January 2004 Catalog

MNG-AJM Games and Collectibles

While I don’t publish my latest catalog on the internet, this older catalog is available for you to look through to get an idea of the sort of thing I generally have. Please be aware that many of the games in this catalog will have already sold, and if they haven’t then the prices are not necessarily still valid – the prices are only valid in the month the catalog comes out! However, if you do see something of interest email me and I’ll let you know if I still have it. Also getting the monthly catalog by email is free and without obligation, so why not just ask to be added to my subscription list, or ask me to send you the latest catalog by email?

15-Up, published by Berwick. ca.1965. Box. Box whole but worn. £8

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2 or 4. Desc. by Andy.

The game is subtitled 'The Exciting Table Badminton Game'. There are no rules supplied, but it may well never have had any. Players use miniature badminton rackets to flip miniature shuttlecocks onto the other side of the board. There are coloured holes all over the board and which one the shuttlecock lands in I guess indicates who must play next. Looks great fun.

2300 Star Cruiser, published by GDW. 1987. Box. Good. £7

Game of starship construction and combat in the year 2300. It is thematically linked with GDW's Traveller 2300, but is a standalone game played on a hex grid with counters.

2300 A.D., published by GDW. 1988. Box. Good. £5, Desc. by Andy.

Roleplaying game set in the year 2300 A.D. when man has made it to the stars but now has to fight to stay there. Adventures suggested could be fighting a hostile alien race, police fighting smugglers, pirates and terrorists plaguing human colonies, exploring uncharted systems etc. The set includes: Adventurer's Guide, Director's Guide, Near Star Map, Play Aids.

4000 A.D., published by Waddingtons. 1972. Box. Good. £3

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4. Country: British, Desc. by Eamon.

Excellent abstract game, dressed up as a space game because of the rather clever hidden movement option. No dice, only skill as players capture opposing ships or fleets.

AD&D Ravenloft - Masque of the Red Death, published by TSR. 1994. Box. Mint. £6, Desc. by Andy.

Designed by William Connors, D.J. Heinrich, Shane Hensley, Colin McComb. No. players: 2+. Country: American, Roleplaying supplement for the AD&D Ravenloft world. This set allows your characters to explore the macabre world of the 1890s in Gothic Earth. Based on the feel of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker and Arthur Conan Doyle.This set includes: 128 page Guide to Gothic Earth with rules and background; 3 adventure booklets; Map of Gothic Earth; GM Screen; Bonus poster.

AD&D Ravenloft - The Nightmare Lands, published by TSR. 1995. Box. Mint. £8

Supplement for the AD&D Roleplaying game, in the Ravenloft campaign setting. This is a campaign expansion boxed set which contains everything necessary to adventure among dark dreamscapes and twisted nightmares of the dream world. As well as rules books it includes new creatures and 64 ready to play nightmares which combine to form a full length adventure.

AD&D Trivia Game, published by TSR. 1991. Box. Good. £8

A game for keen players of AD&D. The players or teams answer questions of varying difficulty, relating to events which might occur in AD&D. A great present for an AD&D Rules Lawyer friend!

Adult Drinking Games Compendium, published by Lagoon Games. 1997. Box. Good. £7

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2+. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

Before you pass over this item, I will point out that this does actually contain some good games for the pub or even after dinner with non-gamers. Most of the games work fine if rather than having to drink or do a forfeit you simply lose a point. The set includes a pack of playing cards and 5 dice as well as larger cards with the games rules, and some additional cards used in some of the games, and score pads for one of the games.

Alice In Wonderland, published by Spears. 1973. Box. 1 Box corner split. £3

Children’s game with traditional ‘Alice’ graphics. Includes a synopsis of the Alice adventures to ‘set the scene’.

All The King's Men, published by Parker. 1979. Box. Good. £4

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2. Country: American, Desc. by Eamon.

Abstract game, with chess-like pieces, but a novel movement system using the board's markings. Made in Britain as Take The Brain.

All-Star Baseball, published by Cadaco. 1968. Box. Good. £5

Baseball statistical game with 60 famous players. Their statistics are on round discs broken up into segments, the better they are at a particular skill, the larger the segment. Copyright date is 1968 but I think the game is a more recent edition.

Amazing Engine - For Faerie, Queen & Country, published by TSR. 1993. Book. Good. £3

Roleplaying supplement for the Amazing Engine system. This supplement enables you to play in a fantasy version of the world of Victorian England using the Amazing Engine system.

Atmosfear - The Video Board Game, published by Spears Games. 1991. Box. Good. £8

Well known horror themed board game which uses a video to interact with. Simple to play but good fun.

Autobridge, published by Autobridge. 1950. Box. Good. £5

Special notes: First Edition. The PGA Advanced Set, with Group 15, hands 1 to 32. Solitaire bridge teacher.

Avalanche, published by Parker. Box. Good. £9

Designer Unknown. No. players: 1-6. Country: Germany, Desc. by Andy.

Special notes: Wooden dowel replaced with piece of bamboo.

An interesting mix of games types - this is both an abstract game and also a falling marble action game! There are a series of slots down which marbles can roll and either get halted or diverted by clever rotating diverters. The object depends on which game variant you play, but essentially you are trying to get some colours of marble to fall out of the mechanism while hoping others don't. With some experience much of what happens when a marble is entered can be calculated in advance, but it is easy to get it wrong!

Balloon Race, published by Hungry Owl Publications. 1984. Box. Good. £8

Players try to get all their Balloons up to the stratosphere, while avoiding a stream of hailstones which fall from the sky. It is also possible to burst opponents’ balloons between two of your own. Movement is driven by moving dobbers around an outer track and either passing corner spaces or landing on special spaces. Thus movement should be steady but not entirely even and predictable.

Battletech, published by FASA. 1996. Box. Mint. £8

Special notes: 4th Edition. Strategic game of warring robots. Nice counters that stand up in plastic bases. Various scenarios. Game spawned a host of extra material from expansions to role-playing.

Blue Line Hockey, published by 3M. 1969. Box. Good. £18

Excellent two-player game, non-statistical. Uses dice, but plenty of choice, a good head-to-head game of strategy. In the plastic wrap-around box much favoured by 3M sport games.

Bonanza, published by Waddingtons. 1965. Box. 1 Box Corner Split. £9

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-9. Country: British, Desc. by Eamon.

TV related, but nothing to do with the TV Western show other than it features members of the Cartwright family playing the game on the lid. A nice version of Michigan Rummy, with a large plastic tray, playing cards and poker chips. The game itself is closely related to popular British card games like St Joan or Newmarket.

British Battles Playing Cards, published by Waddingtons. 1992. Display Stand. Good. £1

Designer Unknown. No. players: 1+. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

On one side this is a normal (large symbol) set of playing cards with 2 jokers and one blank. However the backs are not all the same as is usual with playing cards. Instead each gives details of a different battle from British History. The backs also show a one week segment of the 1992 calendar, thus making up the whole year over the deck. Clearly the cards are marked in terms of card play, but still an interesting item.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Board Game, published by Susan Prescot Games. 2000. Box. Good. £7

Designer unknown. No. players: 2-8. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

This is the British board game not the American one. There are 5 humans and 3 vampires no matter the number of players. Initially you only know what you are but as the game goes on you find out more about the other players and uncontrolled characters. Ultimately the good guys and bad guys will fight it out and whichever side is left with players on it wins.

Bushido, published by Fantasy Games Unlimited. 1981. Box. Box poor, Contents good. £6

Role playing adventure in Samurai Japan. Includes two main books, The Heroes of Nippon for players and The Land of Nippon for the GM.

Canasta, published by Waddingtons. ca.1960. Box. Good. £4

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-6. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

Set of 2 decks of playing cards with two sets of rules for Canasta for 2,4 or 6 players and suggestions for 3 or 5 players.

Cannes, published by Splotter Spellen. 2002. Box. Good. £15

Country: Dutch, Desc. by Andy.

The theme is producing films and this is done with people, computer chips and beer, converting these to computers, actors, special effects and scripts and then into various types of film. The way the resources and conversion are done however is unusual - a network of connections on a board of hex tiles is built up as the game goes on and this shows what each player has access to. Unusual item from a small publisher.

Car Wars Deluxe, published by Steve Jackson. 1985. Box. Good. £7

The deluxe (boxed version) of the famous auto duelling game. Get on Hell’s Highway and drive offensively! Rulebook describes how to design your own cars, and has full combat rules. It includes a quick start version. This set is essentially the mini game + the first 2 supplements.

Car Wars: Boat Wars, published by Steve Jackson. ca.1991. Box. Good. £6

Desc. by Eamon. Expansion set, adding Boats, Aquabikes, and Hovercraft to your Car Wars’ games.

Caramba!, published by Amigo. 1992. Box. Good. £16

Beautiful looking game designed with some of the nicest plastic counters I’ve seen. A race game, where going slow is an advantage, but quite different to other games with this twist. Also a rich player can pay to reduce the number of dice he has to roll on his turn, but if you aren't going to be last in the race, it is better to finish early rather than late.

Cartino, published by Ravensburger. 1969. Box. Good. £10

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-6. Country: German, Desc. by Eamon.

Delightful game using wooden tiles to represent two decks of playing cards. Players must play their cards on to a very attractive board, which is designed to look like a tableau of playing cards laid out for a game. Very nice item, and possibly a first edition.

Cash, published by Ravensburger. 1990. Box. Good. £10

Card game, 120 cards representing loot, keys and points. A very good game, similar in some respects, to Bazaar, the Sid Sackson game. Players collect combinations of keys to open safes. Highly recommended.

Centre Court, published by RDA. 1995. Box. Mint. £12

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2 or 4. Country: British, Desc. by Eamon.

Second game by the company that made Wicketz, the famous cricket game. Essentially a card game, the cards allowing for different types of shot and movement round the court. Even includes a tennis net!

Challenge Bridge, published by 3M. 1972. Box. Box shows wear. £40

Designer Unknown. No. players: 4. Country: American, Desc. by Eamon.

The best-ever simulation of Duplicate Bridge, letting you play Duplicate in your own home, yet score against 13 other pairs who have played the same hand. 100 deals, all analysed by Oswald Jacoby. This is NOT the book case edition, but the much rarer flat box edition.

Chill - Adventures Into The Unknown, published by Pacesetter. 1984. Box. Box shows wear. £6

Horror roleplaying game system. This set includes the campaign book (player and GM rules book), Horrors from the Unknown (animals, monsters, and evil spells), Highland Terror (an adventure). Maps and counters also included.

Christopher Columbus, published by BMI. 1992. Box. Good. £1

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-6. Country: British, Desc. by Eamon.

Promotional game to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Columbus’s most famous voyage. Very basic game, throw dice, avoid chance cards, that sort of thing.

City State of the Invincible Overlord, published by Mayfair Games. 1987. Box. Good. £6

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2+. Country: American, Desc. by Andy.

This is an AD&D compatible roleplaying supplement. It details the city of Briarwood and is based on the original City State designs by the Judges Guild. It is the basis for the Overlord Campaign series of sourcebooks and adventures.

It includes: Character race booklets for new character races (centaurs, lizardmen, nagas, pixies); GMs’ and players' maps; Book detailing 30 city neighbourhoods; Background book; Player background for main character classes; Adventure book.

Compatibility, published by Reiss Games Inc. 1974. Box. 1 box corner split £6 or Good £7.

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4 couples. Country: American, Desc. by Andy.

Couples play as teams, and both have to indicate on a dial how much they agree / disagree or how tense a situtaion would make them and also guess at the answer their partner would give. The better the partners predict each other the more points they score. Questions come in 6 categories: General Issues, Children, Work, Entertainment, Domestic Issues and Sex.

Connect, published by James Galt & C Ltd. 1968. Box. 2 box corners split. £5

A tile laying game of the connecting pipes variety. There are red, blue and black lines on the tiles and players must try to play their tiles onto the growing network, or if they cannot then draw an extra tile. When all the tiles have been drawn whoever manages to play their last tile first is the winner.

Conquest Puzzle Book No. 1, published by Donald Benge. 1974. Magazine. Good - 3cm tear on cover. £2

This is a 16 page booklet of puzzles for the game 'Conquest'. There are 26 puzzles which are intended to be entertaining but also to improve your ability at the game.

Cosmic Eidex, published by Abacus Spiele. 1998. Box. Good. £3

A card game which is loosely based on the Swiss card game Jass, with some similarities to the German game Skat. Essentially it is a trick taking game, but with the twist that each player will have a special power they can use once per hand.

Counties Of England, published by Jaques. ca.1920. Boxes. Good. £12

Designer Unknown. No. players: 3+. Country: British, Desc. by Eamon.

Special notes: Date not certain, but this is the 4th series.

Card game. A set collecting game based on the counties and towns of England. Each county has 3-8 towns. The cards are very attractive colour illustrations of important features in the main towns.

Cyberspace - Death Game 2090, published by Iron Crown Enterprises. 1990. Booklet. Good. £3

Adventure module for the Cyberspace roleplaying game.

Dama, published by Polymertex Plastics. ca.1970. Box. Good. £3

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2. Desc. by Andy.

This is a draughts set, but on a board of dots and lines instead of black and white squares (the two boards are equivalent).

Dampfross 2, published by Schmidt. 1985. Box. Good. £12

Mounted re-usable boards for Railway Rivals. Austria, Northern Italy, Switzerland and Southern Italy. German rules only, but if you are buying this, I guess you already own the original British game. If you don’t have it, it really is a good game. I may be able to find you a set of rules in English (ask me).

Das Malefiz Spiel, published by Ravensburger. 1971. Box. Good. £6

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-6. Country: German, Desc. by Eamon.

One of the best Ludo-type games around, hugely popular in Germany. This has a double sided board for variety. A die is used but plenty of choice.

D-Day, published by Avalon Hill. 1965. Box. 1 Box corner split. £5

Special notes: 1965 Edition

Redesigned version (by Jim Stahler) of the Avalon Hill classic. Game covers the race into Germany from the Normandy Beaches through to the Rhine. Can you end the war earlier? First edition.

Delta, published by I.Q.Company Ltd. 1987. Box. Box Poor, Contents Good. £7

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2. Country: Hong Kong, Desc. by Andy.

A novel abstract game in which the players have triangular shaped pieces which move around the board trying to eliminate your opponent’s pieces and capture their home spaces. The movement and capture mechanism is novel. Well worth a look for abstract gamers.

Deutschlandreise, published by Ravensburger. 1977. Box. Good. £5

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-6. Country: German, Desc. by Eamon.

Popular German family game. Players race round Germany to visit 6 different places as dictated by the six random cards you receive at the start. Cards and rules in multi-language style, including English. A fun way to learn about Germany especially if you intend holidaying there.

Dinosaurs The Game, published by BMI. 1992. Box. Box good, contents unused. £3

The players take on the roles of Dinosaurs and race across the board to be the first to get to the top of the volcano. It is essentially a roll the dice and move game, though the theme may make it more enjoyable for younger players.

Dominos, published by Design Centre London. Box. Excellent. £4

Designer Unknown. No. players: 1+. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

A well made set of standard dominoes 0-0 upto 6-6. No rules included.

Dominos - Mini Set, Publisher unknown. Packet. Excellent. £1

Designer Unknown. No. players: 1+. Desc. by Andy.

A really miniature set of standard dominoes 0-0 upto 6-6. No rules included. A domino is 2cm long by 1cm wide and made of plastic. Excellent as a travel set.

Don’t Miss The Boat, published by Waddingtons. 1966. Box. Box Poor, Contents Good. £2

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4. Country: British, Desc. by Eamon.

Abstract game of pure skill that is really a Chinese Chequers variant, but dressed up as a race to get 5 of your 8 men into a boat.

Doublethink, published by Cambridge Silent Artists. 1978. Box. Excellent. £12

Unusual and very nicely produced abstract game. 3rd Edition. The box has a deerskin-like finish, the board is made of some kind of fine chipboard as is the scoreboard. The game itself involves playing letter pieces onto verticies of the board. The placement and scoring rules look interesting. It is not however a word game. Intriguing item.

Droids, published by Euro Games. 1991. Box. Good. £20

Entertaining game of robotic warfare. Delightful plastic robots move around a changing arena, chasing or avoiding their enemies. Players lay tiles on the floor of the arena, forcing robots to make certain moves. High quality production, with lots of interaction.

Drueke's Solitaire, published by W.M. Drueke & Sons. Box. Good. £4

A very nice wooden solitaire board with pegs which are kept in a compartment in the back of the board. As well as the standard well known centre-hole solitaire problem this set also sets 6 other challenges which it says can be done.

Dungeon Magazine published by TSR, Good condition (unless stated otherwise). Country: American,

Desc. by Andy. Excellent magazine containing adventures for TSR role-playing games, mainly AD&D, but sometimes others. Fantastic resource for GMs looking for an adventure to run. Some early issues available.

Vol 2 Issue 2 (#8), £8 Mountain Sanctuary (Lvl 1-3), For A Lady's Honour (Lvl 4-7), In Defence Of The Law (Lvl 7-10), The Wounded Worm (Lvl 4-8), The Flowers Of Flame (Oriental Adventures Lvl 5-8)

Vol 2 Issue 3 (#9), £8 The Lurkers In The Library (Lvl 1-3), The Crypt Of Istaris (Lvl 3-5), The Djinn's Ring (Lvl 3 – Solo Adventure!), The Golden Bowl Of Ashu H'San (Oriental Adventures Lvl 2-4), The Ghostship Gambit (Lvl 3-6), The Plight Of Cirria (Lvl 8-12).

Vol 2 Issue 6 (#12), £8 Light Of Lost Souls (Lvl 2-4), Sceptre Of The Underworld (Solo - Lvl 12), At The Spottle Parlour (Lvl 1-3), Intrigue In The Depths (Lvl 4-7), Huddle Farm (Lvl 1-4), Dungeon 1-12 Index.

Vol 3 Issue 1 (#13), £6 The Ruins of Nol-Daer (Lvl 5-8), Going Once...Going Twice (Any level), The Moor-Tomb Map (Lvl 2-4), The Treasure Vault Of Kasil (Lvl 5-7), Of Nests And Nations (Lvl 8-12).

Vol 3 Issue 2 (#14), £6 Masqueraider (Lvl 2-5), A Question of Balance (Lvl 8-12), Stranded on The Baron's Island (Lvl 4-6), Master of Puppets (Lvl 6-8), Phantasm Chasm (Lvl 5-7), The Wererats of Relfren (Lvl 3-6).

Vol 3 Issue 3 (#15), £6 The Wreck Of The Shining Star (Lvl 4-8), In Pursuit of the Slayer (Lvl 6-9), The Dragon's Gift (Oriental Adventures Lvl 2-7), The Glass House (Lvl 4-6), Roarwater Caves (Lvl 1-4), The Elephants' Graveyard (Lvl 5-7).

Vol 3 Issue 4 (#16), £6 Palace In The Sky (Lvl 7-10), The Dwarves Of Warka (Lvl 3-6), Necropolis (Lvl 2-4), Vesicant (Lvl 4-6).

Vol 3 Issue 6 (#18), £6 Irongard (Lvl 1-3), Whitelake Mine (Lvl 2-4), Tallow's Deep (Lvl 4-7), Crocodile Tears (Oriental Adventures Lvl 4-6), Chadranther's Bane (Lvl 4-6).

Vol 4 Issue 1 (#19), £5 By The Wayside (Lvl 6-10), The Vanishing Village (Lvl 3-5), The Serpent's Tooth (Lvl 3-6), Encounter In The Wildwood (Lvl 2-4), House Of Cards (Lvl 9-12).

Vol 4 Issue 2 (#20), £5 The Ship Of Night (Lvl 7-9), White Fang (Solo Adventure Lvl 10 Thief), Pride Of The Sky (Lvl 8-12), Ancient Blood (Lvl 3-5).

Vol 4 Issue 3 (#21), £5 The Cauldron Of Plenty (Lvl 2-4), The Bane Of Elfswood (Lvl 15-18), Jammin' (Spelljammer Any Levels), Incident At Strathern Point (Lvl 8-10), The Chest Of The Aloeids (Lvl 6-8).

Vol 4 Issue 4 (#22), £5 The Dark Forest (Lvl 2-3), The Leopard Men (Lvl 8-10), Tomb It May Concern (For 1 Lvl 4-6 Paladin), Unchained (Dragonlance Lvl 6-10), Rank Amateurs (GAZ10 Humanoids Lvl 1-3).

Vol 11 Issue 2 (#62), Spine worn. £1 Dragon's Delve (Lvl 3-6), Blood On The Plow (Lvl 4-6), Grimjaws (Lvl 5-7), The Rat Trap (Lvl 6-10), Wild In The Streets (Lvl 1-3), Esmeralda's Bodyguard (Lvl 6-9), The Ghost At Widder Smither's (Lvl 1-3).

Dungeons & Dragons, published by TSR. 1991. Box. Good. £5

If you have never tried a role-playing game before, then this version of the first and classic game in the genre, is the one to try. It does not come any easier to understand than this, although I am not saying this is easy compared to many other games. What the company have done is to try to give you a visible feel to what was a completely imaginary game. So you now have 48 stand-up colour cardboard characters and creatures, and a board on which to base your adventures. Once you see an adventure in action, it is a small step to trying one without these physical aids, should you wish to.

Esels-Rennen, published by Doris & Frank. 1989. Box. Good. £10

Special notes: First edition, numbered 214 out of 250 produced.

Now a very collectable race game. Uses Doris’s famous graphics, and has cute donkey race pieces. Players take it in turn to move a donkey and depending on the space it lands on this can cause another donkey to move, and in turn this may then cause another to move and so on. Neat system, with a special area near the finish which makes sure the game does end. Each player wants the donkeys to finish in a different order.

Ex & Hopp, published by Ravensberger. 1996. Box. Good. £5

Card game in which players try to win (or not) various number tiles some worth positive points and some negative. This is done by playing cards next to them with vaues 1-12, but the colour corresponds to one of the players. Thus it is possible to play so as to help yourself win a good tile or play to help someone else win a bad tile! Each tile says how many cards must be placed next to it before it is scored.

Exxtra, published by Amigo Spiele. ca.1997. Box. Mint. £8

Dice game with special dice in which players have to push their luck to try to get high rolls which can then be placed on a scoring ladder, and possibly kick other players' dice off the ladder. If your dice stay on the ladder until your next go then you score points. First to 21 points wins.

Fantasy Paths, published by Board-Craft Simulations Inc. 1981. Box. Good. £3

Designer Unknown. No. players: 1+. Country: American, Desc. by Andy.

This is a generic fantasy roleplaying supplement, providing room tiles for use with 15mm and 25mm figures. It also includes Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying Rules, which include a sample adventure.

Feudal, published by 3M. 1969. Box. Good. £18

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-6. Country: American, Desc. by Eamon.

Excellent variation on chess, with its own special board, its own special pieces (that ‘plug’ into the board), and very clever rules. For instance, you set up secretly behind a screen, and your pieces include a castle that you must site, and then defend. The board even has terrain features so that, for instance, archers on a hill have increased range. Missing one of two pegs that hold the shield up at the start but this is easily remedied and all six armies are complete which is the important thing.

Firepower, published by Avalon Hill. 1984. Box. Good. £5

Highly detailed simulation of man-to-man combat over the 20 years 1965 - 1985. For those of you daunted by a detailed rulebook, it does include introductory, basic rules as well. Bookcase box.

Flat Top, published by Avalon Hill. 1981. Box. Good £8 or Mint £10

Avalon Hill's version of this classic game of the war in the Pacific. It focuses on the carrier battles of 1942.

Flower Power, published by Glucksritter Spiele. 1998. Box. Good. £11

This game comes in a very nice wooden box (as do most of this company's games). The game is about collecting flowers. This is done by landing on flower spaces while moving around a board. However movement is not by dice, instead pairs of people play a card each in turn and these cards determine movement in such a way that you need to know what the other person wants to happen as well as what you want and act appropriately.

Flucht Aus Mangrovia, published by Mattel. 1989. Box. Good. £10

Nice race game. It translates to flight from Mangrovia, and is by a very respected game designer.

Flux, published by Wotan. 1990. Box. Mint. £7

Fantasy game pitting each player as wizards against each other, for the title Master of Wizards. Played on a map board of the Great Plains of Grob. Wizards cast spells to animate creatures for combat, and to create terrain to their advantage (or negate opposition attempts to do the same).

Focus, published by Spears. 1980. Box. Good. £11

Wonderful abstract game with stacking pieces. First published in A Gamut of Games.

Froscheln, published by Klee. 1998. Box. Excellent. £12

This is a game of frog racing. A princess is available to kiss well positioned frogs, and you want yours to be the ones who receive her favour! Movement is by dice roll indicating which of a player's frogs can move, but it is possible to split your roll eg. a 5 can move either frog No. 5 or Frog Nos 1 & 4! Also getting 3 of your frogs in a row gets you another turn. Nice idea!

Genius, published by Games Team Ltd. 1988. Box. Excellent. £8

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2 teams. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

Although this is a general knowledge game based on the Guinness Book Of Records, it has some interesting features, such as a quite thick book containing about 100 full colour pictures all of which are quite stunning in their own way. As well as normal questions from a card sometimes questions are asked about these amazing pictures.

Ghost Castle, published by MB Games. 1985. Box. Good. £5

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

Special notes: 2 Box lid corners have split. 3D children's board game in which you have to be the first to go through all the rooms of a haunted keep and climb the stairs to close the coffin and lay the ghost to rest. Great bits though the game looks to be mostly luck.

Go For Broke, published by Milton Bradley. 1985. Box. Good. £3

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4. Country: British, Desc. by Eamon.

Very well produced version, including wine bottle playing pieces and a plastic device with 4 different sorts of randomisers built into it.

Gold Cup, published by Racecarda. ca.1978.

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2+. Country: Ireland, Desc. by Andy.

£5: No box, but the contents are all present and in good condition. Or £7 box supplied but in poor condition.

An interesting horse racing game in which the basic idea is that each horse runs in a particular way, with a fixed starting speed, but then changing speeds at various points throughout the race as indicated on a pace card. The lanes they are in and the length of course being run as well as who they are up against will affect how they perform. There are simple rules as well as additional advanced rules, each printed on a sheet of A4, so not too complex!

Graphoscope, published by E & S. ca.1960. Box. Good. £3

Designer Unknown. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

Not a game at all, but in Eamon's stock for some reason, so presented here! This device allows you to draw pictures or objects onto paper by reflecting a faint image into your eye while you look at the paper you are drawing on, so you can effectively 'trace' the object.

Hacker, published by FanFor Verlag. 1990. Box. Mint. £17

Entertaining game set in a computer company and the players are different departments within the company trying to discover the other department’s secrets. Each department is continually pushing to get terminal time and it becomes a battle just to get time at the computer. Wooden pieces.

Hedgehog's Revenge, published by BV Leisure. ca.1985. Box. Good. £4

Players have a fleet of 4 cars which must get to set destinations, but they also have 5 Hedgehogs which are used to block routes. In Britain, hedgehogs are always getting run over in country lanes so this is a humorous look at their 'revenge’ against car drivers.

Hexen Hexen, published by Salagames. 1992. Box. Excellent - Unused. £8

Children’s game but probably as much fun for adults. Each player is a witch who is looking for enchanted objects. Superficially, a dice game, but with lots of interaction as you can divert other witches with certain throws, and fly your broomstick over them if the chance arises.

Hi-De-Hi, published by Waddingtons. 1984. Box. 1 Box corner split. £3

TV tie in for the British comedy program of the same name. The players take part in each of the camp's contests and try to gain points. Most points at the end is the Maplin's Champion. The game is basically roll the dice and move, though one or two of the contests provide some choices in how you move.

Ikarus, published by Staupe Spiele. 1995. Box. Mint. £4

Card game, which requires speed and concentration - players study the cards which are placed face up on the table and the symbols indicate what to look for on the next card and so on. The player to first work out the entire sequence correctly calls out the final symbol in the sequence and if the other players agree then a point is won.

Image, published by Avalon Hill. 1979. Box. Good. £8

Card game. By playing cards, players build up information about a famous person, with the cards providing clues to the identity. What you might call Card Botticelli.

Interlocking Draughts, published by House Martin. Box. Excellent. £1

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

A set of plastic draughtsmen. No board included. As the name implies they stack neatly. You could use them as pieces for other games, perhaps as bits for games you are designing too ...

Jitters, published by Milton Bradley Games. 1987. Box. Good. £7

Designer Unknown. No. players: 1+. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

Word game played with letter dice. On your turn a noisy timer (which adds to the tension) counts down while you roll the dice and make words on a score card. Once this is done you can either bank the points and end your turn or attempt another score card and reroll the dice. If you end up with the timer going off rather than banking your score then you score nothing at all. The tension level certainly increases as the timer ticks down!

Jotto, published by Selchow & Richter. 1973. Box. Good. £8

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2. Country: American, Desc. by Andy.

Neat word game which has a lot in common with Mastermind. Each player has a secret 5 letter word and players alternately guess a word and are told how many letters are correct. Only real words can be used to guess.

Journey Through Europe, published by Ravensberger. 1980. Box. Good. £8

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-6. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

Special notes: Includes a world information map. Dent on one edge of box.

A travel game of strategy and planning. Players all start at different points in Europe and must visit 8 different cities around the board before returning to their starting point. First to get home wins. Although a dice is rolled to determine movement points for the turn, these can either be used one point per road segment, or more points for air travel, the number of movement points depending on the length of the flight, and a whole turn for sea travel. Thus there are plenty of route planning decisions to be made, as well as making sure the cities are visited in the optimum order.

Kan-U-Go, published by Jarvis Porter. 1938. or 1934 editions available. Box. Good. £2

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2+. Country: British, Desc. by Eamon.

Card game, 60 letter cards. Players form a crossword using the letters on cards in their hands.

Keyword, published by Parker Brothers Inc.. 1953. Box. Good. £5

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4. Country: American, Desc. by Eamon. Special notes: Board and plastic tiles look well used. The first British competitor to the (then) newly released Scrabble. A good word game. Very much in the same vein as Scrabble. Very nice solid box and components.

Kremlin, published by Avalon Hill. 1988. Box. Box shows wear. £15

Special notes: Red box edition

A great game. Takes you back to the old-style Russian politbureau, each member trying to get the top job. On the way you get to assassinate opponents, send them to Siberia, even help them sometimes, and all the time the politicians are literally ageing in a race against the biological clock. At the start each player secretly spreads influence points amongst the various politicians, but this only gets revealed as the need to use those politicians arises.

La Citta, published by Rio Grande Games. 2000. Box. 1 box corner damaged. £18

A very attractive and fascinating big board city development game in which players vie for resources and also attract city occupants from neighbouring cities. While having people is good they have to be fed and kept healthy, happy and educated or they will head to a better city. I also have some house rules from Derek Carver which I will include a copy of.

Last Chance, published by Milton Bradley. 1995. Box. Mint. £15

Clever and fun, what more could you want from a dice game? Includes cards, play-money and gambling chips. Aim is to make the most cash as you bid to roll certain combinations of dice. A very good game, made in the same style as Sharp Shooters. Originally made by Ravensburger in Germany, but not with such style as this edition. Highly recommended.

Lemming, published by Spielfreaks. 1990. Box. Excellent. £10

Race game where the aim is to go as slowly as possible. You have a team of Lemmings, heading for a cliff dive, and whilst you will go over the edge eventually, you would prefer to see the others jump first. Good interactive card play to move the Lemmings.

Liftoff!, published by Task Force. 1990. Box. Mint. £14

Superb simulation of the space program. You are in charge at NASA. Do you skimp on safety to reach a target first? Do you lobby the government? Can you handle a disaster on the launch pad? Those are the sort of questions facing each player. Great solitaire game as well.

Enhanced Liftoff, published by Nigel Hodge. 1993. Booklet. Good. £2

This booklet gives extra options for Liftoff! It has 17 pages of ideas you may wish to try. If you like Liftoff! then this booklet is a real must.

Lords Of Creation - The Yeti Sanction, published by Avalon Hill. 1984. Box. Mint. £3

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2+. Country: American, Desc. by Andy.

A Lords Of Creation Roleplaying Supplement. This is the 2nd Lords of Creation adventure module. The adventure involves political intrigue, international terrorism and an expedition to climb Mount Everest.

Mah Jong, published by Michael Stanfield. Box. Good. £7

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-5. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

Mah Jong set with very nice wooden tiles. Includes dice and set of rules. This is a 144 tile Mah Jong set.

Mah-Jong, published by Home-made. Box. Box worn, contents good. £5

Designer Unknown. Country: Unknown, Desc. by Andy.

Very unusual item. Someone has clearly gone to a lot of trouble to make their own set of Mah-Jong. This doesn't include a set of rules, just a scoring summary, but the rules are widely available. The tiles are all made of card, and made very neatly. Tile racks are provided and there are strips of paper of different lengths and colours to use as scoring chips. The box is also divided into separate sections to store everything.

Manitou, published by Gold Sieber. 1997. Box. Mint. £6

Card game, 110 cards featuring Red Indians in four tribes. Each player hopes to trap the most Buffalo cards in each of three rounds of play. In each round you play with a number of your tribe members, some chosen, some drawn randomly. These cards interact as you vie for control of the Happy Hunting Grounds. Essentially a majorities game with some twists.

Match Winner, published by Holt Thomas. 1988. Box. Good. £6

An interesting system to simulate a football (soccer) match, with the different player positions having different possibilities for what happens next, so that the ball flows around the pitch much like a real match. Unfortunately there is hardly any player control over what happens - just when to make a substitution - the rest is decided by dice. However, for football crazy kids this may well prove a hit.

Mathematical Pie - 3 Issues, published by Mathematical Pie Ltd. ca.1970. Booklets. Good. £2

Designer Unknown. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

This is a set of 3 issues of the 8 page magazine Mathematical Pie. These are dated Autumn 1970 to Summer 1971, and have numbers: 61-63. The magazine is fascinating if you are (very) mathematically inclined. Included are puzzles and interesting mathematical observations.

Maureen Hiron's Quizwrangle, published by Maureen Hiron. Box. 2 Box edges split. £5

A trivia quiz game with over 4000 questions. The few cards I looked at had pretty hard questions on, but then I'm not much good at trivia games...

Minden Playing Card Cricket, published by Minden. 1988. Packet. Mint. £13

One of the best cricket games ever, here presented with the rarer Advanced Expansion Set (featuring individual grounds like Lords!). Statistical sports game.

Minden Soccer, published by Minden. 1992. Packet. Mint. £5

System for simulating real football matches (Soccer, not American Football), by minute-to-minute decisions. Statistics for all the 1990 World Cup teams are included, as is a system for translating statistics from any game, so that you can replay that great day for your team.

Modigliani, published by Gazebo Games Ltd. 1992. Box. Good. £9

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-6. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

This is an art auction game with really beautiful cards showing miniature versions of valuable painting from famous artists. The game also includes a wooden gavel and wooden playing pieces, and a leaflet about the various artists featured in the game. The players try to collect valuable collections of paintings, and will need to attend auctions to do so, which involves either playing special cards (eg. telephone bid) or being on the right space of the board at the time. However as well as the real paintings there are also some forgeries out there which are worthless.

Mole Hill, published by Blatz. 1996. Box. Excellent. £8

A very nice abstract game with wooden components, and one that requires a lot of lateral thinking as you are 'digging' mole burrows on a 2-dimensional board. a game lasts two rounds with each player having one turn of being the mole and one the gardener, and the best mole wins.

Mole In The Hole, published by Ravensburger. 1995. Box. Mint. £14

Very nice game with an unusual mode of play. Players try to get to certain locations on the board, because at the round's end, the board is literally lifted off the playing area. It has holes in it and this is where you want your playing pieces to be because the board will be lifted over them, leaving them on a new board. If you are not in the special places, the board is lifted together with your piece, out of the game. The bottom board has only one hole, and the mole who gets into it is the winner.

Monopoly - German Edition, published by Parker. Box. Good. £3

German edition of Monopoly, with rules in German only, and the property names all German. It is in a square box, so smaller and easier to store than most monopoly sets.

Musketiere, published by Hexagames. 1991. Box. Excellent. £8

Card game, 70 cards featuring the Musketeers and the Cardinal's Guard. Players try to win individually, but their actions are always assessed with the other players (Musketeers are all for one and one for all, after all). The aim is to win a pre-set number of ducats whilst avoiding the dreaded prison.

Noddy's Happy Families, published by Purnell & Sons. Packet. Poor. £1

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

There is no indication of the date of this set of cards, but it is clearly pretty old, perhaps 1950's. Not sure.

Offshore Oil Strike, published by Printabox. ca.1975. Box. Box shows wear. £7

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4. Country: British, Desc. by Eamon.

Promotional game, sponsored by the BP petrol company. Players have to buy blocks in the North sea and then transport rigs to search for oil. Plastic rigs and nice-looking money.

Olympigs, published by Paul Lamond Games. 1991. Box. Good. £3

There are two parts to this game - firstly a simple set collecting very basic rummy style card game. However there are also 4 plastic pigs and three action events to do with them using little action models: high jump, long jump and the pig put! When a set is collected you must successfully perform the related event for your set to stand. Other players can play a joker on you to force you to attempt the hard version of that event. Very silly, though my daughter quite likes it!

Organized Crime, published by ICE. 1990. Box. Mint. £20

Superb game of negotiation, threat, betrayal and downright nastiness. Best for four players.

Orgy, published by Comissatio Ltd. 1986. Box. Good. £5

Light hearted game for teenagers and adults. Essesntially a standard business game in which you move around the board buying and selling villas, slaves and chariots trying to get enough wealth etc to become Consul. However you can optionally play that the Orgy spaces add a forfeit. Choices during the game appear fairly limited, though on your turn you may trade money / chariots / slaves / villas etc.

Palermo, published by Piatnik. 1992. Box. Good. £20

Very nice game, with wooden pieces, and tiles to make each game different. Each player runs a protection racket, and tries to extort money from the local Pizzerias, restaurants, bars, etc.. The game is played in two phases - Phase 1 where players use the tiles to 'build' the town to their advantage, and 2, where players move their 'Villain' from place to place, collecting their loot.

Paranoia, published by West End Games.

First Edition,1984, Box. Good, £9 or Second Edition, 1987, Box, Mint, £8.

Classic roleplaying game set in a future in which everything is controlled by an all powerful computer and the characters find it hard to do anything right according to the computer’s contradictorary rules. Great fun game which will have you both laughing and crying. Needs to be experienced.

Parcheesi, published by Selchow & Richter Co.. 1959. Box. Good. £8

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4. Country: American, Desc. by Andy. Special notes: Box lid slightly split.

This is the American equivalent of Ludo, described as a backgammon game of India. This is a rather nice edition.

Password, published by Milton Bradley. ca.1962. Box. Box shows wear. £4

Designer Unknown. No. players: 3-4. Country: American, Desc. by Andy.

Special notes: 17th Edition, exact date unknown.

This is a version of a game which was originally on TV. Players must guess a secret word by being given clues by their partner. The more clues needed before the word is guessed the less points are scored. There is a neat device which keeps the lists of secret words secret - revealing them only when inserted into it.

Phantoms Of The Ice Promo Cards, published by White Wind. ca.1995. Packet. Good. £0.50

Two extra cards to use in your Phantoms of the Ice game (the German version of Slapshot). Includes full English rules for the use of each card, which are: The Hydra - a player with variable strengths depending on the opposition. The Chameleon - A player with a different level of ability in every game he plays.

Piraten Insel, published by Schmidt. 1983. Box. Excellent. £12

A game of adventure with pirates and a treasure island. Originally made privately by David (designer of Railway Rivals), the English rules were sent to me by him and are not a direct translation of the German rules (which may have been amended by the company to suit a professional publication). Wooden boats and other components.

Polyhedral Dice, Good.

Designer Unknown. Desc. by Andy.

I have lots and lots of 12 and 20 sided dice. If you want particular colours of d12 or d20 just let me know and I will see what I can do. 10p each or 12 for £1 for a mix of these two dice types - just tell me what you want!

Popular Card Games, published by W D & H O Wills. 1933. Book. Good. £10

Interesting book of games published by the Imperial Tobacco Company and probably sold in pubs. Includes 15 'families' of games with many variants.

Powers & Perils - Book Of Tables, published by Avalon Hill. 1984. Box. Mint. £4

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2+. Country: American, Desc. by Andy.

Powers & Perils Fantasy Roleplaying Supplement. This includes a book summarising the main tables in the main game, and errata from the main games. Also included are Adventure Record Sheets and 3 Reference Screens.

Quasimodo, published by Burnett Distribution Ltd. 1995. Box. Good. £3

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

The playing board is first built, adding a 3D Notre Dame, bridge and another building. The game is then played and it is a fairly basic roll and move game with a couple of obstacles to get past on the way. Attractive setup for younger children though (The box says age 5+).

Risk, published by Waddingtons. ca.1960. Box. Fair. £9

Special notes: Box edges worn, and box bottom has large indentation.

I believe this is a first British edition of this famous game, with wooden pieces. In a large white box. patent no. 765037.

Risk, published by Gibsons. ca.1963. Box. Box corners split. £7

Early British edition of this famous game. It has a thicker board than the 1st edition, but plastic pieces. In a large white box.

Robo Rally, published by Wizards of the Coast. 1995. Box. Good - Robots painted too. £30

Now rare edition, with metal robots rather than plastic ones. Each player plans ahead, programming his robot to move and shoot in various areas of the geomorphic map board. A super game.

Robo Rally Expansion : Crash And Burn, published by WoTC. 1997. Mint. £6

2 new boards and new elements to interact with your robots.

Robo Rally Expansion : Grand Prix, published by WoTC. 1997. Mint. £8

3 new boards and new elements to interact with your robots.

Rolemaster Boxed Set, published by Iron Crown Enterprises. 1989. Box. Box has small tear. £6

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2+. Country: American, Desc. by Andy.

Special notes: Second edition boxed set. Fantasy Roleplaying System in a box. The boxed set contains at least the following: Spell Law, Arms/Claw Law, Character/Campaign Law.

Rolemaster Boxed Set, published by Iron Crown Enterprises. 1984. Box. 2 Box edges split. £7

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2+. Country: American, Desc. by Andy. Special notes: Reprint of 1st edition. Also includes The Cloudlords of Tanara scenario and Character Record Sheets.

Fantasy Roleplaying System in a box. The boxed set contains at least the following: Spell Law, Arms/Claw Law, Character/Campaign Law.

Rolemaster - Spell User's Companion, published by Iron Crown Enterprises. 1991. Book. Good. £3

Roleplaying supplement for Rolemaster system. This book contains: New magical skills, herbs and spell options, magical languages, rules for masters and apprentices, Dozens of new spell lists, Prosaic spell lists.

Rolemaster Companion 1, published by Iron Crown Enterprises. 1986. Book. Good. £3

Roleplaying supplement for the Rolemaster system. This covers High level spells, New spell items, more monsters & magic items, simpler combat system, new professions, new races & optional system mechanics.

Rolemaster Companion 3, published by Iron Crown Enterprises. 1988. Book. Excellent. £3

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2+. Country: American, Desc. by Andy.

Roleplaying supplement for the Rolemaster system. This book contains: More professions, Spell Lists, Critical Tables, Spell Attack tables, Optional rules.

Roots, published by Heritage Products. 1978. Box. Good. £3

Card game, 54 cards and unusual tree-shaped score sheets. 3 game rules provided, Roots, Roots Rummy and Roots Solitaire.

Rubik's Line Up, published by Ideal. ca.1985. Box. Good. £8

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

Abstract game in which the players roll cubes over on the board trying to form a line of three cubes of the same colour (the cubes have different colours on each face). The cubes are all about an inch on each side which makes the game quite attractive.

Rubik's Race, published by Ideal. 1982. Box. Good. £5

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2. Country: British, Desc. by Eamon.

Well made puzzle game. A scrambling device generates a random assortment of colour faces and players must match the pattern on their individual board. A competitive version of those sliding puzzles where you have one space and must slide tiles around to get them into a certain order.

Rummikub 500, published by Pressman. 1992. Box. Good. £10

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4. Country: American, Desc. by Eamon.

Card game, based on Rummy. The sets and sequences that you 'lay' are placed on a special board which is marked in such a way that you have a 'territory' which is yours, but you can add to sets and sequences of your opponents if they overlap from their territory into yours.

Save The World, published by Crown & Andrews. 1989. Box. Good. £2

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-6. Country: British, Desc. by Eamon.

Ecological trivia game, recommended by TV expert David Bellamy (pictured on the lid).

Schickeria, published by Hexagames. 1989. Box. Excellent. £8

Card game, a trick taking game of buying status symbols. Fun to play. Based on an unpublished 1964 game called Big Funeral, but more taste shown in the theme this time.

Scorpion, published by Spears. 1983. Box. Good. £4

Nice dice game. Players move along a track and back again, all the time attempting to intercept and move opponents’ pieces when possible. Good up-market production.

Scrabble Original, published by Spears. 1988. Box. Good. £8

Special notes: The original tile holders have gone missing but I will provide replacements.

The classic word game - a nice edition as the box isn't too big,

Scramble!, published by Vic-Toy. ca.1960. Box. Good. £5

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2 or 4. Country: British, Desc. by Eamon.

Quaint little game, with both sides having a fleet of 9 aeroplanes, of three different sizes and designed to peg into the board. Once all 18 planes are in place, players take turns in moving a peg (by die roll) trying to land on enemy planes to take them out of play. As the peg can be moved in any direction, there is some choice to be made each turn. An unusual item.

Shapeshifters, published by Fat Messiah Games. 1991. Packet. Good. £7

A fantasy combat game in which the players take the roles of shapeshifting wizards. The heart of the game is an amazing chart showing all the possible things the wizards can transform into - ranging from Asian Dragon, Triceratops, to Jellyfish, or even an Oak Tree. Each has combat and movement statistics and a cost to maintain the form. Brilliant concept.

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, published by Sleuth. 1981. Folder. Excellent. £8 Desc. by Eamon.

Brilliant detective game in a ring binder. Very clever game. Solve crimes, travel by hansom cab, smoke a pipe, take cocaine (he really did - for medicinal purposes, of course), and answer questions like "Where are Amelie Thacker's porcelain birds?". The game works by deciding where you want to go to solve the current case, and looking up the relevent paragraph and keeping track of how much time has been used.

Six Games Compendium, published by Fim. ca.1965. Box. Good. £6

Designer Unknown. No. players: 1-4. Country: East German, Desc. by Eamon.

Compendium of games made for the English market (rules and box only use English for example), and marked as 'Made in the G.D.R. Item No. 124'. The box includes six games, Ludo, Snakes & Ladders, 9 Men's Morris, Draughts, Steeplechase and Halma. However, the manufacturers have called one game incorrectly. Instead of Halma its English name is Chinese Chequers..

Space Opera - Ground & Air Equipment, published by Fantasy Games Unlimited. 1981. Magazine.

Cover a bit worn £3. Designed by Edward E. Simbalist, A. Mark Ratner. No. players: 2+. Country: American, Desc. by Andy. Roleplaying supplement for the Space Opera system. This 38 page booklet details heavy military equipment for use with Space Opera.

Star Frontiers, published by TSR. 1982. Box. Good. £4

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2+. Country: American, Desc. by Andy.

Special notes: Original dice missing - I will provide replacements.

Roleplaying game set in space. This set includes basic rules, expanded rules, an adventure module, maps, counters and dice.

Star Frontiers - Dramune Run, published by TSR. 1984. Booklet. Good. £2

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2+. Country: American, Desc. by Andy.

This is an adventure module for the Star Frontiers role playing game. You will need both Alpha Dawn and Knight Hawks to make full use of this module.

Star Trek, The Role Playing Game, published by FASA. 1985. Box. Excellent - Unpunched. £7

Second edition. Book case box. Includes lots of starship chits, large hex space sheet, and several source / rules books.

Stardate Magazine, published by FASA. Magazine. Excellent. £0.25 per issue. Country: American, Desc. by Eamon. FASA house magazine. Most issues carry reviews, fiction and smaller items on FASA games.

No. 2. Major games articles on: Star Trek RPG

No. 3/4. Major games articles on: Star Trek RPG

No. 5/6. Major games articles on: Combots, Star Trek RPG, Battledroids, Star Trek III Starship Combat

Statis Pro Baseball, published by Avalon Hill. 1982. Box. Good. £8

Designer Unknown. No. players: 1-2. Country: American, Desc. by Eamon. Special notes: Second Edition

Possibly the best statistical baseball game. Full set of cards for every Major League player in the 1988 season. Uses the Fast Action card system.

Statis Pro Baseball Scoresheets, published by Avalon Hill. 1988. -. Mint. £0.50

Designer Unknown. No. players: 1-2. Country: American, Desc. by Andy.

Extra scoresheets - worth having if you own the game already. If you order the base game from me I will throw these in if they haven't already sold (but please remind me!)

Statis Pro Basketball - 1980 Season, published by Avalon Hill. 1980. Envelope. Good. £3

Statistical NBA Basketball supplement featuring the 1980 season team rating card and player cards.

Statis Pro Football 1998 Teams, published by Avalon Hill. 1998. Packet. Excellent. £2

Supplemental teams for this complex American Football statistical simulation, which is adored by its fans.

Subbuteo Squads - Premier League Pro Edition, published by Subbuteo. 1996. Box. Good. £10

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

Special notes: 50+ addtional cards included in this set. Card and board soccer game. The base sets comes with 165 cards representing players, managers, grounds and match incidents. The rules introduce the game in various stages to make it easier to learn as it is quite complex as a whole.

Super 3, published by Milton Bradley Games. 1978. Box. Good. £5

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2. Country: Ireland, Desc. by Andy.

An interesting mix between a majorities game and a three in a row game. Dice are rolled and the result indicates that a peg may be placed in any hole marked with that number. The board has a 3x3 array of 3x3 grids, and the objective is to win any 5 of the large grids or 3 of them in a row. The same rules apply to winning the grids within the grid. Neat idea and provides plenty of options and decisions.

Super Star T.V. Sports, published by A.R.C.. 1980. Box. Box poor. £5

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4. Country: American, Desc. by Andy.

A set of 12 different sports games all popular on American TV: Soccer, Basketball, Track, Skiing, Baseball, Hockey, Football, Boxing, Golf, Auto Racing, Bowling, Tennis. The set includes 3 game boards with areas for each of the games. The games are all fairly simple, with 1-3 pages of rules per game, but not entirely trivial, having some card play decisions or for the motor racing game acceleration decsions etc. The bowling game is table skittles. A nice collection for the younger player.

Survival, published by Galt. ca.1970. Box. Good. £3

Set collecting educational game with tile-like cards of animals. that fit into different food chains. Object is to complete your chain and place threat cards on to opponent's chains.

Syntax, published by Berriman International. 1985. Box. Good. £5

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

Unusual word game in which the players construct mini sentences and phrases using crossword style word spacers as well as letter tiles already on the board and in hand. The box base is also unusual, being moulded polystyrene.

Take That - The Game, published by MMG Ltd. 1994. Box. Mint. £4

Item for fans of the pop group Take That. Ask your daughter if this means nothing! Anyway I can't say much about it as it is still shrinkwrapped. It does have a board, card stands, counters and 150 cards though.

Talking Stones, published by Goldsieber Spiele. 1997. Box. Excellent. £5

Party game in which the players take it in turns to get the others to guess a word by using a large bag of yellow stones to make a picture to get the word across. The word cards are in German, but a translation of these words is included. There is no rules translation (German only), but it is pretty simple, and skimming them with basic German understanding and a look at the components makes the game playable.

Tank Battle, published by Milton Bradley. 1976. Box. 2 Box edges split. £7

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2. Country: British, Desc. by Eamon.

One of the first games made by this company in this country. Components include 12 large tanks, 10 anti-tank guns, and a smattering of plastic buildings. Players drive their tanks into enemy positions, but must survive minefields and shell barrages.

Tank Command, published by Ideal. 1975. Box. Box battered. £8

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

This comes in a very long box because it has a long moulded plastic playing area with string activated minefields! The set also includes 8 very nice 3.5 inch long model tanks. Game play involves trying to outguess your opponent by trying to choose a shell just a bit more powerful than they choose. A great one to play with your young son / nephew / grandson!

Teeko, published by John Scarne Games Inc.. 1963. Box. Good. £12

The designer is a well known games expert, especially in the field of gambling games. According to him this is a cross between Tic Tac Toe, Checkers, Chess and Bingo! The 72 page rule book includes the standard game, advanced game and many others. Certainly it is abstract but it looks good, though the designer does rather blow his own trumpet in the introduction!

Terminator 2 Judgement Day, published by Parker. 1992. Box. Good. £6

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4. Country: American, Desc. by Andy.

Film tie-in, with lots of pictures from the film on the box and cards etc. The players must collect three special items and then do battle with the T-1000 in the steel mill until it is finally destroyed and the game won. Movement is by card play and special cards can be retained to improve your chances in battle or move the T-1000 around the board to your advantage and others' woe.

The Game Of Geog, Map Board + Small box. Board back discoloured. £3

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2+. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

Unusual item. This is more of a geography test than a game. The board shows a map of England with many circles where there are towns. Players take it in turns to ask each other what town is in a particular circle. A master map shows the answers. I don't know how old this is, but I would guess 1930s. I could well be wrong though.

The Hercules & Xena Roleplaying Game, published by West End Games. ca.1998. Box. Good. £6

Role playing games based on the two TV series (Xena - Warrior Princes, and Hercules - The Legendary Journeys). This set includes: The Hero's Guide - for character creation and play; Secrets of the Ancient World covering skill use, combat, monsters, treasures, gods etc; GM Screen; 3 16 page adventures including a solo adventure. 6 custom engraved dice.

The London Game, published by Seven Towns. 1972. Box. Box Poor. £5

Good race game, played on a genuine map of the London Underground. Players compete to reach six sites of interest, as shown by their hand of cards. Interaction provided by closing stations down. Good route planning, with a minimum of changing trains, is very important. Full of historical information about London as well.

The Mad Game, published by Parker. ca.1979. Box. Good. £3

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4. Country: American, Desc. by Andy.

This is a game inspired by Mad Magazine, but is not the card game from the magazine. It is a game in which the players try to lose all their money, and do so by going round the outside of the board and alternate tracks. There are lots of daft actions on the spaces and on the cards as well. Not to be taken seriously (in case you hadn't guessed!)

The Past Of Pastimes, published by Chatto & Windus. 1969. Book. Good. £12

A superb hardback book, which tells the story of so many leisurely pastimes, including boardgames, and makes use of illustrations from many of the great museums. Here are some of the chapter headings: The Delights of Dice, From Pall Mall to the Cricket Pitch, Child's Play, Game and Playe of Chesse, From Cock-Fighting to Football, Card Games and Origins, Mainly Bowls and Billiards, Games in English Pubs and The Antiquity of Board Games. A nice reference work.

The Venice Connection, published by Venice Connection. 1995. Box. Excellent. £7

Simple tile laying game for two players. Players put down one or two attractively illustrated large tiles to add to the canal, trying to ensure that they are the player who completes the canal or makes their opponent add a tile so that it is no longer possible to complete it.

The Watchers of the Sacred Flame, published by Integrated Games. 1984. Box. Mint. £4

This is an independently produced scenario boxed set for any fantasy roleplaying game, although it specifically mentions D&D, AD&D, and Runequest. It also includes realistic settings from Endless Plans. It is for 4-6 reasonably experienced player characters, and includes a 32 page scenario booklet, 6 scenic illustraions on artboard, DM's screen, 12 sheets of floor plans, maps and scrolls etc, 6 cards with NPC stats. I don't know what the scenario is about, but the cover shows what looks like a Druid's Grove in which burns the Sacred Flame.

Thunderroad, published by Milton Bradley. 1987. Box. Good. £9

Special notes: Original dice missing and have been replaced.

Originally going to be tied into the Mad Max movies, but MB changed their mind when they realised the films were '18' rated. Very neat road combat game, with delightful vehicles. One very clever idea is the one that allows boards to be reused, i.e.. you lift up the last board and lay it in front of the first board when a car is ready to move on to it. Any cars on the last board at this time are destroyed. This leads to a very nice panic race to get your car off the rear board. It is easy to merge more than one set to accommodate more players.

Tit-Bits Teaser No.2, published by George Newnes. ca.1930. Box. Good. £7

Designer Unknown. No. players: 1. Country: British, Desc. by Eamon.

A wooden puzzle, made as a promotion for Tit-Bits magazine. If you could not do the puzzle, you could buy the magazine at some time in the future to get the answer. The puzzle consists of 14 wooden pieces (one has been replaced with a lookalike) and you must shuffle them round in the tray to get the Plane from the top left corner to the bottom right corner. The pieces are irregular in shape, which is one of the reasons why the puzzle is devilishly difficult.

Top Secret/S.I. - High Stakes Gamble, published by TSR. 1988. Box. Good. £3

Top Secret / S.I. Espionage Roleplaying Supplement. Describes Monaco and Monte Carlo, inc. Grand Prix racing, and rules for special vehicles. Take your secret agents to these glamourous locations!

Tor, published by Amigo. 1995. Box. Mint. £6

Card game, a soccer match played with a deck of 26 cards, a ball and a board. The cards are played simultaneously (both players start with the same mixture of cards) and the game mechanics are of the Paper-Scissors-Rock type mechanism. Quick to play, a good lunch-break game.

Traveller, published by GDW. 1983. Packet. Covers show wear. £5

Roleplaying system set in space in the far future. This packet includes the following: Starter Edition Rules Booklet, Charts and Tables booklet; Book 4 - Mercenary; Adventure - Mission on Mithril.

Traveller Boxed Set, published by GDW. 1977. Box. Box shows wear. £7

Roleplaying system set in space in the far future. This set includes the following: Book 1 Characters and Combat, Book 2 Starships; Book 3 Worlds and Adventures.

Triomph, published by Anderson. 1987. Box. Good. £12

Abstract game played on a hex board with wooden pieces. Players move to obtain supremacy in the centre of the board, using colours and cards in their hand to combat the other pieces. Privately made.

Trippples, published by Aladdin. 1974. Box. Good. £5

This is described as a "Feedback Strategy Game". The tile your playing piece is on limits your direction of movement the next turn although you usually get choices to make. Very nice two-player game. Second edition by this company.

Trivial Pursuit, published by Horn Abbot. 1983. Box. Good. £7

Early edition, made before the game went global. Amazingly, the box did not change once the big companies got hold of it.

Trivial Pursuit Subsidiary Card Set, published by Horn Abbot International Ltd. 1986. Box. Good. £4

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-36. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

This is an extra 1000 question and answer cards (6 questions per card, so 6000 total) for those who have overused the standard Trivial Pursuit questions. It says it is the Genus II Edition for age 15 to Adult.

Tycoon, Publisher unknown. 1987. Box. Good. £3

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-6. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

Promotional game. Business game in a similar vein to Monopoly. Squares on the board represent many different companies in and around Reading!

Tycoon, published by RAM Innovations Inc. 1986. Box. Mint. £5

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-6. Country: American, Desc. by Andy.

Business game which from the outside only appears to be in a similar vein to Monopoly. The box says: Try to become a Tycoon using your connections with organised crime, political figures and labour leaders. Pay off a judge or subpoena an opponent to court. Own a law firm or a construction company etc. Nice guys finish last!

Um Kopf Und Kragen, published by Berliner Spielkarten. 1996. Box. Good. £4

Card game, 33 cards, 6 dice and counters. Dice rolling game in which you get the option to reroll poor rolls but only if you are willing to pay for them.

Uno Dominos, published by Gibsons Games. 1986. Box. Good. £7

Essentially UNO, but with dominos rather than cards. ie. players take it in turns to play a domino onto the set of dominos already played, and win when they have no more. However, failure to play means you draw instead, and there are special dominos which reverse the direction of play, cause the next person to draw extra dominos etc.

Up The Ladder, published by Action GT. ca.1975. Box. Box Poor. £7

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4. Country: British, Desc. by Eamon.

Race game with a difference. The 'board' is a three foot long plastic step ladder, with hinged rungs. The object is to get your men to the top of the ladder but the snag is that, if you put too many pieces on one rung it will rotate catapulting the pieces down the ladder, and probably taking those below them with them. Nice idea.

Vagabondo, published by Invicta. 1979. Box. Good. £10

A nicely produced abstract game. The pieces are shaped somewhat like 'Tetris' blocks, but with from 1-6 squares involved. The pieces are blue (in 3 shades) and pink (3 shades), and pieces are placed on the board scoring for themselves and any pieces they touch. However there are placement restrictions (beyond that imposed by shape) to make it more interesting.

Vendetta, published by Parker. 1990. Box. Good. £7

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

Players' gangster pieces must negotiate the track on the board, and get safely back to base. The gangsters are hit if a very impressive rotating pair of gangster cars is spun and ends up next to one of your gang.

Watchamacallit, published by Berwick. 1972. Box. Good. £5

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-4. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

This is a game of categories - a category is chosen and players have to name things in that category. There is a spinner which selects the start letter for an appropriate word, eg. category Birds, Spinner says E so Eagle would be appropriate. There is also a ball for each player and a special bowl with a hole. When you say a suitable word you drop your ball in the bowl, so if two people call out simultaneously this breaks the tie.

Weltreise, published by Ravensburger. 1968. Box. Good. £8

Designer Unknown. No. players: 2-6. Country: German, Desc. by Eamon.

One of Ravensburger's staple games, very popular as a family game in Germany. Players race round the world and have to visit a city in each continent before returning to their starting point. Each player has a different set of cities. The map has 3 types of connection between cities: train, air and sea, and only one type can be used per turn, making the route planning more interesting. An optional rule can be used to penalise a player who rolls 6 too often!

Wicketz, published by Paul Lamond Games. 1994. Box. Good. £22

Reprinted version of this beautiful cricket game. It includes plastic cricketers, umpires, stumps etc. A spinner determines the type of bowl, and the batsman decides what stroke to play. A card is then drawn which determines what happens. The fielding player also has to position his team around the board as not everywhere can be well covered. Rules include advanced options too. A must for the cricket fan.

Wings Over France, published by Lambourne. 1999. Packet. Good. £15

Wonderful solitaire game, with highly original concepts and design. You join the Royal Flying Corps in the Great War, and must survive three weeks at the Front. In the Campaign Game you might get promoted, decorated, injured or cremated! Second edition, with much better printing quality, including colour, a real rarity in a Lambourne game.

Word Games, published by Merit. Box. 2 Box corners split. £7

Designer Unknown. No. players: 1-4. Country: British, Desc. by Andy.

A set of 8 word games played with tiles on a table. The games are called: Crossword, Anagrams, Word Rummy, Word Dominoes, Word Ghost, Snatch Words, Word Solitaire & Passwords. A nice collection for word game fans.

Wordsearch, published by Pressman. 1988. Box. Good. £10

Word game in which the board starts nearly full of random letter tiles, and players take turns to move some letters along empty rows / columns / diagonals to make a word, and score points for it. Nice and clever word game.

Wortersee, published by Kosmos. 1998. Box. Excellent. £10

This is a word game in which a sea of letters is randomly set up in what is effectively a hexagonal grid. The letters are revealed and players have until an egg timer's sand runs out to spot words made up with adjacent letters and claim lots of the starting letter pairs with little markers. Players then score 1 point for each letter in each word they spotted. There are extra letters for use with the English language rather than German too.

Wurmeln, published by Blatz. 1994. Box. Excellent. £7

Excellent, silly race game as you bid for the right to move your worm (made up of separate parts which are moved from the back to the front as it advances) up the table. You can twist and turn to 'vex' your opponents, as the rules say.

Yahtzee - 40th Anniversary Set, published by Milton Bradley. 1996. Box. Mint. £7

Designer Unknown. No. players: 1+. Country: American, Desc. by Andy.

Well known dice game in which players have to score as much as possible in various categories. This set is a special 40th Anniversary edition of the game with a well made dice rolling tray.

York Town, published by Simulation Games. ca.1975. Box. Box Poor. £5

A board wargame covering Sep/Oct 1781 and the siege of York Town. The American and French forces lay siege to the occupying British forces. The box says it plays in 2-4 hours and 1 turn is 1 day (max 31 turns).

Zed, published by Smurfit Group. 1976. Box. Good. £9

Abstract game which takes some ideas from chess (piece capture, win by capturing the 'King', different pieces have different moves), but also some from the Stratego family (all except 'King ' initially set up secretly, pieces reveal their true nature during the game).

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