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Hungry Hungry Hippos is yet another children's board game that we see in a lot of households. It's a very fun game for children and parents to play, plus it's not your typical board game. 3. Connect Four

Winning a board game, especially a challenging one, can be immensely satisfying. The feeling of accomplishment, even in a friendly competition, can be a powerful motivator for playing board games. The pursuit of victory and the realization of a well-thought-out plan coming to fruition is an experience that provides a sense of triumph and fulfillment. Mystery Mansion is one that maybe a lot of people don't know about but it was once very popular in the 1980s. Mystery Mansion is a game that consists of people searching through objects in a Mansion to try to find a hidden treasure. 5. Pictionary Guess Who? is a great game that many people have seen or played in some sort of format. Again, we have this game mainly digitally now, but nothing will beat this classic guessing game in physical form. 9. Don't Break The Ice Television The ‘Television’ section contains all of our articles related to the small screen. We have a very wide range of content – there’s a strong 80s focus with trivia on EastEnders and Grange Hill, but you can also find articles on popular contemporary TV programmes such as Breaking Bad and The Sopranos. If you fancy something a bit more niche then don’t worry – we’ve also got plenty of content on cult hits such as Twin Peaks, The X-Files and Quantum Leap. Happy hunting!

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Home» Types Of Games» Board Games» Classic 80s Board Games – Old School Fun! Classic 80s Board Games – Old School Fun! Ever wanted to figure out a murder mystery but don’t want to get your hands too dirty? Clue has had everyone fascinated with the gruesome and digging up dirt since its birth in 1943. While this board game can be a hit-or-miss depending on the person, there’s no doubting its legacy—seven video games, a film, a television series, and one musical later the board game is still going strong, selling at least three million copies a year in over 73 different countries. Two notable editions that were produced in the ‘80s for the game were the 1986 and 1988 edition.

Lumped with Mario Kart for being the ultimate breaker of friendships, Monopoly is a must for any list of best board games—leaving out this monumental board game from any applicable board game list would be almost heretical. As a board game created in the 1930s and used even by the British Secret Service to support POWs captured by Nazis during WWII, Monopoly technically can’t be solely considered as a 1980s game though it did see a fair amount of (legal) action during that decade due to a parody version of it released by San Francisco State University professor Ralph Anspach. In fact, it wasn’t until the 90’s when Hasbro finally acquired the game and its owner, the Parker Brothers.

The Game of Life

Four characters and a giant, multi-level dungeon filled with monsters, food and treasure: this was all Ed Logg needed to construct the most hectic and exciting multi-player action game of the decade. Utilising the staple elements of the role-playing genre while removing all the boring talking bits, Gauntlet ushered in the dungeon crawler genre, eventually leading to Diablo, The Binding of Isaac and Hades. It also meant that childhood me started every mealtime with the words: “Warrior needs food badly,” for which I apologise to my family. 5. Gradius (1985, Konami) Game of Life: Game of Life gave you the opportunity to find a job and have children before you had to find a job and have children in your real life. We’ll leave you to decide which was more fun… In practice, you played it for five overs, tops, before your mate Baz got bored and swung too enthusiastically for a six, sending, batsman, fielders, pitch, and groundside drinks flying off the table.

Every single game of Monopoly ever played has surely remained unfinished, either through sheer boredom, or in someone’s divorce. But, despite this, it’s somehow united families for generations, especially during the festive season, and acted as a gateway to many other board games. Trivial Pursuit: This was impossible to play with your parents until they released the family edition, after which it was all too easy to beat them. These board games are definitely worth playing if you've never played them, so hopefully, this article gives you a bit of inspiration. Let's dive into these ten classic 1980s board games. 1. Candy LandThere’s only so many injuries a patient can have before ‘unfortunate’ starts looking ‘irresponsible’ 14. Monopoly Notable for its incredibly fun, but somewhat dubious get-the-kids-into-gambling casino in the middle of the board. 13. Operation Candy Land: A childhood classic, it is remarkable how popular and fun this game is considering there is no strategy. Each player goes through this roll-and-move board game as directed by the dice.