In Whirl Out, luck and skill both come into play as players try to keep their marbles on the whirling wheel. During the game, players spin to determine into which section of the 3-D wheel they must place one of their colored marbles. After the marble is placed into one of the marble holders on the wheel, the wheel will turn under the weight of the marble...
This game uses a gyroscope/spinning top and plastic 'balls' containing ball bearings. In the center of the bottom of the box is a little metal dish. You spin the gyroscope, put your 'balls' into the box with it and hope that they are hit by the gyroscope and sent through one of the four holes into the corners (the bottom of the box has a diamond shaped...
As described by the publisher: Whirligig, The Musical Chairs Game inspired by Art Linkletter on his famous "House Party" program . . . The twelve bears sit in the inner "tubs" as the Whirligig turns. When it stops, players scramble to put the twelve bears into the 11 outer "tubs". Each new "whirl" - there is one bear less, until there is only one - the...
The rules and game board are on the bottom of a Crave Case (a suitcase-like corrugated cardboard box used to package Sliders sold in lots of 30). Here are those rules: Pick a game piece; get creative. Use the Slider Box Challenges to play and make your moves. Accept the challenge yourself and move ahead, or give it to a friend. (If they don't take it, they...
Can you make it through the rapids with a whole crew? Place one of your rafts at the "Put In" point and try to maneuver it through the pockets to the "Take Out" point. Your crew is represented by steel beebees, and they fall out of the bottom of the rafts if you cross over one of the pockets. You score a point for each of your crew who make it to the other...
Players spin a spinning peg on the baseball diamond shaped game board. The board has locations markered for hits and outs. If the peg lands on an out, then the batter is out. There are 4 Stands that represent hits. Hit 1 for a single, 2 for a double, 3 for a triple and hit all four for a home run. And there was also this non-electric entry, from 1945 --...
Despite being issued by the Electric Game Co., this game is made strictly of cardboard and wood and uses no power, probably because it was published in 1945 when wartime restrictions still reserved metal and batteries for military use. The game has a wooden frame with the cardboard playing surface mounted at the bottom except for the 3" nearest the...
In Whizz Bing Bang, a quick card game for 3 to 6 players, players take turns reading the top card of the deck, with the word on that card dictating how gameplay will continue: Whizz: Game play continues in the same direction. Bing: Game play reverses direction. Bang: Game play continues in the same direction, but skips the next player. Boom: Everyone must...