English Intro: This football game is both intellectually stimulating and exciting. Every movement of the pieces entirely obeys the dictates of the intelligence: there is no luck involved. No age limit - children, adolescents, adults -, will all make progressive use of their mental faculties. Analysis, logic, tactics, self control... And after the initial...
A very rare and unusual game within the Balyna series of 1950s sports games. The main games were football and cricket however Balyna also produced baseball, tennis and golf games too. Played on a roll out pitch with small plastic figures, a metal ball rolling chute and a metal batting gantry. The highlight of the game is the superb marked out baseball...
A variation of the classic cricket action game. Small plastic fielders, a mechanism to allow batting, another one to allow bowling, a ball and a field made up of different run areas. It doesn’t get much simpler. Sister product of Balyna Football. Both games were designed to be a competitor to Subbuteo's cricket and football games. In many ways the game is...
Balyna usually made magnetic football games, but this one uses paddles to move the players. Advertised as "Outdoor Games Played Indoors", the set contains: - a cloth football pitch with two attached metal surround pieces behind the goals - 2 surround pieces for the length of the pitch - 2 metal goalposts with 4 metal clips for attaching to the surround -...
Soccer game produced by Balyna (Toogood and Jones of Whitstable in Kent) in the United Kingdom during the 1950s. Game consists of: - playing board - four adjustable metal legs to be inserted at each corner of the board - two plastic goals - two plastic playing rods with a magnet at the end, one each of red and blue - four plastic players with magnets on...
This 1930s baseball game, named after Babe Ruth, has a highly unusual gameplay mechanism. It may be the only boardgame where players actually hit a ball with a bat and see the outcome on the board. The 2" diameter ball is mounted on the top of a foot-long stand ending in a spring fastened under the metal board. The foot-long wooden baseball bat is used to...
In Bamses fitness game, you can collect cards by doing different moves together with Bamse and his friends. Playing games and moving around at the same time is good for both your muscles and your mind! —description from the rulebook (translated) Players try to collect one card in each of 5 different colours. Roll the coloured die, and if a card in the...
A football related target game. The target has 3 holes in it and a goal. The idea is to get the football into one of these scoring areas. You get 5 points if you get it past the goalkeeper, and 10, 15 and 20 respectively for the circular holes. The mode of getting the ball to the target is to use the footballer provided. His leg is attached to a spring so...
With two distinct Fast Action Card decks, dice and player cards, Bank Shot Basketball offers dynamic gameplay and realistic basketball action. The heart of Bank Shot Basketball lies in its player cards, which feature detailed ratings for each player. Each player card is divided into offense and defense sections, allowing players to assess their strengths...
(from the box side) So realistic it's like being at the ballpark! Squeeze plays and hit-and-runs! Pitch-outs, pick-offs and run-downs! Injuries, arguments and player ejections! Rain-outs and even bad calls by the umpires! If it can happen in a real game, you can probably make it happen in this one! Banner Baseball is a card-driven baseball game, with two...
Banzuke Shoushin (番付昇進 'Rise through the ranks of sumo') is - as the name already indicates - a sumo wrestling career simulation game. Hence, it does not focus on individual bouts (even though hundreds of fights are simulated during the game), but on the whole of a rikishi's (sumo wrestler) career. There are 12 rikishi in the game, but only a small number...