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

TROUBLE

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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.

THE GAME OF LIFE

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Monopoly, already around to stress out multiple generations of kids and adults alike, delivered a crash course in capitalism, which often ended in a table full of game pieces crashing to the floor during a full-on family feud about possible real estate sale fraud. Fun!

RISK

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One thing is for sure: these 1970s/1980s board games took you to other places and times. Risk let you conquer continents without leaving the safety of your shag carpet. Clue let you solve a grisly murder while sipping a Tab in your basement. And Perfection? That one left you with lingering anxiety.

25 Board Games That We All Played in the ’70s

From well-known favorites like Clue to cult classics like Masterpiece, these 1970s board games bring a wave of nostalgia for a time when life felt simpler — and maybe even a little more exciting.

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LOOK: Can You Recognize These Iconic ’70s Objects

Let’s take a walk down a very groovy memory lane and ponder some of the things that made life easy, fun and undeniably cool in the ’70s.

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