12 days of christmas games - day 6

Billionaire. I'm pretty sure the object of this game is world domination. I think it's from the '70s, maybe early '80s and still relevant in that a billion dollars still buys something.

12 days of christmas games - day 5

Booby Trap, a Parker Brothers game from the '70s. The object is to remove the wooden pieces without letting the spring move; the bigger the piece, the more points. I've marked the ones that I think can be easily removed. This game is wooden, apparently newer versions are now plastic.

12 days of christmas games - day 4

Flying Hats, a game of skill made in England by J.W. Spear and sons in the '60s. The object is to flick the hats from a launcher into the pegged board to score points. Each player gets 3 hats to play with.

12 days of christmas games - day 3

Yahtzee, a poker dice game by E.S. Lowe company introduced in 1956. Apparently, it was invented by a Canadian couple in 1954, they used to play it on their yacht. They introduced it to Edwin S. Lowe who made up gift sets for them in exchange for the rights. His caricature appears on the game. During his tenure, he sold 40 million games. In 1973, his company was bought by Milton Bradley. Currently Hasbro sells 50 million games a year.

12 days of christmas games - day 2

Battling Tops was made by Ideal between 1968 - 1977. This version is 1968. Tops are launched into an arena and the last one standing wins. The concave of the arena forces the tops to battle. The contenders are: Tricky Nicky, Dizzy Dan, Smarty Smitty, Twirling Tim and Super Sam. I think Hurricane Hank is missing.

12 days of christmas games - day 1

Miss Scarlet in the ballroom with the ....

Clue, the deductive board game was published in 1949. This version was made by Parker Brothers, I'm guessing sometime in the '70s. According to Cluedo chronology, Miss Josephine Scarlet was born in 1901 in Cambridge. Her father died a couple of years later by falling down stairs in the country house. Miss Scarlet travelled to Hollywood in 1924 to be an actress but returns to understudy in a London play to Miss Peaches' mother. June 5, 1926 Mr. Boddy was murdered.