1978 Risk Newspaper Advertisement
It’s my opinion that the Risk game (Amazon.com search*) is treated unfairly by a segment…
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Strawberry Shortcake, Star Wars, and Risk in 1983
A December 10, 1983, newspaper advertisement for the game fans in the audience. The Risk…
Milton Bradley’s “Dark Tower” in Video Games Magazine
The Video Games magazine holiday guide from January, 1983, completely confused me for a few…
1983 Ad for Parker Brothers’ Spider-Man Video Game
There’s no shortage of great advertisements hiding in various online archives, and today I’d like…
1982 Star Wars Mini-Rigs and Boardgame Advertisement
Here’s a December 2, 1982, newspaper ad that again reminds us of how inexpensive those…
Six Million Dollar Man Boardgames in 1976
I’ve mentioned the Parker Brothers Bionic Crisis boardgame before (posted here), and today I’d like…
“Game Maker Plans to Sell” in 1967
If you’ve not yet read Playing by Different Rules*, subtitled “The General Mills/Parker Brothers Merger,”…
SBA Comments on “Careers for Girls” in 1990
I know there’s a lot of buzz these days about gender neutrality in toys (see…