T14:19:24.737+12:00Yeah, that's it. Seeing the horses move was co...Yeah, that's it. Seeing the horses move was cool for the first few minutes. After that, the only point to play was gambling, which I had no time for.Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-43066326174358170902013-06-12T23:50:46.610+12:002013-06-12T23:50:46.610+12:00"I expect the set is kicking around at my fol..."I expect the set is kicking around at my folks place - will have a look, if you'd like to see it."<br /><br />It pops up on TradeMe from time to time it seems, might be cheaper than shipping it around the place. It's too bad the National Library doesn't have it. They should.<br /><br />"Escalado".<br /><br />Like <a href="http://www.assetstorage.co.uk/Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-69475298566055455602013-06-11T19:30:32.277+12:002013-06-11T19:30:32.277+12:00Hah, classic, just reading the Wiki on it. I had f...Hah, classic, just reading the Wiki on it. I had forgotten that the endgame was to actually bankrupt treasury, by winning all the money. Even more prophetic. <br /><br />From memory, this wasn't a good part of the game, because it became a fait accompli after a certain point, but it would take quite a lot longer after that to actually happen. As in, it could take another half an hour of just Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-26236064530953060692013-06-11T18:08:23.423+12:002013-06-11T18:08:23.423+12:00I need to get myself a copy of this game! (I see t...I need to get myself a copy of this game! (I see they republished it in OZ with the subtitle “The Game of Australia.” The gall of some people.)Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-23841714773800687932013-06-11T10:24:01.325+12:002013-06-11T10:24:01.325+12:00Love those obscure ones. I have fond memories of P...Love those obscure ones. I have fond memories of Poleconomy, a Kiwi monopoly variant, but it's companies instead of real estate that are the property. The thing is a real slice of the 1970s, and it must have been partially sponsored by the companies themselves, since their signage was on every card - I knew intimately the logos of all the big companies in NZ back then. The most interesting Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-67274671654562324212013-06-11T08:22:36.784+12:002013-06-11T08:22:36.784+12:00Some of those Obedience Cards read like they'r...Some of those Obedience Cards read like they're meant to be sung.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-71659395809896456772013-06-11T02:00:33.811+12:002013-06-11T02:00:33.811+12:00The Missionary Game seems ideally suited to being ...The Missionary Game seems ideally suited to being left lying on top of something and quickly forgotten. A pity the makers of <i>The Book of Mormon</i> musical don't seem to have had access to it.<br /><br />Word Verification: <b>consists yarchw</b>, an ominous label on a small, foreign bottle.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.com