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Traditional Games Archive | Posts related to the toys and games of yesteryear. This could be action figures or even board game related topics.

A Klingon Challenge – Star Trek: TNG VCR Board Game

The lid of the Star Trek: A Klingon Challenge box depicting the Enterprise 1701D flying through a star system with the face 'Kavok', the Klingon who takes the Enterprise, on the right hand side.

Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive VCR Board Game - A Klingon Challenge...

... or just "A Klingon Challenge" is one of those Atmosfear style video based games from the 1990s. A Klingon Challenge was released in 1993 and is for 3-6 players aged 8 years upwards. With the brilliant Star Trek Picard debuting this week it seemed a fitting time to drag "A Klingon Challenge" out for an airing. For those unfamiliar with Atmosfear then it's basically a board…
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Frogger: The family version of the arcade game

Frogger: The board game lid depicting the board and a game in mid-play.

Frogger the board game

Frogger is a very well-known video game from the Golden Age of arcade. The idea of the game is to get your frog safely past flowing traffic on the highway, across a river by hopping on turtles and logs, eventually making it back to your swamp before repeating the process with more frogs. This is a 1982 Milton Bradley (MB) Games attempt to translate that arcade game into a more traditional style board game. The game…
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Toys of Christmas Past

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Christmas is an exciting time for a child.

Nothing beats a relaxed family Christmas. Those memories really bring on the nostalgia but they're specific to me and will mean little to anyone else; nor are they really tangible things I can reminisce over with others. Something I can share and nostalgically reminisce over with others though is gifts, specifically toys. Looking back at my childhood Christmases there are a number of toys that really struck a chord with me, and…
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Guess Who? The ORIGINAL Mystery Face Guessing Game

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Edit: 16/02/2021 - More Guess Who Extra

Since this post I've added additional Guess Who Extra cards which can be found here.

Guess Who?.. It's me.

No, I mean the "The ORIGINAL Mystery Face Guessing Game" from MB or in this case Guess Who? Extra from Hasbro. The kids have been having a clear out of some of their old crap toys and games. Amongst them was a Guess Who? Extra game bought for my youngest at one Christmas or…
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