Author Topic: Ugliest Board Game (Read 14455 times)

MyronMMeyer · « **Reply #30 on:** August 11, 2009, 04:01:47 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'222612\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 11:16 AM\'][quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'222606\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 11:51 AM\']On the 2nd edition box game for Match Game in the 70s, who are Norma and Carl?[/quote]
As I said years ago, Brett and Charles without likeness rights.
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Norma and Carl?! Stars of the Match Game?!

(That's for people who don't get this bit.)

-M

Jeremy Nelson · « **Reply #31 on:** August 11, 2009, 04:03:28 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'222635\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 01:43 PM\'][quote name=\'Twentington\' post=\'222631\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 11:09 AM\']Could you clarify please? I'm curious as to how you could foul up @#*($ing Jeopardy!.[/quote]
Yes, this was when they were in their "Host Your Own Game" phase. Everyone had a single category in front of them, and for that category, that player was the "host".

Here's a picture.

Never having played it, I hesitate to come to the knee-jerk conclusion that they "fouled up @#*($ing Jeopardy!." Making it so everyone can play instead of one person having to stand off to the side and "host" doesn't sound like the worst idea, honestly.
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True, Chris...it almost seemed like they were trying to turn Jeopardy! into a party game instead of an intimidating quiz, which is an interesting idea. Even though I rarely used it as such, I liked the fact that it allowed for customization, as you could mix and match categories. Your friends hate The Civil War and 18th Century Literature? Just replace them with Potent Potables and Classic TV, and your game probably won't hit a standstill on that De Tocqueville question.

The rules were designed to keep everybody interested in the game, but I just remember reading halfway through them, before honestly realizing that I'd rarely, if ever, play it that way.

Don Howard · « **Reply #32 on:** August 11, 2009, 04:17:12 PM »

[quote name=\'MyronMMeyer\' post=\'222644\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 04:01 PM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'222612\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 11:16 AM\'][quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'222606\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 11:51 AM\']On the 2nd edition box game for Match Game in the 70s, who are Norma and Carl?[/quote]
As I said years ago, Brett and Charles without likeness rights.
[/quote]
Norma and Carl?! Stars of the Match Game?!
(That's for people who don't get this bit.)
[/quote]
I'm certain that cleared it up for them. Speaking of a Match Game star.....
Richard Dawson would get a few good jabs in when showing the home edition to Family Feud with regard to how his picture wasn't on the box.
I also enjoyed when he'd open the box to show us......an empty box, then toss it into one of the wings.

alfonzos · « **Reply #33 on:** August 11, 2009, 06:02:10 PM »

Yes, there are two editions of Pressman Toys' Classic Concentration. The first edition has the rebuses on a scroll; the second edition has them on cards. IMHO, the real crime with this version of my favorite game show is the exclusion of prize racks and the bonus game. When its contents are assembled, the box is more than double the size it needs to be!

WhirlieBird74 · « **Reply #34 on:** August 11, 2009, 06:57:40 PM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'222648\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 04:17 PM\'][quote name=\'MyronMMeyer\' post=\'222644\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 04:01 PM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'222612\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 11:16 AM\'][quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'222606\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 11:51 AM\']On the 2nd edition box game for Match Game in the 70s, who are Norma and Carl?[/quote]
As I said years ago, Brett and Charles without likeness rights.
[/quote]
Norma and Carl?! Stars of the Match Game?!
(That's for people who don't get this bit.)
[/quote]
I'm certain that cleared it up for them. Speaking of a Match Game star.....
Richard Dawson would get a few good jabs in when showing the home edition to Family Feud with regard to how his picture wasn't on the box.
I also enjoyed when he'd open the box to show us......an empty box, then toss it into one of the wings.
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My absolute favorite moment involved Richard throwing the 3rd edition to the side...only to have a stagehand throw back a 1980 MB 'Hollywood Squares' game box.

Jeremy Nelson · « **Reply #35 on:** August 11, 2009, 07:44:38 PM »

[quote name=\'alfonzos\' post=\'222658\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 05:02 PM\']IMHO, the real crime with this version of my favorite game show is the exclusion of prize racks and the bonus game. When its contents are assembled, the box is more than double the size it needs to be![/quote]
That was my biggest gripe...no car round...especially when all it needed was 16 more prize squares and a sand timer. With about 10-15 minutes, you can create the car round yourself, but it's the principle. No color rebuses? Roll-o-matic board? Disappointing, but fine, cause they're major cost cutting measures. But 16 more 1 inch prize cards and a sand timer? With a box that big, with the cars on the game's box art, and it being such a cheap addition in the first place, you'd expect some sort of car round in there.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #36 on:** August 11, 2009, 07:47:16 PM »

[quote name=\'MyronMMeyer\' post=\'222644\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 04:01 PM\']Norma and Carl?! Stars of the Match Game?!
(That's for people who don't get this bit.)[/quote]
Appreciated.

Appreciated by maybe six people on the board, but appreciated none the less.

SamPrainito · « **Reply #37 on:** August 11, 2009, 08:18:33 PM »

With regard to artwork instead of photos on boxes, I wonder what has become of most of that original artwork?

Is it sitting in MB's vault?

I always thought it would be cool to own one of those pieces. The MB Feud was probably my favoriite cover.

clemon79 · « **Reply #38 on:** August 11, 2009, 08:38:36 PM »

[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'222670\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 04:44 PM\']That was my biggest gripe...no car round...especially when all it needed was 16 more prize squares and a sand timer. With about 10-15 minutes, you can create the car round yourself, but it's the principle.[/quote]
Also a HUGE waste of content. Granted, your decision whether you want to waste the content or not, but you've just cut the number of available games for the average buyer in thirds, assuming the average buyer plays the game by the book.

HYHYBT · « **Reply #39 on:** August 11, 2009, 08:51:22 PM »

Since part of the thread's wandered that way, there's an episode of Pyramid where John Davidson tells the losing contestant that (s)he will get a home version of Hollywood Squares, because he has a garage full of them.

(and HS, that version at least, may not be especially *ugly* but it's surely among the most pointless GSHGs.)

davemackey · « **Reply #40 on:** August 11, 2009, 08:58:42 PM »

[quote name=\'MyronMMeyer\' post=\'222644\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 04:01 PM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'222612\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 11:16 AM\'][quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'222606\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 11:51 AM\']On the 2nd edition box game for Match Game in the 70s, who are Norma and Carl?[/quote]
As I said years ago, Brett and Charles without likeness rights.
[/quote]

Norma and Carl?! Stars of the Match Game?!

(That's for people who don't get this bit.)

-M
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So that's what the M stands for - MOSKOWITZ!

vtown7 · « **Reply #41 on:** August 11, 2009, 09:01:45 PM »

Didn't HS '86 give out board games that weren't their own at one point?

R.

gamed121683 · « **Reply #42 on:** August 11, 2009, 09:35:18 PM »

[quote name=\'vtown7\' post=\'222682\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 09:01 PM\']Didn't HS '86 give out board games that weren't their own at one point?[/quote]

I'm going by memory, but I remember when watching a rerun of Davidson's Squares on USA 'back in the day', I do recall Davidson giving out a copy of The $1,000,000 Chance of A Lifetime home game. I recall asking myself, "Wouldn't a copy of there OWN home game been more appropriate"? Odd just...odd.

davemackey · « **Reply #43 on:** August 11, 2009, 10:35:08 PM »

[quote name=\'gamed121683\' post=\'222691\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 09:35 PM\'][quote name=\'vtown7\' post=\'222682\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 09:01 PM\']Didn't HS '86 give out board games that weren't their own at one point?[/quote]

I'm going by memory, but I remember when watching a rerun of Davidson's Squares on USA 'back in the day', I do recall Davidson giving out a copy of The $1,000,000 Chance of A Lifetime home game. I recall asking myself, "Wouldn't a copy of there OWN home game been more appropriate"? Odd just...odd.
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That's an old Bill Cullen gag from the one extant episode of "Eye Guess" where he gives the contestants a "Password" home game.

comicus · « **Reply #44 on:** August 12, 2009, 12:15:46 AM »

[quote name=\'alfonzos\' post=\'222527\' date=\'Aug 10 2009, 08:14 PM\']I think I am going to enjoy this thread Ryan! I like the home games that most closely resemble their on-air counterparts. My vote for ugliest goes to The New Tic-Tac Dough by Ideal. It is garish with poorly chosen colors.[/quote]
Worst home version ever. Ugly pieces were just the start. The low quantity of questions crippled game play and took away what would have otherwise been a nifty "shuffling" effect, and what few questions there were were borderline idiotic. (Category: Riddles -- Q: "What do you call a baby pistol?" A: "A son of a gun!") Maybe not quite as bad as the doozies on Matt's High Rollers page, but still pretty bad. Ideal could have done so much better.