Old enough to remember

[Kimby]

Jul 13, 2011 14:04:46 GMT bixaorellana said:

Here's one that girls a little younger than I will recall. This was something my middle sister had, but I was a little too old to play with it when it came out. There was some kind of over-sized board that had a scene on it. The figures were flat and rubbery and would stick to the board when pressed down and could be moved and pressed endlessly. This wasn't a board game, but more of a role-playing thing. I think there were versions for boys, too, but to sort of place the time period, one that my sister had was based on Disney's Sleeping Beauty, which was released around that time.

I believe this was called "Colorforms" and we had them and played with them.

[bixaorellana]

That's it!

[Kimby]

(You're welcome, bixa!)

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We did not have Snakes & Ladders or Candyland. I don't think I ever played either although I did see them sometimes in other homes.

[Kimby]

Does anyone remember the board game of LIFE? Your marker that moved along the board was a little car that you filled with spouse and kids.

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I remember the existence of the game but we never had it either. Your description of it makes it sound creepy.

We had Easy Money, a Monopoly clone (we also had Monopoly of course) which was EASIER and had more MONEY.

[mich64]

Oh yes Kimby, played LIFE many times when a child with friends!
Cheers,
Mich

[foreverman]

My first memories of games as a child was Snakes and Ladders, Ludo and Tiddlywinks..........all a bit dull and bland for kids these days I'm afraid...........

[bixaorellana]

Ha ~~ what Foreverman said reminded me that the toys and games we remember did not have batteries.

What is Ludo, please, Foreverman? I think I've heard of it -- a sort of Bingo game?

There was a toy/game for kids in Spain when I was a child, but I don't think they had it in the US. It was a square cardboard box completely filled with cardboard blocks. The blocks were turned over to create different scenes.

[Kimby]

I remember a matching cards game called Lotto, I wonder if that is the same idea? Ours was a wild bird version - I loved that game and grew up to love birds, probably as a result.

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I remember making hideous objects out of plaster-of-Paris in 1st grade and oh was I proud of them!

[bixaorellana]

I treasure a brown clay box with lid my son made when he was @seven. The card inside it says, "Dear Mom here is a very nice box I made for you."

[foreverman]

Jul 14, 2011 12:36:48 GMT bixaorellana said:

Ha ~~ what Foreverman said reminded me that the toys and games we remember did not have batteries.

What is Ludo, please, Foreverman? I think I've heard of it -- a sort of Bingo game?

There was a toy/game for kids in Spain when I was a child, but I don't think they had it in the US. It was a square cardboard box completely filled with cardboard blocks. The blocks were turned over to create different scenes.[/quote



Objective

To be the first player to get to the finish square by rolls of the die.
Board Layout

A square board is used, divided into four player areas by a large cross that runs through the middle. The player areas are colored the same as the game pieces, and it's here that your game pieces are placed before beginning, on the corresponding color. The typical colors are red, yellow, blue and green.

Each arm of the cross is divided into three columns of six squares, the middle column is colored-one for each of the players, and is to the right of your starting square. In the middle of the cross is the finishing square, and this is divided into four triangles, which are the same color as the player column that they're at the top of. This gives the appearance of an arrow pointing to the centre of the board.

One die is used.
Game Description

Ludo is a game for 2-4 players, often played by children.
Rules

Players roll the die and the highest roll goes first. Turns are taken clockwise from the person who rolled highest.

Play begins when a player rolls a six, and a new piece is moved onto the start square. A six also means that the player may take another turn, and on this roll you can move the piece from the starting square, forward by the number on the die, moving clockwise around the outside of the track-up first arm, down the second, but not on the colored squares. Players take turns rolling the die and moving.

When a piece has completed the circuit of the board, it begins to move up its home column towards the finishing square. An exact roll must be had to move the piece to the finish.

Two pieces the same color cannot sit on a square at the same time. This is an invalid move, and just like when you have no pieces out in play, you must pass the die onto the next person.

If you land your piece on a square with another color piece on it, that piece must return to its home and can only return to play again if a six is rolled.

[bjd]

We used to play that!

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When I was little, the postage rate in the United States was 4 cents. Now it is 44 cents.

[foreverman]

You must have been 'little' a long time ago, K2........ ;D

[Deleted]

No way.

I might be old enough to remember this, but I am glad that I have never heard of it before.

[Deleted]

Here is a more realistic version with Topher Grace.

[foreverman]

Gee, never heard of that one before.................thank goodness

[bixaorellana]

What tha ............!!!!!

[foreverman]

Some things are better left unsaid..

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I remember sandwiches being wrapped in wax paper because plastic wrap (much less sandwich bags) did not exist.

[Kimby]

Noxema (in the blue glass jar) for the girls, Ponds Cold Cream (in the opaque white glass jar) for their mothers.

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I still buy Noxema for skin irritation. I noticed that it no longer claims to be 'medicated' znd that the jar is plastic now. It may go on my list of things for my brother to bring in December because I am running out and don't have a trip to the U.S. planned at the moment.

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I remember how often old batteries used to leak.

[mockchoc]

I remember getting my parents buying our first colour TV. We would leave coins on the front verandah for the milk man to deliver it in glass bottles before we woke.

I remember my grandmother having lovely fresh home delivered bread from a horse drawn cart and veggies from a man in an old truck with them all on display at the back.

Also her washing machine was one with a roller and you had to scrub the clothes first by hand on a thing-a-me-bob. No idea what it is called. She also had a wood fired stove/oven and an iron that you heated on top of it.

I feel really old now.

[Kimby]

Transister radios with earphones.

[mickthecactus]

Valve radios with dials showing unknown foreign stations.

[Deleted]

I have the one from my grandparents' house.

[tod2]

Thats awesome Kerouac! Is it made of wood with a little pierced decorative hole in the front covered at the back with a sort of chintzy linen?
I wish I still had my grandparents one - I remember as a wee lass of about 8 been told to shoo out of the room as my grandfather sat smoking one Texan after another with his ear glued to the cricket match blaring out of this wonderful little radio!