Escape from Atlantis Game: A Childhood Favourite

Escape from Atlantis

Escape from Atlantis was one of my favourite childhood board games

For 1-4 players, Waddington's Escape from Atlantis allows you to play as one of four colours, blue, yellow, red, or green. There are twelve of each colour pieces (people) to get to safety. Escape from Atlantis consists of the playing board, a sea surrounded by four small islands, playing pieces, Atlantis pieces, sea creatures, boats and a spinner. The aim of the game is to get as many of…

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…

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…

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…