1985

A detailed look at the rules for how to play Pictionary a 1985 family party drawing board game published by Mattel and Hasbro.

Bed Bugs is a children’s game at heart but due to the game being quite a bit more challenging than you would expect I found it to be a pleasant surprise.

A review of the new Blu-ray release of Andy Sidaris B-movie “classic” Malibu Express.

Flip Out is one of those games whose boring and terrible gameplay leave you wondering how it was ever made in the first place.

Being a Monopoly spinoff game Advance to Boardwalk has some interesting ideas that are ruined due to the game’s reliance on luck.

Tipsy Tower is another bland children’s tower stacking game that suffers from being way too easy.

The Jetsons Game is basically what you would expect from a 1980s children’s board game, a boring roll and move game and not much else.

In 1985 Tabby Toys created the roll and move game Hostage The Board Game. Hostage has players try to rescue a hostage and return him to their base before any of the other players are able to. Hostage has some interesting ideas for a roll and move game but unfortunately suffers from stalling which could lead to a game that could theoretically never end.

Did you know that the comedian Rodney Dangerfield had his own board game? Until I ran into the game at a local thrift shop, I didn’t. With a title like No Respect you wouldn’t expect much out of the game and due to a heavy reliance on luck No Respect fails to be anything more than mediocre.