Games
Fizz Bowling
A drinking game of the 1960s, invented at European ski lodges:
The Montana Standard - Feb 10, 1963
A few more details from the Akron Beacon Journal (Feb 6, 1963):
Some googling reveals that it's now possible to buy gin bottles shaped like bowling pins. Available from Amazon for $18.99 (empty, you add your own gin). However, they're made of glass, so probably not great for fizz bowling.
I'm guessing the people back in the 60s were playing with minis, rather than full-size bottles.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 29, 2020 -
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Category: Games, Sports, 1960s, Alcohol
Follies of the Madmen #450
Why not eliminate half your potential customers by insisting your product is only for men?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 29, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Games, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1950s, Men, Women
Twiggy Board Game
Details here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 02, 2019 -
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Category: Celebrities, Fashion, Games, 1960s
Phyl and Mikhy
Background info here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 25, 2019 -
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Category: Games, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Sports, Television, Foreign Customs, 1980s, Russia
Masquerade Party
Here's what's really weird about this show: a poet, Ogden Nash, and an author, Ilka Chase, were not considered too highbrow for a game show, and were recognized by the mass audience. Try that today!
Of course, having Dagmar on the show did not hurt.
The other parts of this episode also on YouTube.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 04, 2019 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Celebrities, Disguises, Impersonations, Mimics and Forgeries, Games, Literature, Television, 1950s
Bridge player caught doping
A doping scandal has rocked the world of competitive bridge. The World Bridge Federation announced that top-ranked player Geir Helgemo has been suspended after he tested positive for synthetic testosterone and the female fertility drug clomifene while playing in the World Bridge Series in Orlando, Florida.Of course, these drugs don't enhance or otherwise affect one's ability to play bridge. But apparently the World Bridge Federation is recognized by the International Olympic Committee, which means the bridge players need to follow the same anti-doping rules as Olympic athletes.
More details: globalnews.ca
Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 09, 2019 -
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Category: Drugs, Games, Sports
Our Guys in Salisbury - The Game
Recently created by the Russian company Igroland and on sale in Moscow. Players retrace the route of Russian assassins to the nerve agent attack in Salisbury. Seems worthy of inclusion in the odd board games category. More details.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jan 27, 2019 -
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Category: Games
The Guts Game
The first game ever that requires the player to swallow a sensor. The game is then played by doing things to change your gut temperature over the next 24 hours, until the sensor is excreted. The game isn't yet available for sale. From Forbes.com:More info: Exertion Games Lab [pdf]
Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 28, 2018 -
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Category: Games
The Stay-Alert Game
Briefly experimented with in 1969 as a way to motivate U.S. troops in Vietnam to stay alert, fight better, and avoid casualties. The idea was that combat would be turned into a game. Each platoon was awarded points for enemy troops killed, weapons captured, and rice caches discovered. But they lost points if they suffered any battle casualties. The winning platoon would receive two or three days off at a rest center.Troops hated the stay-alert game, so it was quickly mothballed.
Appleton Post-Crescent - May 5, 1969
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 17, 2018 -
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Category: Games, Military, War, Armed Forces, 1960s
New Frontier Board Game
"New Frontier" board game, "THE GAME NOBODY CAN WIN", designed by Colorful Products, Inc. The game is an anti-John F. Kennedy, anti-socialist "twist" on the MONOPOLY board game published by Parker Brothers. The front of the package reads "The Funniest Political / Game of the Century!" over the silhouette of rocking chair labeled "J.F.K.". The game board contains references to Hubert Humphrey, Lyndon Johnson, Edward Murrow, et al. The game was packaged by the Occupational and Training Center of Help for Retarded Children, Inc.
More pix at this link.
A few others here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 07, 2018 -
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Category: Games, Government, 1960s, Satire
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