Each player has 15 pieces, one king and 14 knights. Players alternate moving their pieces one orthogonal square. After a move, if an orthogonal line of one players pieces is next to an orthogonal line of another, the person with the longer line captures the other line. The King counts as two pieces for the purpose of capturing. The object of the game is to...
Gambit is an abstract strategy game in the trappings of a war game. Players use jets, ships, amphibious vehicles, and rockets to seize an enemy goal square or eliminate their opponent. The map for at least one printing is a bit of a curiosity. In it, the cover of the box shows a 10x10 board with alternating green and blue squares. The instructions note...
The modestly named The Game, billed as "The Superior Game of chance & skill" and "more exciting than backgammon", is played on a circular grid with numbered spaces. Players roll the dice and move pieces of their own as dictated by the results, trying to capture the pieces of other players. A player with no remaining pieces is out of the game, but until...
The Game is a realpolitik boardgame where the players step into the role of the most influential people of the planet, the ones who control governments and nations. To win the player must avoid to identify himself with a faction such as North America, the Soviet Union or the Middle East. These factions should be "puppets" that the player must maneuver to...
The 2nd Edition includes the Great Discoveries expansion and two promo cards (Stephen Hawking & Robert Hooke). The middle of the 17th century was a period of great changes; with the advent of the scientific method came what we now call the Scientific Revolution. Many great scientists, with their theories and ideas, changed and shaped our perception of the...
Dexterity board game. Object is to maneuver your marble as far across the board as possible without falling into one of the large hazard holes. The publisher catalog number, printed on the cover and rules, is 4021. The game first appears in Milton Bradley's 1930 Catalogue of Games, Paints, and Puzzles on page 22. According to this catalog, "The build-up in...
This game was published with a license from the RAF benevolent fund and was published during WWII (exact date is unknown). The manual describes some aids used to facilitate pilot rescue. Players roll a die and move a downed pilot up a track. Once the pilot reaches a certain point on the track a spotter plane launches from the other end of the track. The...
This was one of the first large folding board games produced by Milton Bradley. Game board has a wonderfully lithographed fantasy land where one takes paths to get to the Enchanted Isle. The center of the board has two castle, woods, bears, a tent, a windmill and a church. The paths weave along the outside and into the center. The paths along the outside...
“A Game Based On The Popular Children’s Classic.” Standard spin-and-move routine with added requirement of collecting an object as you go, ala “The Game of Life.” Players move their token from “My Early Home” to “My Last Home” along board while collecting “Lucky Horseshoe” markers. The board spaces trace the story of “Black Beauty,” affect player movement...
An old track game that depicts the players rise through the Boy Scouts. Players start at "start here" location on the outer circle track. After spinning, player move the indicated amount. The first player, reaches the center space on the board win the game. Beautifully color illustrated 18½" x 18½" game board, with four colored wooden pieces and two...