Childhood games...

[mobertol]

Tried to think back this evening to what were the first games I remember playing.

Nursery school:little white clay pipes for blowing bubbles.

Primary school: Wendy house, where there was a load of plastic fruit and veg. also a till, like in a shop, in pounds, shillings and pence with plastic money.

Fuzzy felt - special board (pale blue or green) and coloured felt pieces for making pictures -especially liked the cats, dogs and flowers.

Plasticene on a board with a litle rolling pin and plastic knife.

What are the earliest games you can remember...

 

[Stevie R]

For me Tiddlywinks and playing `mirp`s or marbles

 

[susie123]

Whip and top, skipping rope. Both of these used to keep me occupied for hours.

 

[cashman]

Snap.

 

[Stevie R]

what was that card game where you had to get rid of an old woman,you just kept passing her on? Loser has the card at the end of the game

 

[susie123]

what was that card game where you had to get rid of an old woman,you just kept passing her on? Loser has the card at the end of the game

Old maid

 

[Stevie R]

Old maid

Thanks Sue that`s right.
Games night for us when we were kids was usually Sunday night.Snakes and ladders,chinese checkers,Monopoly,but we had a fold away table with a green baize top-Mum`s card table,rummy,whist,Cashy`s game Snap,we couldn`t wait to play,seemed such happy times.....

 

[ossy kid]

Outside it was tinny, hide and seek, marbles, inside escalado, rummy, dominoes, we also used to make rag carpets.

 

[grannyclaret]

i remember all those games...you got the clay pipes from the tobacconists,,,
i remember my dad making a game called Bagatelle for xmas,,we had hours of fun with that

 

[jaysay]

Find the lady, then it graduated to Poker

 

[susie123]

Thanks Sue that`s right.
Games night for us when we were kids was usually Sunday night.Snakes and ladders,chinese checkers,Monopoly,but we had a fold away table with a green baize top-Mum`s card table,rummy,whist,Cashy`s game Snap,we couldn`t wait to play,seemed such happy times.....

Sunday night was cards night in our house too - but for my parents not us! They used to play bridge with a couple of neighbours every week. Wonder how many households these days have a card table?

We did play cards as a family usually at Christmas, Newmarket was a favourite. And we had Chinese checkers, I do remember that, and snakes and ladders and happy families.

 

[jaysay]

Sunday night was cards night in our house too - but for my parents not us! They used to play bridge with a couple of neighbours every week. Wonder how many households these days have a card table?

We did play cards as a family usually at Christmas, Newmarket was a favourite. And we had Chinese checkers, I do remember that, and snakes and ladders and happy families.

On the same theme susie, I wonder if anybody still plays games like Monopoly, Cluedo and other Waddington Games, then there's chess (not my game unfortunately) draughts even good old dominoes, anybody still got a cribbage board, not to mention a dart board

 

[mobertol]

Whip and top was definitely out of fashion when i was little. I do remember getting a bagatelle for one xmas and playing Tiddlywinks too.

Lots of card games too.
Had a good game called "Hand's Down" which was a seventies thing and we used to pley Kerplunk too, as well as the usual Monopoly and Cluedo.
Used to play a lot of Draughts with my Grandad too but he was a terrible cheat!

 

[susie123]

On the same theme susie, I wonder if anybody still plays games like Monopoly, Cluedo and other Waddington Games, then there's chess (not my game unfortunately) draughts even good old dominoes, anybody still got a cribbage board, not to mention a dart board

My other half still plays dominoes and crib for pub teams when he gets the chance. We don't play at home as I'm not keen, was put off all cards etc especially bridge as my parents were such fanatics. They put me off smoking too for similar reasons - no bad thing!

My brother used to play chess at county level once upon a time.

 

[MargaretR]

At my son's house Monopoly, chess and scrabble are played fairly often.
My stepgrandaughter was a little piqued when I beat her at Scrabble.
I recently donated my boxed Backgammon set to them (I have no-one to play it with)

 

[jaysay]

At my son's house Monopoly, chess and scrabble are played fairly often.
My stepgrandaughter was a little piqued when I beat her at Scrabble.
I recently donated my boxed Backgammon set to them (I have no-one to play it with)

Ya know Margaret Backgammon is a game I've never played or for that matter even seen played, certainly don't know the rules, I no its played on board with counters of some sort, from seeing it on TV and films

 

[susie123]

Ya know Margaret Backgammon is a game I've never played or for that matter even seen played, certainly don't know the rules, I no its played on board with counters of some sort, from seeing it on TV and films

We have a lovely backgammon set which my other half brought back from North Africa, played it once, not really into board games.

Only played Cluedo once, don't mind Monopoly if there are lots of folks playing and they're all drunk enough.

 

[mobertol]

At my son's house Monopoly, chess and scrabble are played fairly often.
My stepgrandaughter was a little piqued when I beat her at Scrabble.
I recently donated my boxed Backgammon set to them (I have no-one to play it with)

A treasured family heirloom of mine is a box of Ivory dominoes which belonged to my Paternal Grandparents. They were given it during WW2 as a blackmarket exchange for some meat -they had a butcher's shop!

I remember being taught to play Chess by friend Charlotte's dad, Geoff -they had a board which was built into a little table with a drawer for the pieces.

Never played Backgammon but I love Scrabble -I have no-one to play with either Margaret

 

[garinda]

Favourite game.

I'm in charge, and you do everything I tell you to.

 

[walkinman221]

Yes master