Sorry, this isn't a computer help thread. I'm trying to figure out the name of a trivia board game I used to play as a kid. You progressed through the game by answering questions and working your way through the planets of our solar system. I can picture the board (black, with the planets connected by strings of triangles, I think), but I can't remember what it's called. And for reference, I would have done my own research, but alas, because it is a game, all of the websites that might be of use are blocked by my well-meaning employer. Thanks.
Posted by Zevlag (Member # 1405) on :
Sorry, I don't think I have ever seen that game.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Was it monopoly ish? and you like landed on planetary moons and stuff?
I had a board game kinda like that but I don't remember the name either.
(yeah I know not much help)
AJ
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
I think it only involved the 9 planets and maybe the sun. You started ... at the sun, I'm guessing and moved your way through the solar system. That's about all I can remember. I'm pretty sure it was a trivia game. I have a friend that remembers the game, so I know I'm not crazy, but she doesn't remember what it's called, either.
Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
This doesn't look quite how I remember it, but it sounds like the one I remember playing.
Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
This one is more Monopoly-like. It is definitely not one I played growing up though.
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
Solo, the first one doesn't quite look like it, but it could just be a newer version of the one I played, and the second link was blocked.
Posted by Happy Camper (Member # 5076) on :
Does this look familiar? It's a game called space hop, and I think it has the same basic premise as the game you're talking about. My brother had this one, and it's sister game star hop from a long time ago.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
The second one solo linked to, Solar Quest is the game I had. It was a boring game if you played it according to the rules, which I don't think I ever did. It normally degenerated into some sort of an interplanetary space battle.
AJ
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
This is one of those times when I think I'm crazy, but I know I'm not. And I can't think of a way to figure this out, but thanks for all the suggestions. Some of the games looked a lot cooler than the one I'm trying to find.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Fiazko, sorry to break it to you sweetie, but you post on Hatrack. Ergo, you're crazy.
AJ
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*sad* She's right, you know.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote: "But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
quote:Solo, the first one doesn't quite look like it, but it could just be a newer version of the one I played
Yeah, I thought the same thing when I looked at it. It looks like a different box/board than I remember, but it sounds like the same game.
My brother and I used to play it at my grandparents house.
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
What a great Alice quote, rivka!
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
I'm automatically crazy, huh?
Good to know.
Anyway, I'm still stumped. I've been asking everyone who is at least my age. I'm starting to think it doesn't exist. I'm starting to think I don't exist. No wait. Nevermind.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Fiazko, don't worry. While I can't remember the name I'm almost positive I played this in my Search class in elementary school.
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
Ok, well that makes me feel a little better, but if I don't figure out the name soon, I'm gonna start rocking back and forth and drooling.
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Good to know.