I love collecting old board games. They are treasures of the past. One of the special things about the 1901 Game of Rival Armies in my collection is a message written in pencil on the inside cover by a past owner of the game. It says, “Dear players, Edward Hoyt …
Disney released the film Treasure Island in 1950 starring Bobby Driscoll as Jim Hawkins and Robert Newton as Long John Silver. It was Disney’s first completely live-action film and first screen version of Treasure Island made in color. Based on the classic novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, and receiving positive views, a board game naturally followed. Treasure …
Cinderella is a classic fairy tale which has been told for thousands of years. There are numerous versions throughout the world but they all feature a rags to riches storyline. It is believed one of the first ‘Cinderella’ like tales was recorded by Strabo, the Greek Historian who lived from …
How interesting! Players of The Three Bears game by Milton Bradley do not play to win, but rather, just not to lose. This 19 card game features the popular fairy tale, “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” It is a classic story with British origins dating back to the early 1800’s. …
The early 1930’s game of Pirates’ Treasure by Parker Brothers is a game for 2 to 4 players. The box cover shows two pirates burying a treasure chest in the sand. A third pirate is standing watch as they lower it down into the hole on the island. Who will …
The Enchanted Forest board game by Milton Bradley, published around 1910, is not to be mistaken for Ravensburger’s Enchanted Forest board game published in 1982. The games are quite different, and of course published decades apart. It’s interesting. There are a few same name games. Another that comes to mind …
The 1909 board game of Jack and Jill by Milton Bradley is one of their simpler published games. The graphics are not as detailed and colorful as usual, and the game board and play is also quite drab. No matter, though, as a game collector, it is a piece of …
In 1925 Milton Bradley published a board game called the Game of Three Blind Mice. The cover depicts a Father Mouse with eye patch holding a cup that says, ‘Please help the Blind.’ There is also a Mother Mouse with spectacles, and a Baby Mouse following behind these two. They …
The Game of Scarlet Ranger is a rare board game from the 1940’s by Whitman Publishing. It is actually 3 board games in one box: The Scarlet Ranger, The Lone Rider, and Stage Coach. Even though all 3 are simple race style games, it offers a fascinating look into the …
The colorful cover of the early 1900’s board game of The Little Soldier, displays just that; A Little Soldier boy. The coat he is wearing is oversized and the sword at his side drags on the ground behind him. During the game, however, the little soldiers who play, end of …
