Remember These Classic ’70s and ’80s Board Games?

Long before “screen time” and connecting via social media, rainy Saturdays in the 1970s revolved around the thrill of Trouble’s Pop-O-Matic bubble, the sound of plastic chips falling from the Connect Four grid or maybe, if you were lucky to survive, the nerve-shredding buzz from a misguided funny bone removal during Operation (there was nothing funny about it).

’70s / ’80s Board Games Came to Life With Sounds and Moving Parts

These classic board games didn’t just help you pass the time; they taught you life skills, whether you liked it or not.

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The Game of Life even forced you to consider the benefits of a mortgage and oncoming midlife crises, all at the tender age of seven.