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Bomb Jack: The Board Game (a COVID Lockdown project)

Bomb Jack

With COVID Lockdown still in full effect I decided to make "Bomb Jack: The Board Game"

During this lockdown we've played our board games A LOT. It's no secret that I've always liked Bomb Jack, specifically the Spectrum and Arcade versions. Three things have driven me to make Bomb Jack: The Board Game: - I needed something fresh and nothing in the shops really took my interest. I've always wanted to make my own board game. I like the idea of…
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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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Guess Who? The ORIGINAL Mystery Face Guessing Game

Guess Who? Extra

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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