Careers was great because you got to pick your winning goal by deciding on the distribution of victory points (fame, happiness and money) and then play accordingly. I shudder to think what they did to that one.

ETA: Head of the Class was a good one too.

I hate the fact that she is now retiring. I didn't hear her full remarks or their context, but her retiring makes it seem like someone thinks she's lost her ability to think clearly.

Oooh, I think I remember Careers! I think only my cousin had it, though, not us. Also some leftover Barbie game from the early '60s which I would love to get my hands on again, just to see.

We didn't play Uno as kids, but Sara LOVES it. We play a lot of Uno now.

Never played Risk, but since Uno was a local game (created and originally manufactured in Joliet, Illinois), we played it all of the time. I even went to an Uno tournament when I was in junior high.

And I loved Risk right up until the point when I decided that I was a pacifist and opposed war games that glorified military conflict. Yeah, I was that kind of kid. I must have been so insufferable.

You should try the Lord of the Rings version of Stratego. All the war with none of the guilt.

Jesse, they've all been ruined.

That sounds about right. Oh well.

Did Helen Thomas just wake up and say to herself, "Fuck it. I'm old and I'm gonna say some outrageous shit today."?

That also sounds about right! You know she was bitching to some friends about what she would say if she could, and they were like, "You know, you totally could...."

I played most of the games mentioned, but one of my favs that has disappeared was Masterpiece which gave you a little art history, with famous painting cards and bidding and such.

And I loved Risk right up until the point when I decided that I was a pacifist and opposed war games that glorified military conflict. Yeah, I was that kind of kid. I must have been so insufferable.

You would have loved the (incredibly boring) cooperative game I used to try to make my parents play all the time! You were beavers trying to build a dam, but the Army Corps of Engineers kept thwarting you! Or something.

It was called RPM!

From BoardGame geek:

RPM is a word game played on a revolving board. The board is divided into 4 quarters. Each quarter has a top and bottom section. The object of the game is to form and capture words of 2 or more letters by placing letter tiles, one per quarter, as the board revolves. All players make their moves at the same time. The board makes exactly 5 revolutions before it is automatically stopped. This gives each player 20 opportunities to place his tiles. Colored tiles are used to capture completed words.

There's a couple for sale and I'm very tempted.

one of my favs that has disappeared was Masterpiece which gave you a little art history, with famous painting cards and bidding and such.

Ooooh. We should totally design a Leverage board game. Like Clue, only you go around a museum stealing stuff.