Recently I picked up a small collection of Avalon Hill’s excellent All-Star Replay magazine. This was published for several years to support the company’s line of Sports Illustrated games and is a treasure trove of experimental rules, and add-ons, many […]
Here’s a classic game that many of this blog’s older readers will know well – Cricket by the Fireside. Known to some as “Book Cricket”, it’s a simple system that was written up in the Eagle Annual No. 5. It […]
The All-Star Replay is a magazine from the Avalon Hill game company which focussed initially on the Sports Illustrated games in its line up and expanded out into more general articles covering sport and other games. Published between 1977 and […]
It is no surprise to me that I have an obsessive tendancy, but every now there is a perfect example that just makes me say to myself “you crazy indulgent b£$%rd!” Recently I bought probably my fifth or sixth copy […]
A simple dice roller cricket game featuring the great English wicket keeper, Godfrey Evans. The game had dice that the enthusiastic player put together themselves, and the backing card had both the rules (back) and a “specimen” score card (front). […]
Back in the day Avalon Hill produced all manner of games — no subject seemed off limits. From office politics, the stock market, sailing, sports, and any battle from the World Wars. Inside the vast box containing The Longest Day, […]