Community Post: 22 Brilliantly British Board Games 1. Noel’s House Party
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A game of the most inexplicably popular programme of the early ’90s. You know you watched it, but YOU DON’T KNOW WHY.
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2. The Darling Buds of May Game
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Via virginmedia.com
What the front cover doesn’t mention is the highly questionable premise – ‘Pop Larkin has inherited a fortune from a long lost uncle in Africa. The Uncle discovered diamonds in Kimberley around the turn of the (20th) Century.’
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3. Miss UK
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Via vectis.co.uk
Wholesome fun.
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4. Harvey Smith’s Showjumping
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boardgamegeek.com
‘You can’t get nearer to the real thing without taking part.’ – Harvey Smith. Nothing like writing your own testimonial on the front of the box.
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5. Waterloo Wargame
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Via sircollectalot.co.uk
For when you want to simulate beating Napoleon at Waterloo again and again and again and again.
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6. Sheffield Wednesday Soccer Supremo
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For when you want to simulate bouncing between the Championship and League One again and again and again and again.
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7. Webster’s Yorkshire Bitter Cricket Game
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boardgamegeek.com
On the Yorkshire sporting theme; bar cricket is a classic game. It’s 100% luck, though it feels like it takes skill after several pints of Yorkshire bitter.
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8. David Dickinson’s Antique Chase
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Via amazon.com
David Dickinson’s David Dickinson game for fans of David Dickinson.
9. The News from the BBC
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Via ebay.co.uk
Interesting fact: pre-1985 all news used to come in board game form.
10. ITN News at Ten
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See? Only one review over at Board Game Geek: ‘Really really bad game.’
11. Haggis
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boardgamegeek.com
As weird as a game called ‘Haggis’ might appear, it’s actually an award winning indie game. About haggis.
12. Destination: Downton Abbey
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boardgamegeek.com
Part of a series of games that also includes Destination: Hogwarts and the somewhat less magical Destination: Norwich.
13. London Cabbie Game
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boardgamegeek.com
Actual quote from the box – ‘It’s the last thing I’d like to play after a hard day’s driving around town’. Not really selling it there.
14. Monopoly: Girlguiding UK
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worldofmonopoly.com
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Overspecialized much?
15. Barbara Cartland: A Romance Boardgame
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‘For 1 or more players’.
16. British Rails
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boardgamegeek.com
This one’s from 1984, but in the latest version every turn is delayed an arbitrary amount of time for vague reasons, and 70% of the pieces smell faintly of urine.
17. Last Train to Wensleydale
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Via treefroggames.com
Now this a train game. Delightfully, it’s about transporting cheese.
18. The Archers
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amazon.co.uk
Dum di dum di dum di dum…
19. Dr Fox’s the Pepsi Chart Number 1 Board Game
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amazon.co.uk
Just because Dr Fox isn’t a real doctor doesn’t mean he can’t dispense pearls of scientific wisdom.
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20. Whickers World
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Via virginmedia.com
Why is it?
21. The Play’s the Thing
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In which you have to recite particular lines from the Great Bard on command. For hardcore thesps only.
22. Jason Donovan Straight from the Heart
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Straight from your heart to mine, Jason.
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