Famous Parker games: Monopoly (1936)
The Whole World is playing MONOPOLY — the Greatest Game Craze ever known.
The proved White Box Set with removable Bank (compartment tray), double supply special “Slip” Money and gold stamped Grand Hotels is the favorite medium-priced set.
3 to 10 players. Price $3.50. Monopoly from $2 upwards. Beautiful New $10 and $25 Sets. Rules include Two Forms of “Short” Monopoly for a quick game.
Melvin Purvis’ G-Men board game
Latest game thrill for youngsters up to 90 years of age. Run down the”Public Enemy” — Get your man! Price $1.50.
Camelot vintage game
Famous and Exciting Battle game for Men and Boys. A hundred times more lively than checkers. A wonderful game! $1 to $5 a set.
Other famous Parker Games from 1936 include Make a Million, Rook, Flinch, Touring, Sorry, Pigskin, Hendrik Van Loon’s Wide World game, etc.
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Mr. Ree: The thriller mystery game (1937)
Who killed Aunt Cora? No dice, no spinners, no pathway to follow. Special character pawns. Mystery weapons. Knife. Poison. Revolver. Hatchet.
Plot executed right before your eyes. No one but the guilty knows who did it. It’s the detective’s job to find out. Easy to learn and play. Lasts 15 to 30 minutes; 4 to 8 players.
Highway Patrol (the National Safety Game)
NEW Board Game! Watch out! Don’t cut in! Drive your car properly and WIN. Price $1.50
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Rich Uncle
We strongly recommend this exciting, quick action, fast playing, new game. It is excellent. Rich Uncle Pennybags who owns most of the town, and the “Daily Bugle” plays a startling and most novel part in this unusual game. Price $3.00
Egyptian game Senet
A new revelation. The most popular game of 4000 years ago, interpreted by Parker Brothers from ancient Egyptian sources in collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Price $3.00
Best-selling board games in the ’40s
Most popular of the world’s great standard games. Best seller of “best sellers.” Sets at $2 and upwards.
- Camelot – Best modern board game of skill. Gray-box set $1.50. Pictorial board set $2; with ivoroid men $5 and $7.50.
- Rook – The Game of Games. Always and every-where popular. Quick climaxes and exciting play. 75 cents.
- Children’s Hour (NEW) – Box contains three jolly, fun-making games. $2.00
- Finance – Fast action trading game. $1.50
- Pigskin – Captain Tom Hamilton’s own game. Football at its best. $3.50
- Dig – Letter game played with “magic picks.” $1.50
- Flinch – Popular everywhere. 150 cards. $1.00
- Sorry – A great board game. Surprise moves and unusual action. $2.00
Vintage board games from 1947 – Walt Disney Uncle Remus game
Sorry: Vintage game from the ’40s
Full of surprise moves and unusual plays. One of the best-loved board games for players of all ages.
Crow Hunt game
Most amusing of all shooting games. Special accurate repeating rifle shoots elastic bands. Comical crows and “Elmer the Duck” automatically reappear as a target.
Camelot
The fascination of Camelot, its interest and mental excitement increases by leaps and bounds after a beginner has played his first few games. Camelot is indeed “one of the few really great games”— Easily learned.
No. 25 gray-boxed set $1.25; No. 80 Standard Edition — handsome pictorial and slightly larger board $2; No. 90 Tournament Set, large board with large squares, enameled wood pieces $3.50; No. 95 Tournament Set with Ivoroid pieces $5.
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Cam (quick-playing form of the Camelot game)
Vintage board games from 1941 – US Service games
Dig action game
The pick does the trick! Just dig letters from the pile with the Magic Pick, and be the first to form a winning word.
Pit vintage game from 1944
For a gay fun-making game, for laughter, excitement and a general good time nothing in card games has ever equaled PIT, now experiencing a remarkable revival. Tremendous favorite with young people and house parties. Fine quality cards 75 cents.
Bonanza: Mississippi River Boat game
Contack: Match colored & numbered triangles
Make-A-Million
A sensational Card Game. The Object is to Capture Count Cards totaling a Million. Havoc is raised by the adroit use of the Exciting Bull and Bear cards. You will like it. Price 75 cents.
Vintage board games from 1940 – Citadel
Attack and counter-attack with Barons, Heralds and Archers! You’ll enjoy the original moves in Citadel — an artistic new game which is easy to learn, and smart to play.
Circle Gammon – Adaptation of Backgammon
Vintage board games from 1949 – Tiddledy Winks Tennis
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Ro-Nock-O with marbles
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Expanse
Here’s a game you won’t play once or twice and toss aside. it’s unique — different — fascinating — and complicated.
Doesn’t play the same way twice — guaranteed to hold your interest indefinitely as you move cargo around the world against the intrigue and speed of your rivals.
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I’m looking for a game that was put out by Parker Brothers in the 1930’s or 1940’s called Boom or Bust. I have looked every where and can’t find it. My husband played the game as a child at his grandmothers house and would love to have it. Do you know where I can maybe get it.
Thank You, Annette
Ran across this message. Saw a few of this this game on eBay for $79 t o149.94