please empty your brain below
Tried to get the kids excited over it, but sadly, not enough flashes and bleeps to satisfy them!
NB I still have my jigsaw of the proper counties of England!
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I have this somewhere, 1997 era, it was excellent |
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I don't remember this but I do remember one about London with tube and bus stops and you had to travel around London avoiding a detective (or something). There were lots of small cardboard 'tickets' such as tube, bus, etc. which determined where you could go and every now and then you had to show where you were so your opponent knew where you were. |
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@Londonstuff, you mean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_Yard_%28board_game%29 |
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Oh yes, I had both the London Game and the Great Game of Britain as a kid. Great fun, both of em. |
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I have a 'travel' version of this, presumably for playing whilst stuck in a tunnel.
Tried to get the kids excited over it, but sadly, not enough flashes and bleeps to satisfy them! |
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My mother-in-law bought me an old copy off ebay for Christmas one year (it's hard to find in the US!) I love all the London nostalgia it brings, but mostly because I can beat most people at it. mwahahahahaha! |
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When I were a lad, my sister and I came up with a SUPERMEGA board game that combined The London Game *and* the Great Game Of Britain, where changing in London in the GGOB got you to the relevant Tube station in TLG, and you then had to take the Tube to whichever line you wanted to leave London on (and get the attraction cards in both games). It worked surprisingly well. |
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I want!!!! Both versions (old and new). The Great game of Britain sounds cool too. After reading Julian Barns' England England (great concept, screwed ending) I also want one of the old pre-Thatcher wooden cut-out block puzzles of the old counties of England. |
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There is a third version out there! My version of TLG was bought for me in the early 80s, so featured the Jubilee line down to Charing Cross. The compulsion hazrd in this edition was for Kensal Green rather than Drayton Park.
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One can but wonder whether you would be as fascinated by the tube (and so writing this now) were it not for your childhood board-dom :) |
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Oh and, I spotted a slip-up - I think one is dealt, not shuffled cards (and there's a missing " too). Haven't spotted one for ages :) |
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When I was a student, having played this game after dinner parties, we decided to do it for real on a couple of occasions - basically a scavenger hunt/race with a pint for the winner. The thing was, you had to visit (ie photograph) the location rather than the actual station on the card, which meant that for those of us in the know, you could often save time by getting off at a closer station than the one you had been dealt. Warwick Avenue, for example, is much closer to the Regent's Canal than Maida Vale which is on the card. |
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Also see http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2866/the-london-game |
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DG - and all commenting people - which version of the London Game do you think is best? Should I buy the most recent version, or buy an old version from ebay?
NB I still have my jigsaw of the proper counties of England! |
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Bet you one of the places "not places the average 7 year old visited regularly" wasn't that fancy tart at XX Berwick Street (3rd floor special service) |
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