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