Released toward the end of the Great Depression in 1937, The Big Board, like many games released during this time frame, reflects an America, and the world, pulling itself out of economic chaos. The lure of trading large sums of cash with the possibility of striking it rich ran deep in the collective unconscious across the globe. The box includes 835...
INTRODUCTION: You are a newly hired store manager, eager to show your prowess to the corporate executives. You have been given two years to successfully generate as much profit as possible, and be moved up to an executive position at the corporate office. However, you have stiff competition from other store managers who are hoping to do the same....
A baseball game that is spinner-activated. The spinner and all four-color charts come on one heavy-duty cardboard base. Underlying the spinner is a printed disk divided into pie sections containing realistic percentages of singles, doubles, triples, home runs, walks, strikeouts, fly outs, out-at-first (and a thin sliver for a possible triple play). Also on...
This game is a baseball simulation game that lets you play an entire season, play championship series, and keep batting and pitching records. You can form your own leagues and have a world series. Contents: 3 dice -2 white, 1 red 20 score sheets 3-markers for base runners 7- chips to keep track of balls, strikes and outs Forms for league standings Forms...
You and your investors have worked long and hard to scrounge together enough cash and loans to purchase the rights to three drugs (one in research, one in development and one in production) to develop and produce at your small pharmaceutical company. With a little luck and a lot of hard work you hope to grow your company into an international conglomerate...
The Big Push covers the gigantic battle of the Somme in summer-fall of 1916. Rivaling Verdun in ferocity, scale and casualties, Somme was Britain's first real chance to open up the Western Front in World War I. French and British allies, wanting to take initiative away from Germany at Verdun, launched a large joint offensive at the Somme, where their...
Big Time Boxing simulates the sport of professional boxing like no other game before it. You’ll move your boxer inside and outside, throwing a variety of punches. You’ll try to get your opponent on the ropes or in a corner, where you can pound him with your best big hits. You might get cut, or warned by the referee for hitting below the belt. Worse, you...
P&P FILES NOW POSTED! It's third-and-five on your 30 yard-line and your opponent has the ball. He usually throws short in such situations, but he seems to like screen passes and hasn't thrown a long ball all game. He calls his play; now what will YOU do? Play a man-to-man defense, zone, blitz? Play realistic pro football on your tabletop in about an hour....
Congratulations! You and a friend have just made it into the lofty ranks of professional golfers! You’re about to play your first tournament as pros, but the two of you decide to play a round on the golf course a few days early. It’s a fairly tough course and bragging rights are on the line, so you really want to win this “friendly” match! Big Time Golf...
Big Time Hoops is a fast-playing, card-based simulation of professional basketball for two players. To recreate the flow of the game and remove "housekeeping" altogether, the game eschews individual cards for basketball players and focuses exclusively on the major action elements of the sport. In general, you'll hold a hand of three cards, most of which...