Best board games of the 90s

As a kid, I played games like Chutes and Ladders, Sorry! If someone asked me to play a throwback board game today, though, I'd totally say yes — because duh, all the nostalgic feels! And in a year filled with so many twists and turns, the one thing myself and so many others can rely on are the cherished memories that our childhood toys , music , movies , and games bring.

See our favorite board games we played in the '90s ahead. View On One Page. Photo 0 of Previous Next Start Slideshow. Nostalgia The '90s Board Games. Guess Who? Confession: I never actually played Mall Madness. But hey, at least the electronic version talked to you, right? Did anyone actually play Mouse Trap?

I mostly remember setting it up so I could watch the Rube Goldberg contraption that factored so prominently on the game board in action. HeroQuest : Functioning as a gateway obsession for Dungeons and Dragons since My dad used to play this one with my brother and I — he was always the Dungeon Master, my brother usually played the barbarian and the wizard, and I was usually the dwarf and the elf.

Why, yes, we were a nerdy family; why do you ask? It may have been a supremely terrible movie, but Battleship was one heck of a game. This newspaper article from describes Salvo , the game on which Battleship is believed to have been based.

TIL, right? Unlike Clue, though, Candy Land was somewhat hilariously once involved in a dispute over an Internet domain name.

Typing candyland. Fun fact! I also got a kick out of the fact that the AI players the game included were named things like Fox, Dana X-Files for the win! Contrary to popular belief, however, this game was not invented by David Bowie.

You know, one of the coolest parts about my job is the fact that I get to keep learning neat stuff every day. A bunch of adventuring bounty-hunting teams coincidentally all discover a lost world filled with treasure. Trouble is, that realm is guarded by a bunch of fierce T-Rexes, an over-sized pterodactyl, and a bizarre swamp creature that the creators seem to have taken a few historical and biological liberties with.

Also, despite laying dormant for millions of years, the resident volcano has decided that the moment your intrepid chaps turn up is the time to start spewing out deadly lava. Monopoly in reverse; have a million quid at the start of the game and try to be the first to lose it. Notable for its incredibly fun, but somewhat dubious get-the-kids-into-gambling casino in the middle of the board.

The rogue-landlord training device was, and is, so popular, it was practically sent through the front door of all households in the s. And Uncle Geoff keeps on making that joke about the money like no one had ever thought about it before.

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