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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: PYLdude on October 30, 2012, 01:36:16 AM
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I dusted off my Simpsons Deluxe Jeopardy! game tonight to weather the storm and I got to wondering...is it/was it (ever) possible to order the answer sheets and question booklets from Pressman directly or did you have to buy the newer editions of the box games to get more questions?
The reason why I ask is because I think it would be easier to just buy separate sheets and booklets if possible so you don't HAVE to buy the new editions (assuming, of course, that the boards are universal).
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There's a reason why Yahtzee score sheets and replacement Monopoly money are the closest things you'll see to expansion packs on a store shelf: the companies WANT you to keep keep buying the game- especially if it's based on a well known property like Jeopardy, Wheel, or Feud- all of whom could have easily released question/puzzle/survey extensions. Granted, the profit margin would have been pretty good considering they would have been selling you a pack of paper for $7 to $10, but it's a whole lot easier to them to slap NEW UMPTEENTH EDITION on the box and charge you $20.
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I don't know what you'd call an expansion pack, but there's a Monopoly Stock Exchange released in 1936, and in 2001, that adds a layer beyond real estate. There are also games based on the corner spaces (In Jail and Free Parking) that can be played by themselves, or adding a further element to the game.
Unfortunately eventually you have to go back to playing Monopoly though, so there's that.
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There's a reason why Yahtzee score sheets and replacement Monopoly money are the closest things you'll see to expansion packs on a store shelf:
The pile of Trivial Pursuit card sets in my game library say "wasaaaaaaaaaaaaap."
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The pile of Trivial Pursuit card sets in my game library say "wasaaaaaaaaaaaaap."
With a howdy-back from Genus III, Genus IV, Genus V, Volume 6 and the various Pop Culture/time capsule boxes?
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It seems to me I sent away for an extra set of puzzles for my Pressman WoF game back in the '80s, but I could be wrong about that. Does anyone else remember if this was possible?
Also, according to the definitive website (http://"http://userdata.acd.net/ottinger/gshghp/") for such things, "MB also sold Puzzle Roll #3 (1960) separately between the releases of the second and third editions [of Concentration]. That roll of rebus puzzles is extremely rare today."
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With a howdy-back from Genus III, Genus IV, Genus V, Volume 6 and the various Pop Culture/time capsule boxes?
But you of all people know my point, as the owner of a Dominion set: the comment "There's a reason why Yahtzee score sheets and replacement Monopoly money are the closest things you'll see to expansion packs on a store shelf" is ludicrous at its face.
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With a howdy-back from Genus III, Genus IV, Genus V, Volume 6 and the various Pop Culture/time capsule boxes?
But you of all people know my point, as the owner of a Dominion set: the comment "There's a reason why Yahtzee score sheets and replacement Monopoly money are the closest things you'll see to expansion packs on a store shelf" is ludicrous at its face.
I specifically had the Trivial Pursuit question sets in mind when I asked the question, guys...I was wondering also if they still made those, considering it's been so long since I actually played a current Trivial Pursuit set. Perhaps I should check my local stores out.
(Mike T., I'm curious as to that myself- I had a couple Pressman Wheel sets myself, with the blue plastic letter board with the sliders and all, and I'm pretty sure there was something in there that enabled you to order extra puzzle sets. I could be wrong though.)
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(Mike T., I'm curious as to that myself- I had a couple Pressman Wheel sets myself, with the blue plastic letter board with the sliders and all, and I'm pretty sure there was something in there that enabled you to order extra puzzle sets. I could be wrong though.)
I will third remembering this to be the case.
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There's a reason why Yahtzee score sheets and replacement Monopoly money are the closest things you'll see to expansion packs on a store shelf:
The pile of Trivial Pursuit card sets in my game library say "wasaaaaaaaaaaaaap."
Point taken, but wasn't Trivial Pursuit a fairly expensive board game when it was released? In that case, an expansion that cost noticeably less than a new edition would be logical for both the manufacturer and the merchant putting the game on the shelf in the first place, wouldn't it?
But you of all people know my point, as the owner of a Dominion set: the comment "There's a reason why Yahtzee score sheets and replacement Monopoly money are the closest things you'll see to expansion packs on a store shelf" is ludicrous at its face.
My argument was based in terms of a mainstream store, where you could find a board game based on an insanely popular game show- I've never seen Dominion outside of a hardcore board game-specific store.
(Mike T., I'm curious as to that myself- I had a couple Pressman Wheel sets myself, with the blue plastic letter board with the sliders and all, and I'm pretty sure there was something in there that enabled you to order extra puzzle sets. I could be wrong though.)
I will third remembering this to be the case.
Now that you mention it...I DO remember there being an insert in my Wheel Deluxe Edition where you could order other games from the Pressman library.
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(Mike T., I'm curious as to that myself- I had a couple Pressman Wheel sets myself, with the blue plastic letter board with the sliders and all, and I'm pretty sure there was something in there that enabled you to order extra puzzle sets. I could be wrong though.)
I will third remembering this to be the case.
Fourth. I remember also there being an insert with the option for more puzzles.
EDIT: Fifth after Jeremy Nelson.
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I don't think that's QUITE the same, Jeremy, but that I can confirm. Doubt they still do that, but I remember some of the titles- how exactly is a Newlywed Boardgame played? (calling it that purposely)
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I don't think that's QUITE the same, Jeremy, but that I can confirm. Doubt they still do that, but I remember some of the titles- how exactly is a Newlywed Boardgame played? (calling it that purposely)
From the looks of this picture from the back of the box, (http://"http://boardgamegeek.com/image/254810/the-newlywed-game")just like the show, without the spouse leaving the room.
/At least, not until AFTER the game.
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I don't know what you'd call an expansion pack, but there's a Monopoly Stock Exchange released in 1936, and in 2001, that adds a layer beyond real estate. There are also games based on the corner spaces (In Jail and Free Parking) that can be played by themselves, or adding a further element to the game.
Unfortunately eventually you have to go back to playing Monopoly though, so there's that.
You can download the variant from this link (http://"http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/StockExchangegame.pdf"). You will need to make three Chance and three Community Chest cards that say, "Go to Stock Exchange" to complete the kit. Highly recommended!
Regarding Rio Grande Games's Dominion, there is now a Base Cards set containing Treasures, Victory, Curse, Trash, and Blank Cards.
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But you of all people know my point, as the owner of a Dominion set: the comment "There's a reason why Yahtzee score sheets and replacement Monopoly money are the closest things you'll see to expansion packs on a store shelf" is ludicrous at its face.
For sure. And what's funny about that is that I'm waiting on an Alhambra module. But isn't there a huge gap between Those Games Of Ours and what you would find on your Target shelf? I'm pretty sure that Target wouldn't waste space on The Vizier's Favor or Ticket to Ride: Alvin and Dexter, but I bet they have a shedload of Monopoly collectible editions.
Here's a big question to the membership at large: Exactly what are you wanting in a Yahtzee or Monopoly expansion?
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Here's a big question to the membership at large: Exactly what are you wanting in a Yahtzee
The ability to earn cards that allow you to manipulate and add dice. :D
or Monopoly expansion?
The ability to not have to play Monopoly. :D
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It seems to me I sent away for an extra set of puzzles for my Pressman WoF game back in the '80s, but I could be wrong about that. Does anyone else remember if this was possible?
Yes. 1st Pressman edition had an order form printed on the back cover of the puzzle booklet. You could mail it in with a check or money order to get 96 more puzzles.
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Speaking of Monopoly (is it a bad sign that I'm hijacking my own thread here?)...
I was playing the Here and Now edition last night (first time I played it, got it for Christmas...two years ago? Don't remember)...is it bad that I was actually rooting to hit the "Go To Jail" space to avoid paying my brother rent on the yellow properties, which he had buildings on? (And how lucky was I to avoid paying him rent on those properties for like fifteen turns in a row?)
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is it bad that I was actually rooting to hit the "Go To Jail" space to avoid paying my brother rent on the yellow properties, which he had buildings on? (And how lucky was I to avoid paying him rent on those properties for like fifteen turns in a row?)
Absolutely not. Getting three hots and a flop (plus conjugals if you're into that sort of thing) for three turns is a damn sight better than $1,150 and turning the corner into Fourth Street.
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Speaking of Monopoly (is it a bad sign that I'm hijacking my own thread here?)...
I was playing the Here and Now edition last night (first time I played it, got it for Christmas...two years ago? Don't remember)...is it bad that I was actually rooting to hit the "Go To Jail" space to avoid paying my brother rent on the yellow properties, which he had buildings on? (And how lucky was I to avoid paying him rent on those properties for like fifteen turns in a row?)
You want to avoid Jail like the plague during the first portion of the game when everybody is jockeying to gain property- but when property starts trading hands and you're on the wrong end of the trading, jail becomes a sanctuary. Then you pray for lots of low rolls leading up to a hotel trap, and big rolls to completely jump it.
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Here's a big question to the membership at large: Exactly what are you wanting in a Yahtzee
The ability to earn cards that allow you to manipulate and add dice. :D
In other words, this. (http://"http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21632/to-court-the-king")
obGameShow: I wrote a prototype (with another person) that used contracts of various difficulty with Yahtzee-style rolling, where you used the "Three on a Match" cancellation auction to determine who won the bid to do it in the fewest rolls. When you failed, you paid a penalty, but you also got things that made it easier to complete future contracts. At one point, we tried to use the blocking rules from The Big Showdown to keep people from bidding on certain things, but it wasn't fun in context.
[quote name='clemon79'][quote name='TLEberle'] or Monopoly expansion?[/quote]
The ability to not have to play Monopoly. :D
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Or preferably, this. (http://"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culdcept_Saga")
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In other words, this. (http://"http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21632/to-court-the-king")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xECUrlnXCqk&hd=1