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Slime Monster

It's a shame that they stopped producing board games that essentially were based around a schlocky 50s b horror film, because what a gem this one truly is. Okay, so what if all the kids on the box look like they've just experienced the thrill of tasting human flesh and now hunger for it nonstop, that still makes the concept (of the game, not cannibalism) really cool!  Designed by Jeffrey Breslow and Erick Erickson - a name which has to be fake because nobody would do that to a child - and released by Mattel in 1977, "Slime Monster" follows the idea of The Slime Monster having invaded the town, and only you can stop him! You must get from the High School to the Armory, pick up a land mine and knock the Slime Monster over. But be careful that the Slime monster doesn't knock you over with his slime. Let's just get past the core issue that apparently teenagers are allowed to just wander into an armory and take as many landmines as they please. What kind of ho