Games

Talking Whiz Kid was a small laptop, computer-like toy. You could insert different paper cards to play games. Playing hangman was my favorite thing to do on it. It was very cool when I figured out random buttons to hit ...

I came across some of these building blocks once in a doctor’s surgery as a child. I was slightly baffled by them. They were so much like Lego, but… they weren’t Lego. How odd… At the time it made me feel ...

My brother had this cricket game called "Test Match" which featured a felt cricket pitch held in place by plastic pieces of 'boundary'. Bowling was done by rolling the little metal ball down a plastic chute attached to the ...

I remember playing this game back at primary school, I think in Year 3, it involved doing puzzles to progress futher on into the game, however I don't really recall it being very educational or really have anything to do ...

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Quintessentially American in every way, Tin Can Alley (named after Tin Pan Alley, a district of New York) brought a touch of the exotica to any British housing estate in the late-70s. Not only did it mean that we got ...

Tipit was a game where Mr. Tipit balanced on his nose in the center of a balanced circular game board. Plastic rings of various colors were stacked on pegs all around the balanced game board and each player would take ...

This was definitely a skill game – much like Kerplunk Buckaroo or Zig Zag Zoom. Topple had a tower that rested on a stand, though it was unsteady, as it rested only on a pivot in the middle. The tower ...

My sister and I got a Toss Across one year for Christmas, I remember that we liked it because it was so big, and reminded us of a carnival game. It was like tic Tac Toe and you would throw ...

Tuba Ruba involves one person tying up one or two other people with long detachable tubes and then running a marble from one end of the tubes to another. You can make it especially tricky by going through the ...

Twister is a great game; at least it is if you’re playing with people you like. Or would like to get to know a little better. It’s not a great game if you’re playing with anybody who has – how ...