The object of the game is to bankrupt the competition by buying, selling, expanding, and investing in local business properties in Mentor, Ohio. The play is similar to Monopoly in that players take turn rolling dice to move around the board, encountering spaces, and either purchasing an unowned business, paying a fee to another player if the business is...
The Game of Merry Christmas is probably the earliest known version of Mall Madness type game. In the game, players roll the dice and move to make their way through the streets of the village. Players visit the local shops and spend their money to purchase all the items on their families Christmas wishlists. The first player to buy all their items and...
Game manufacturers McLoughlin Brothers produced a group of several games, during the late 19th century, called "The Merry Christmas Series." It is likely that the firm marketed these games especially at holiday time, to take advantage of the gift-buying public. The Game of Merry Christmas Goose Chase is a simple racing game where players try to catch a...
The gameboard consists of 5 planets: Earth, Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn. Each home circle consists of 7 movement spaces. 7 more movement spaces connects your home planet to another across the board. In the center of the board is a removable spinner with movements of 1 space (2), 2 spaces, 3 spaces, 4 spaces, 5 spaces, 1 space + spin again, and advance...
From the box: "MVP Date before it's too late! MVP Dating prepares you to be the best in the game by giving you chances to gain and use Morals, Values and Principles (MVPs) in dating scenarios. The Game of MVP Dating is a roll-and-move game. The object is to master the outer "date-for-fun" path by accumulating three "dating experiences" chips and gaining 5...
Two opposing fleets of 5 ships each, one fleet being blue and the other red vie to see which fleet can capture all the ships of the other. A die roll determines which fleet begins in Cadiz and which fleet begins in the Tortugas. Players use a spinner to determine how far to move. That movement can be in any direction over GOLD roads or over the roads of...
Players move around the board buying coins at auctions, coin shops and flea markets, trading and selling them. The player with the most money wins the game.. The game can also be played solitaire to see how much money one can make. An interesting twist in the game is that players use actual, current coin prices for their transactions. Thus the players need...