I am going to inundate you with three posts today since I missed two already this week.

Do you remember this game?

Mr. Mouth Game 1977

I never played the game, but I do remember the commercial! Another one of those catchy slogans.

The Jaws movie scarred my wife to death when she was a child. Oddly enough though,  the Jaws game from Ideal was one her favorite childhood toys.

1977 Jaws Board Game from Ideal

My cousin had this game so I did get to play it a couple times!

Who needs fancy fortune tellers dishing out your daily horoscopes? Have a completely random electronic reading  served up at your convenience!

Zodiac Astrology Computer from 1979

Only 7 more days until I post WKBW’s Halloween broadcast from 1973! I am really looking forward to hearing that again. I hope everyone will stop by on the 31st and give it listen. In the meantime I am going to post a few more “Halloweenish” items and movies this week.

I must have been a bit young to remember the Voice of the Mummy game. I am guessing it was popular since the 1971 Sears catalog had half a page dedicated to it.

Milton Bradley's Voice of the Mummy 1971

I was curious as to what was so special about the game but I was unable to find any commercials for it. I did find a user who posted a video about the game’s voice.

Any Voice of the Mummy fans out there?

Ouija is probably the only game to have a darker history then Dungeons and Dragons. I never used one myself in the 70s though we did play with a few in the 80s. I never could get the board to really do anything so I lost interest in it fairly quick.

Ouija from Hasbro - 1975

I guess one of the biggest childhood myths that I can remember about “Ouija” was a rumor that manufacturer embedded a spirit into every board before it was shipped out. Lol…kids imaginations do run wild.

Double-Bubble watch out for trouble… Which Witch? from Milton Bradley.

Which Witch? from 1970

I haven’t had a chance to play this game so I looked it up on Wiki: “The board is shaped like a haunted house with four large rooms, assembled before play into a three-dimensional model house with vertical walls. Drawing cards freezes or unfreezes players’ pawns on the track, or instructs players to drop a metal “whammy ball” into the chimney, whence it falls randomly into one of the four rooms and knocks players’ pawns off the track.”

What was your favorite “scary” game?

Carrom was always a holiday tradition at our house. I remember it being set up every Thanksgiving and Christmas. I got my butt handed to many times by my grandfather on this game. He was quite good!

Carrom Board from 1974

For those of you not familiar with Carrom it is kind of hard to explain. It is sort of a mix of pool and checkers. The goal is to get your rings into one of the corner nets using miniature wooden cue sticks. Something that you will just have to try for yourself!

Mouse Trap! from Ideal. I always wanted to play this game but I only knew one person who had it. And that person refused to play it because it took to long to set up. (lol) Did any of you get to play it?

Mouse Trap Game from the 70s

Okay! I admit it! I loved, loved, loved playing this game. There is nothing like going to exotic places, meeting strange and wondrous creatures, and then killing them to take their treasure! Playing Dungeons and Dragons was one of my favorite pastimes growing up.

Dungeons and Dragons

This commercial is from 1983. You can easily tell because the clothes do not look completely hideous! You may need to turn up the volume a tad.

(Sigh… all these actors are geeks. That must mean I am geeky too )