Board Games

[thewormoftheworld'send]

Bumped because I like whoring out my own threads

Or maybe you were just "board."

[sgt.null]

had that when i was a kid.

[thewormoftheworld'send]

I'll just put this out there. I've been searching for a vintage board game I owned as a child. I don't remember the name. It was relatively unknown. The goal of the game was to become the president of a company, advancing from clerk up through the ranks.The board consisted of pictures of offices with desks and office chairs. Each office chair had a dot on the seat. The president's office only had one chair. The name of this game was not Executive Decision, although that sounds vaguely similar to the actual name I'm looking for.

[Orlion]

I think you're thinking of The Boss.

From the description:

"Have you got what it takes to make it to the Executive Suite, or is Office Boy as high as you'll rise? You'll find out when you play THE BOSS, the fun-filled game that realistically recreates the gotta-get-ahead world of today's big business! You've got to be shrewd enough to make the wildest deals you can dream up -- or break a deal that's holding you back! You can buy 'n lend stock, sell 'n trade Experience, promise future favors (and fail to deliver!) -- yes, you can wheel 'n deal any outrageous way you can get away with! It's fast-movin', fast-talkin', fast-dealin' fun -- all the way to the top!"

And here's a picture of the board:

[thewormoftheworld'send]

I think you're thinking of The Boss.

From the description:

"Have you got what it takes to make it to the Executive Suite, or is Office Boy as high as you'll rise? You'll find out when you play THE BOSS, the fun-filled game that realistically recreates the gotta-get-ahead world of today's big business! You've got to be shrewd enough to make the wildest deals you can dream up -- or break a deal that's holding you back! You can buy 'n lend stock, sell 'n trade Experience, promise future favors (and fail to deliver!) -- yes, you can wheel 'n deal any outrageous way you can get away with! It's fast-movin', fast-talkin', fast-dealin' fun -- all the way to the top!"

And here's a picture of the board:

That was fast, Thank you!

[sgt.null]

[Cagliostro]

I'm surprised I haven't posted this one yet:



Dungeon from TSR. Loved it. We'd stay up a good chunk of the night with altered rules clearing out each room of the dungeon, playing cooperatively. So many good memories.

Another game I loved as an even younger kid. I usually played this by myself as none of my siblings was much into playing games at the time.



I haven't thought about this for years. Loved it loved it loved it.

[danlo]

Weird that an antimilitaristic person enjoyed army shows as a kid-along with Rat Pack this was one of my favorite. This should, probably, go in a thread called, "Have you ever won anything?" At 11 I sent in 5 box tops of Corn Flakes, or Wheaties, and this came in the mail. I don't remember, or didn't care, whether the game was any good-I was to busy being stoked about receiving my first ever package in the mail!

(and yes that's how Vic Morrow became semi-famous, before he became famous for dying during the filming of Twilight Zone, the movie)

[sgt.null]

chutes and ladders