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All-Star Replay from Avalon Hill

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

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 […]

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Stumpz – Brochure

June 16, 2021June 18, 2021

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 […]

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Godfrey Evan’s Cricket Game

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021

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). […]

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Statis Pro – Price List from The Longest Day box

June 1, 2021

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, […]

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Statis Pro Baseball 1979 – Rulebook

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021

The 1979 Statis Pro Baseball boxed set came with the first edition rules. They are a masterclass in simplicity and brevity, running in total for four pages. Only the first page and a half contain the actual rules, while the […]

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Fred Perry’s Wimbledon Game

May 29, 2021May 29, 2021

Tennis lives on the margins of sports replay games. There have been a few attemps including some mainstream ones back in the day, but tennis games are a long way behind the big ticket sports such as baseball, NFL, golf, […]

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It’s Opening Day – 1978

May 22, 2021May 22, 20213 Comments

The season is about to begin, although we have to wait until day four before the Yankees start their season opening series against the Texas Rangers. After an hour or so of seperating and bagging all of the teams from […]

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A Century of Cricket Games – Exhibition

May 21, 2021June 17, 20216 Comments

In 2016 the MCC Museum at Lord’s, the home of cricket, launched the exhibition “A Century of Cricket Games”. A large majority of the cricket board games on display came from my personal collection, which I have now donated permanently […]

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He’s Out – The New “Test Match” Game

May 21, 2021May 26, 2021

He’s Out is a classic, hard to find, vintage cricket board game from Glevum, makers of all sorts of very British board games in the 1920s and 30s. It’s amongst the finest games in my collection of cricket board games […]

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Stumpz – The Pinnacle of Cricket Games

May 18, 2021May 21, 2021

The following is an excerpt of a speech I gave at Lord’s, the home of cricket, on a special MCC Members only day which explored the history of board games. Among the speakers was myself as an avid collector of […]

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