Nostalgic Board Games of The '70s, '80s, and '90s 

Thank you Z Man! We’re very happy to have you as a fan!

Thanks so much!

Hmm. That sounds intriguing. Does it come with your very own Adam Sandler?

@@RetroDaze No. All I got was my own Colin Quinn. What a rip off.

@@Dorelaxen Lame.

Quiet is fine, but we are partial to the occasional (and frequent) outburst of praise. 😆

Ha! Nice tip. Why didn’t I think of that?

Very cool. Nowadays there is a seemingly endless array of choices for you in that regard.

That is true.

Right on man! I still have some of the books, materials, and dice from the 70’s and 80’s. I had lot’s of fun playing the game loosely, as in “quick roll” character generation and games mostly in Boy Scouts on camping trips. There weren’t a whole lot of people that were into it enough to play strictly by the rules. The fun of it was all in the imagination anyways. Do y’all also remember the “choose your own adventure,” small hardcover D&D like library books? Those were neat until you read all the endings lol. Of course I have to stick in the computer games while I’m at it, really going off on a tangent from where we just were (I could go on forever about that, figurines, cartoons, holy cow I loved those days!). The arcade D&D game was a flop at home on everything except the Amiga if I remember correctly, with the worst version on the Commodore 64…Load *, 8,1…just a few minutes now before the game begins…ok a little more…brrrrrrrtttt buuuaaaarrrrt brrrrrttt…just a little longer!!! wait what?! insert disk 3?!?!, but just a difficult unplayable game no matter what platform…I had enough “nerd” friends in the early days of the eighties to have all the different systems available between us all…even going as far as a powerful Digital workstation because my best friend’s dad was one of the top brains in that emerging industry. Anyways, aside from D&D I loved adventure games and when the IBM clones started to be available, wow! Fun times! Even better when HIMEM.SYS anyone? Lololol. I loved all Sierra games, following all the text version adventure games first of course…talk about some all nighters trying to figure out the next phrase! Yep, Sierra…King’s Quests, Space Quest, Police Quest, and of course Leisure Suit Larry…there were a few others they made that were good too. There was a weird cinematography like game company that made a few cool ones that I played on both Commodore and IBM, like Rocket Man?, and the Three Stooges, oh man, what about Zac Mackracken and the ?time benders?! Lmao. Oh and wow! For space battles, Space Commander! Holy crap that was a good one! Oh wow, anyways, between Atari, Coleco, Intellivision, Tandy, Apple, IBM, Commodore, Commodore Amiga, and then Nintendo, Sega, fricken Neo-Geo (which I couldn’t afford, but man was it a blast), then Sony later…I dropped out before Xbox…my guys I could just go on FOREVER reminiscing! Lot’s of late nights with good friends, stinky fart filled bedrooms because of ice cream snacks and chips n dip and soda into the little hours…maybe with TV on…oh that’s a whole other thing! That D&D really opened up a pandoras box lol!

Yeah that steamroll effect in Risk are the games much shorter for us, as at some point we’d just surrender. 😆

That might be “Trouble”… the game you’re referring to.

@@RetroDaze 😒 Duh, and kiddies that’s what you call The GenX Alzheimer’s shuffle. Actually I’m one-year from being a GenX, I’m GenW. Can I stay subscribed? 🥹

@@smittyt414ify Heck yeah! Gen X is an inclusive bunch!

One or two vintage board games might make for great birthday presents. 😉

Snakes and Ladders! There’s one that dropped off the radar. Fun game for sure.

A nice trifecta of cardboard entertainment!

Time to Google this one. Sounds interesting!

Definitely not heard of either of those you mentioned.

Ooh perfection was definitely a childhood favorite.

Nice collection there APO!

@@jacqueline7938 Not to mention a very anxiety-inducing one!

@@RetroDaze thanks! I also have pictionary, a wheel of Fortune board game, a colorforms version of Battleship, a Lilo & Stitch DVD board game, a sampler version of the logo board game, and a cheap rip off of Jenga.

Bermuda Triangle? Must Google this!

MAD Magazine board game!? This must be Googled!

That’s a great selection of games.

I know I myself would be very happy getting a vintage board game!

Despite advances in technology, board games remain an incredibly popular pastime. I'd say it probably does depend on the child and their interests, but I feel they still have a place, if for no other reason than it's a way to bring the family together that doesn't involve screens. 🙂

I think it's a cool idea! With so many new versions and games out there, board games would be a neat gift

Awesome! Always fun to learn of the alternatives that could be found across the pond. Need to go research these. 🔬

Hero Quest my brother in law had. We all grew up in NY, so it must've been released domestically.

What types of games?

@@littlesongbird1 Makes you wonder how many read the rules anymore, with the game having been around so long.

It definitely took some getting used to in order to figure out winning moves.

What a fun game! We’ll try to work that in somewhere down the road in a video.

We cover that one more in the "Electronic Board Games" video that was a follow-up to this one.