Childhood games of the past

scsusan

scsusan

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Online games are fun but I did play some very active childhood games. Hoping this counts as a post.
 

Candyland and Chutes & Ladders are two games I played as a kid and play with my little 'uns. The games are made very shoddily these days, though. The boards are too small and the parts aren't very good.

Remember "Operation"? They still have it but, once again, it's cheaply made and hard to play.

If you're lucky, you can find a complete vintage set of a favorite childhood game in an antique store. I found a vintage Chinese Checkers metal board with some of the marbles and just replaced them with a cheap bag of marbles from Walmart and a vintage Sorry game with all the parts.

The kids love the low-tech aspect of the old games.
 

jujube said:
Candyland and Chutes & Ladders are two games I played as a kid and play with my little 'uns. The games are made very shoddily these days, though. The boards are too small and the parts aren't very good.

Remember "Operation"? They still have it but, once again, it's cheaply made and hard to play.

If you're lucky, you can find a complete vintage set of a favorite childhood game in an antique store. I found a vintage Chinese Checkers metal board with some of the marbles and just replaced them with a cheap bag of marbles from Walmart and a vintage Sorry game with all the parts.

The kids love the low-tech aspect of the old games.
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My parents had the metal Chinese Checkers I always liked it more than regular Checkers.
 
I used to play war games from Avalon Hill. One was named "Blitzkrieg." They had punch out cardboard pieces to represent the units. Today I play Civilization VI from Steam.com on a PC.

I also remember the board game, "Monopoly." Each player had a marker and rolled the dice to move his marker on the board. One could "buy" the property one landed on. Then one could improve it by buying little house icons on one's properties. The one who ended with the most money won the game.
 
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Murrmurr said:
My family played Charades a lot when I was a kid. And all the ladies played Mad Libs at every bachelorette party and baby shower....bride & wedding-related and baby-related, respectively.

But besides that, we played baseball a lot.
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With the girls I played a lot of Indian Bat Ball.
 
jujube said:
Candyland and Chutes & Ladders are two games I played as a kid and play with my little 'uns. The games are made very shoddily these days, though. The boards are too small and the parts aren't very good.

Remember "Operation"? They still have it but, once again, it's cheaply made and hard to play.

If you're lucky, you can find a complete vintage set of a favorite childhood game in an antique store. I found a vintage Chinese Checkers metal board with some of the marbles and just replaced them with a cheap bag of marbles from Walmart and a vintage Sorry game with all the parts.

The kids love the low-tech aspect of the old games.
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Always loved chutes and Ladders and you play this online.
 
Retired Monica said:
Yes there was. Pick Up Sticks.
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I bought a vintage set of Pick up Stix, wooden ones. The ones produced today are made of plastic and they're hard to play with. They were *da bomb* when I was in 5th grade; we played them every day.

Nobody will play with me, though. I have to play with them by myself.

We also played Jacks a lot but that game was banned at my house after my dad stepped on one with his bare foot.
 
jujube said:
I bought a vintage set of Pick up Stix, wooden ones. The ones produced today are made of plastic and they're hard to play with. They were *da bomb* when I was in 5th grade; we played them every day.

Nobody will play with me, though. I have to play with them by myself.

We also played Jack's a lot but that game was banned at my house after my dad stepped on one with his bare foot.
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If I was around I would play. They have the game Jenga now which is a hand concentration game.
 
Tinker Toys and Lincoln Logs were good for hours of play.

Unfortunately, the Tinker Toys are made of plastic now, which just doesn't work as well as wood (the plastic parts tend to come apart as they don't "cling" as well).

Lincoln Logs are still made of wood, though. They're pretty expensive these days, however.
 
At the risk of sounding like a crabby old grump, have you noticed that kids today (oh, boy....here we go!) don't seem to take care of their toys?

I keep most of the games, toys, etc. that I buy here at my house for the kids to play with when they come over. Or, if I'm visiting them, I bring the games but take them home with me.

When I was buying them building blocks, games with parts, doodads like that, I'd notice the next time I came over, the game would be missing half the parts, blocks were missing, the little playsets would be denuded. Where are the parts, I'd ask? Answer: I dunno!

We had stuff like Tinkertoys and Lincoln Logs and, while I'm sure we lost a few here and there, we didn't lose many of them. Why? Because when they were gone, there weren't going to any more coming our way. "Whadda you mean, you need another set of Lincoln Logs? We just bought you a set of Lincoln Logs last Christmas?" "I can't find all the parts!" "Well, maybe you'll learn to take care of your toys!" End of subject.
 

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