Vintage Games

Those of us who are now adults (in age if not in spirit) have fond memories of games played as children. Patrick Korner, a member of the Terminal City Gamers in British Columbia, Canada, has written a series of articles looking back at many of the games of his youth.

The first of his articles focuses on a simple, public domain strategy game: Mill, also known as Morris.

The second article features some great back-stabbing games: Diplomacy, Junta, Rette Sich Wer Kann (Every Man for Himself) and a newly discovered favorite of mine, Intrige (Intrigue).

The third article in the series looks at games that have been printed in various editions (Cosmic Encounter, Acquire, etc.), and some that have been reprinted but also reworked (Inner Circle, Santa Fe, etc.).

In the fourth article, Korner takes a look at HeroQuest.

Article five takes a look at Camelot, in addition to two-player abstract games from the 1980s like Pente, Barrier, Domination (aka Focus), and Black Box.

And in the most recent entry, article six, Korner looks at the games published in the 1970s and 1980s by the British company Waddingtons, including Project KGB, Project CIA, Crisis, Addiction, and The Great Downhill Ski Game.