Wasn't there a Bored Game...

[christie1111]

That had you try and win the state's electoral college votes?

I can picture the game but don't remember the name of it.

Anyone?

[earendel]

That had you try and win the state's electoral college votes?

I can picture the game but don't remember the name of it.

Anyone?

Yes, there was. Here's the link:
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[christie1111]

Okay changing the header...

No, an actual BOARD game!

I think I always spell board bored these days.

[peacock2121]

Okay changing the header...

No, an actual BOARD game!

I think I always spell board bored these days.

This made me laugh and laugh and laugh.

We are an odd bunch

[MarleysGh0st]

Okay changing the header...

No, an actual BOARD game!

I think I always spell board bored these days.

Yes, there have probably been a number of them. I think my family used to play one called Landslide (the 1971 edition by Parker Brothers).

Yes, looking at the boardgamegeek link, that's the one we had!

[kayrharris]

Okay changing the header...

No, an actual BOARD game!

I think I always spell board bored these days.

That was going to be my question....board game or bored game.
There is a difference!

[christie1111]

That was it Marley!

Thanks!

[frogman042]

In the late 60's, early 70's the 3M company put out a number of board games that looked like heafty hard-cover books (tomes?) including Facts in Five, Stocks and Bonds as well as Mr. President - I think they were called Bookshelf Games.

Mr. President hade you try to win an election by getting the most electorial votes. You selected a Veep and had to campaign in different states with limited resources. Also, all the states had some leaning republican and others democrate based on their real historical leanings from previous elections - to give you some idea of how old the game was - the south was solid democratic at that time. I remember learning a lot about Presidential elections from that game - plus it was great fun.

I used to love nearly all the 3M Bookshelf games and last year got a couple of my favs on Ebay for my kids for the holidays - they are still a lot of fun. They also put out a series of Thinking-Man sport games (football, baseball, basketball and golf, IIRC) - also very good games.

Anyone else remember playing these games - they were a bit pricey at the time and I remember having to save up quite a lot to buy them - but they were really well done.

---Jay

[minimetoo26]

I was never that serious. This was MY favorite game as a kid:



I remember a form of chess that had Ninnies, Numbskulls and Brains as the pieces. I can't remember if it was part of this game or something else. I have to check...

[minimetoo26]

It was called Smess! I found it!

[littlebeast13]

Okay changing the header...

No, an actual BOARD game!

I think I always spell board bored these days.

Yes, there have probably been a number of them. I think my family used to play one called Landslide (the 1971 edition by Parker Brothers).

Yes, looking at the boardgamegeek link, that's the one we had!

Was there a Milton Bradley Effect in that game.......?

lb13

[MarleysGh0st]

Okay changing the header...

No, an actual BOARD game!

I think I always spell board bored these days.

Yes, there have probably been a number of them. I think my family used to play one called Landslide (the 1971 edition by Parker Brothers).

Yes, looking at the boardgamegeek link, that's the one we had!

Was there a Milton Bradley Effect in that game.......?

lb13

Ummm [pause for Googling] no.

But it did help one memorize the electoral college votes of the various states...corresponding to the 1970 census.

[earendel]

In the late 60's, early 70's the 3M company put out a number of board games that looked like heafty hard-cover books (tomes?) including Facts in Five, Stocks and Bonds as well as Mr. President - I think they were called Bookshelf Games.

Mr. President hade you try to win an election by getting the most electorial votes. You selected a Veep and had to campaign in different states with limited resources. Also, all the states had some leaning republican and others democrate based on their real historical leanings from previous elections - to give you some idea of how old the game was - the south was solid democratic at that time. I remember learning a lot about Presidential elections from that game - plus it was great fun.

I used to love nearly all the 3M Bookshelf games and last year got a couple of my favs on Ebay for my kids for the holidays - they are still a lot of fun. They also put out a series of Thinking-Man sport games (football, baseball, basketball and golf, IIRC) - also very good games.

Anyone else remember playing these games - they were a bit pricey at the time and I remember having to save up quite a lot to buy them - but they were really well done.

---Jay

Some friends and I used to play the game "Acquire", which I believe was one of the games in the series (later re-issued by The Avalon Hill Company). It was an "economics" game - playing tiles that represented hotels, buying stock in the chains, then trying to merge the chains and make money. I also remember playing "Landslide".

[SportsFan68]

In the late 60's, early 70's the 3M company put out a number of board games that looked like heafty hard-cover books (tomes?) including Facts in Five, Stocks and Bonds as well as Mr. President - I think they were called Bookshelf Games.

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---Jay

I love Facts in Five. I played it one time at a friend's house.

No one else liked it as much as I did. That's why I played it once, instead of five hours straight like Seven Clues.

[MarleysGh0st]

In the late 60's, early 70's the 3M company put out a number of board games that looked like heafty hard-cover books (tomes?) including Facts in Five, Stocks and Bonds as well as Mr. President - I think they were called Bookshelf Games.

I think I had Stocks and Bonds (A miser like me couldn't pass that one up!) but I preferred the wargames made by Avalon Hill and similar companies. I couldn't find opponents to play them until I moved up here. But, ahhh, the golden days when I had World in Flames set up on my dining room table for a full year, just playing one game!

[earendel]

In the late 60's, early 70's the 3M company put out a number of board games that looked like heafty hard-cover books (tomes?) including Facts in Five, Stocks and Bonds as well as Mr. President - I think they were called Bookshelf Games.

I think I had Stocks and Bonds (A miser like me couldn't pass that one up!) but I preferred the wargames made by Avalon Hill and similar companies. I couldn't find opponents to play them until I moved up here. But, ahhh, the golden days when I had World in Flames set up on my dining room table for a full year, just playing one game!

Blitzkrieg, Stalingrad, 1914, ah, the days of my youth spent pushing cardboard pieces across hexagonal grids.

[TheCalvinator24]

In the late 60's, early 70's the 3M company put out a number of board games that looked like heafty hard-cover books (tomes?) including Facts in Five, Stocks and Bonds as well as Mr. President - I think they were called Bookshelf Games.

Mr. President hade you try to win an election by getting the most electorial votes. You selected a Veep and had to campaign in different states with limited resources. Also, all the states had some leaning republican and others democrate based on their real historical leanings from previous elections - to give you some idea of how old the game was - the south was solid democratic at that time. I remember learning a lot about Presidential elections from that game - plus it was great fun.

I used to love nearly all the 3M Bookshelf games and last year got a couple of my favs on Ebay for my kids for the holidays - they are still a lot of fun. They also put out a series of Thinking-Man sport games (football, baseball, basketball and golf, IIRC) - also very good games.

Anyone else remember playing these games - they were a bit pricey at the time and I remember having to save up quite a lot to buy them - but they were really well done.

---Jay

We got a few of them after they were acquired by Avalon Hill

We had Statis Pro Baseball, Facts in Five, & Acquire, and I remember playing Twixt, Speed Circuit, Paydirt (we may have had this one), Rail Baron, and Some military aviation game

[Rexer25]

In the late 60's, early 70's the 3M company put out a number of board games that looked like heafty hard-cover books (tomes?) including Facts in Five, Stocks and Bonds as well as Mr. President - I think they were called Bookshelf Games.

Mr. President hade you try to win an election by getting the most electorial votes. You selected a Veep and had to campaign in different states with limited resources. Also, all the states had some leaning republican and others democrate based on their real historical leanings from previous elections - to give you some idea of how old the game was - the south was solid democratic at that time. I remember learning a lot about Presidential elections from that game - plus it was great fun.

I used to love nearly all the 3M Bookshelf games and last year got a couple of my favs on Ebay for my kids for the holidays - they are still a lot of fun. They also put out a series of Thinking-Man sport games (football, baseball, basketball and golf, IIRC) - also very good games.

Anyone else remember playing these games - they were a bit pricey at the time and I remember having to save up quite a lot to buy them - but they were really well done.

---Jay

I got Facts in Five and a political game called Lie, Cheat & Steal as gifts one Christmas. I enjoyed Facts in Five, but there weren't many people around who wanted to play it. Lie, Cheat and Steal was written by a really cynical person.

[AlphaDummy]

In the late 60's, early 70's the 3M company put out a number of board games that looked like heafty hard-cover books (tomes?) including Facts in Five, Stocks and Bonds as well as Mr. President - I think they were called Bookshelf Games.

Mr. President hade you try to win an election by getting the most electorial votes. You selected a Veep and had to campaign in different states with limited resources. Also, all the states had some leaning republican and others democrate based on their real historical leanings from previous elections - to give you some idea of how old the game was - the south was solid democratic at that time. I remember learning a lot about Presidential elections from that game - plus it was great fun.

My favorite political game (in a similar book-form box) was a charming little diversion entitled "Lie, Cheat and Steal". (Yes...I do enjoy getting in touch with my cynical side from time to time...) The object of the game, not surprisingly, is to acquire the greatest number of votes. And the most effective ways to accomplish this are by either 1) buying votes, or 2) libeling your opponent. There are more subtleties that add to the enjoyment of the game, but you get the basic idea.

I used to love nearly all the 3M Bookshelf games and last year got a couple of my favs on Ebay for my kids for the holidays - they are still a lot of fun. They also put out a series of Thinking-Man sport games (football, baseball, basketball and golf, IIRC) - also very good games.

My sports simulations of choice were the APBA board games. These were also on the pricey side - but, then, you got pretty much all of the players who made any significant contribution to their team over the course of the season. Baseball was excellent and football was very good; unfortunately, basketball was damn near unplayable - far too complicated. Suffice it to say that my friends and I spent an awful big part of several summers rolling the dice and reading the cards...