25 Board Games That We All Played in the 1970s

UltimateClassicRock ^

[nickcarraway]

[alternatives?]

Panzer Blitz?

[FatherofFive]

Diplomacy remains a great game. There are several websites for online play

[notdownwidems]

8-track tapes: how many players were ruined by people drunk Kelly trying to put the tapes in with the cover still on?

[yuleeyahoo]

I played a lot of Feudal and Diplomacy in the 70s. I didn’t play games like Panzer Blitz and Squad Leader until the 80s.

[ConservativeMind]

It’s missing “Pay Day.”

[dfwgator]

"That's it, Buster! No more military aid!"

[CatOwner]

Not exactly mainstream, but baseball board games from Strat-O-Matic and APBA were quite popular. So were the various bookshelf board games from Avalon Hill, which included many war game scenarios.

[mmichaels1970]

I’ve got vintage Masterpiece in my basement. As well as this awesome game:

[FatherofFive]

Coup d’Etat is a card game we still enjoy, and my grandkids like Bridg-it.

[Zathras]

Risk!
The longest playing board game ever created.

[telescope115]

Chutes and ladders, Monopoly, Perfection, Hungry Hippo, Operation, Mouse Trap, it goes on and on. Some of the I played as a kid in the 60s, and then I played them with my kids in the 80s and 90s.

FUN TIMES!

[mmichaels1970]

Pay Day definitely belongs. Perhaps I’d drop Master Mind if I had to.

[KC Burke]

And where is Scrabble, Contract Bridge, blackjack and back gammon?

[Sacajaweau]

Risk was a favorite. Made you think.

Monopoly was next...made you greedy.

[Marmolade]

Careers was popular in our house. We found 3 different
versions over the years and we played them all. We still
have that game and it gets played by adults and kids on
game night. We also have several of the others mentioned, too.

[MotorCityBuck]

Yep.
Avalon Hill Die cut board games.
Hours and hours.😄👍

[dfwgator]

Risk was a favorite. Made you think.

[Sacajaweau]

We still play Scrabble...and my son still always beats me.

[mmichaels1970]

Man I loved Strat O Matic. Before I’d ever heard of fantasy baseball, I would take my strat cards to school and we’d have a draft. I’d charge a buck a team. Then I’d go home every night and play teams against each other solitaire style and bring the box scores and cumulative stats to school the next day.

My desk in homeroom was always mobbed.

Thanks for the memory.