Anyone collect vintage board games?

[Doohickamabob]

I've always thought old board games were really cool, and should be framed as art. But I know next to nothing about the collectibles market for them.

 

Anyway, I thought this was a cool article: The shady origins of five popular board games

[oakman29]

Hepcat has an extensive collection of board games.

[thehumantorch]

Fun link, thanks for sharing.

[The Amazing Chump]

Hepcat has an extensive collection of board games.

 

And as soon as Arch returns something will happen...oh yes, something will happen.

[dupont2005]

I don't but I love seeing what other things people collect.

[Kevin.J]

I have an old Marvel character chess set somewhere.

[Naelbis]

Not vintage per say, but I have a few Avalon Hill wargame titles. I may attempt to collect them all at some point in the future. They had some amazing games and it is a shame they no longer produce most of them.

[mintcollector]

I can help you in this field. Worthpoint has lots of great articles and advice in this realm. Would you like me to post some links?

 

I too collect rare, high grade board games as well.

 

Let me know. I am happy to help.

 

'mint'

[MK Ultra]

Not so much for old collectible games, but

 

www.boardgamegeek.com

 

is a cool resource for people that actually play games. They also have a marketplace setup and you can check some valuations.

 

www.consimworld.com

 

is another site that focuses primarily on military strategy games.

 

Avalon Hill used to hold/participate the World Boardgaming championship in Hunt Valley Md. It's still going on in Lancaster PA. I think it's done by the boardgame players assoc.

 

GMT Games may be the closest substitute to Avalon Hill today.

[ComicConnoisseur]

I was into Stratego, Risk and Clue back in the day.

 

 

 

[Bosco685]

Feudal

 

 

 

 

[Junkdrawer]

I have several keepers. Im also sure Mark Zaid could fill 10 pages in this thread with photos of antiques games

[thirdgreenham]

I've always thought old board games were really cool, and should be framed as art. But I know next to nothing about the collectibles market for them.

 

Anyway, I thought this was a cool article: The shady origins of five popular board games

 

Can you tell me what exactly "vintage" means?

[MK Ultra]

I've always thought old board games were really cool, and should be framed as art. But I know next to nothing about the collectibles market for them.

 

Anyway, I thought this was a cool article: The shady origins of five popular board games

 

Can you tell me what exactly "vintage" means?

 

McLaughlin Bros

 

Parker Bros in cursive without the swirl

[bcolflesh]

Feudal

 

 

 

 

My friend got me into this one in grade school - still awesome to play.

[mintcollector]

I've always thought old board games were really cool, and should be framed as art. But I know next to nothing about the collectibles market for them.

 

Anyway, I thought this was a cool article: The shady origins of five popular board games

 

Can you tell me what exactly "vintage" means?

 

Generally speaking the term 'vintage' means old enough to qualify as collectible, but not quite so old that it is defined as 'antique' (i.e. one hundred years or more). Most fairly popular vintage games hail from the 1950's to the 1980's with some exceptions like the first edition of Monopoly, which soon will qualify as antique.

 

 

[thirdgreenham]

Thank you. And "retro"?

[mintcollector]

This is too funny, as I don't doubt your question is sincere, but the answer is 'semantics.' There really is no agreed to definition of 'retro' or even 'classic' in a true GENERAL sense. Even 'vintage' can be interchanged with either word and have the same meaning.

 

That being said, certain collectible categories DO use the word specifically. Some examples include 'classic cars', 'antique cars', 'retro games/classic games' and more.

 

Hope that helps clarify.

 

'mint'

[thirdgreenham]

Thanks for the response. I always figured retro meant 70's/80's.

[Doohickamabob]

Thanks for the response. I always figured retro meant 70's/80's.

I think of "retro" as meaning an old style that is resurrected into a new style.