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6 board games all 90s kids will remember because they’re just so frigging awesome

2016-05-16 , 12:15 pm

Last Updated on 2016-05-19 , 1:53 pm

Are you a 90’s kid? Well, if you are, you will definitely remember these 6 board games that have enthralled us for hours simply because they’re just that awesome. Do you have unforgettable memories from playing these games as well?

Monopoly
Who hasn’t heard of Monopoly? Monopoly is arguably the most famous board game ever. Even its mascot, whose name is actually Rich Uncle Pennybags (how apt for the game), is a distinguishable sight among all other mascots.

Monopoly is an American board game that demonstrates wealth creation in an economy and promotes taxation. Sure enough, when you land on someone else’s property, you’ll have to pay fees. The game is so popular that it is sold in more than 103 countries and printed in more than thirty-seven languages.

Risk
For those with a dream to be a dictator in the 90s, Risk must have been the game for you. In Risk, you eliminate the other players by taking over their territory which is based on a word atlas.

Players control armies, and when it is a player’s turn to attack, the player can only attack territories that are adjacent to or connected by a sea-lane to a territory already held. The battle’s outcome is determined by dice rolls

Snakes and Ladders
Ah, the classic Snakes and Ladders – Do you know that Snakes and Ladders originated from India? Originally, it started off as an ancient Indian board game. The objective of this game is to strive towards the last numbered grid, but is made difficult by snakes, and easier by ladders.

Interestingly, The ladders are supposed to represent virtues such as generosity, faith, and humility, while the snakes symbolise vices such as lust, anger, murder, and theft. The morality lesson of Snakes and Ladders is that a person can attain salvation by doing good while being evil will mean you will be rebirthed into lower forms of life.

Connect 4
Connect 4 is like an alternative tic-tac-toe. It’s harder because instead of getting at 3 in a row, your objective is to hit 4 in a row. In this two-player connection game, players take turns dropping coloured discs from the top into a 7 by 6 vertically-suspended grid. Furthermore, this game is a strategy game, and you have to think before making a move, unlike a luck-based game like snakes and ladders. This game is pretty old too, published in 1974.

Jenga
Jenga is one fun game you’ll never not know. In this, your mental and physical skill is put to the test. Players take turns to remove one block at a time from a 54-blocked tower. As each block is removed and balanced on top of the tower, the tower becomes taller, and heavier at the top, thereby becoming more unstable. The loser is the one who cause the tower to fall. A fun fact: The name Jenga is derived from a Swahili word meaning “build”.

Younger kids will probably remember this as Uno Stacko.

Animal Chess
Animal chess is a popular chess game among Chinese. Animal Chess, or “Jungle” is a traditional Chinese board game played on a 7×9 board. The objective of this game is to either to move an animal onto a special square, the den, on the opponent’s side of the board or capture all of the opponent’s animals.

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6 board games all 90s kids will remember because they’re just so frigging awesome

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