The idea for this game is based on Reinhold Wittig's earlier game "Spiel" (#2229). In fact, it contains the same game board, but instead of dice there are building bricks in different sizes, rubber bands and wooden balls. The original game contains a rule sheet with three games and the encouragement to invent more (much like in "Spiel", for which way over...
An electronic buzzer Party board game that requires speed, knowledge, wits and deductive thinking! In SPIES Operation: Europe, players are superspies working for a Secret Intelligence Service. Lately, their Service has managed to intercept encrypted messages from a rival intelligence service, that describe the locations in which important objects are...
Spikey Sam’s Nachomania is a fast game of spicy fun! You earn points by keeping your eyes peeled for just the right nacho toppings and being ready to grab Spikey Sam fast! First, grab a nacho chip from the pile and place it in front of you. Then shake up Spikey Sam and check his sombrero to see which toppings he reveals. If your chips show those toppings...
Spiky Dastards has 5 little figures that are so cute, you'll want to capture them all. But be careful, they're well protected! Split the deck of 60 cards into 2 piles and reveal the top card from each. The pictures on the cards will indicate 1 or 2 of the figures that players must race to carefully grab. If you're able to grab one, you get a card. If you...
This undated dexterity game consists of a pistol that shoots wooden darts, a wooden pot and post containing 8 round wooden beads (the beans), and a target area, with 13 holes valued 5 to 25, inset in the box bottom. The pot is filled with the beans and placed on top of the post, which is inserted in a hole at the front of the target area. The rules say...
Simple space themed game where players spin a top and attempt to knock down small wooden pins. The pins are placed on top of images of sputnik satellites that form an orbiting ring around an image of earth. The Satellites each have a value. Each player, in turn spins the top in the center of the box, attempting to knock over as many pins as possible to...
Spin Fighters were die-cast metal top toys that were manufactured by Bandai in China in the mid 1990s (1993-1997). The Spin Fighters tops were loaded into Launchers (Later, called "Power Launchers"), which were then tightly wound by fingertip, and subsequently released into the Spin Fighters Battle Arena (or, onto a flat surface). The tops battled (hitting...
This two-player game from Milton Bradley comes with two acorn-shaped wooden tops and a target sheet of cardboard inset in the box bottom. The sheet has 18 holes with values ranging from 5 to 100. Players take turns spinning their tops and recording the value each time it stops. First player to 500 points wins. The earliest version of this game has a box...
On their turn, Spin-Jenny has players spin a top in the center of a round, concave board containing nine holes, each assigned a different colour and value from 0-8. There are nine coloured wooden balls, free to move on the board, which are scattered by the top when it is spun. Points are scored according to the number assigned to a hole in which a ball has...
Shake out your arms and get loosened up! Remember Dead or Alive? Maybe not, but you´ll definitely know the song. We first saw this game being played at a variety of conventions (PAX, Unpub, etc), where a bunch of people were standing around a table, spinning the postcard, hugging each other, wagging their hands around and snapping their fingers. This game...