Board To Death

Tornado Bowl is a great example of how, back in the day, they would take anything, regardless of how horrifying it might be, and turn it into a board game. Though, Tornado Bowl is another one of those that straddles the line between board game and toy. But, as with any of the others, it comes with a base and pieces that go on it, so that, in my opinion, makes it a board game. Regardless of semantics, Tornado Bowl is for up to 4 players, and takes around a half hour to complete. There's no designer listed, as seems to be the case for most of the games I cover these days, but then again...what's to design here? You'll understand when you see it. Tornado Bowl was released in 1971 by Ideal, which is kind of ironic because it's less than ideal to be stuck in a tornado. The description for the game from Board Game Geek is as follows: Here's a game for those who like wild and wacky excitement! You set up your pins, then the TORNADO TOP is released...and the frenzy starts...

Gunfight at O.K. Corral is a board game in which a pair of dueling children pit their monstrous sized personal Cowboys against one another in a fight to the death. Okay, not really, but that would be so much better than what it actually is, wouldn't it? Kaiju Cowboys? Maybe it's just me who find that amusing. Either way, Gunfight is similar to the previous game featured here, "Crossfire", in that it almost boils down to essentially the same overall concept of just shooting things at whoever is on the other side of the board. Published by Ideal in 1973, I can find no information on either the designer or the artist, which kind of leaves us in a tough spot, because now I don't have anyones career to pick through for amusement, so let's talk about the game itself, shall we? Frankly, I think if you're having a gunfight, then not everything is okay at this corral. The description of this game is as follows: This is a children's dexterity game where players ...

If I were head of Milton-Bradley, and someone came up to me and said, "How about we make a game where kids launch fucking spiders at one another?", I wouldn't only give that person a raise on the spot, I would even make them my right hand man, because holy shit is that a hilarious idea. Beware The Spider is a board game produced by Milton-Bradley in 1980, though I could find no further information on the designer or the artist, and the playing time supposedly only runs for a mere 10 minutes, which makes it a perfect game for young kids (hence the age range they suggest on the box) to just while away an hour with on a boring rainy afternoon. Of course, this isn't the 90s anymore and kids have cell phones now for some reason, so. Anyway, the game takes 2 C-cell batteries to run, and the plot essentially goes like this: The plastic game base has a silver conductive web on which various plastic critters are placed. A felt spider is situated menacingly next to the web in i...