Pin the Tail on the Donkey, Tiddly Winks, Authors, Pit, Old Maid, Hearts, Canasta, Casino, Monopoly,?

or the Ouija board. Was one or more of these games played at your house when you were young? The "Authors" card game ( I think it was called) had pix of Longfellow, Whittier and other old time authors on the backs of the cards. The questions were: who wrote what? In 2008 I believe that few of us could play Authors let alone be interested. These days it all electronics, but in those days we had no idea of immediate gratification other than eating a popsicle or sucking on Lifesavers and yes, I realize that some consider the Ouija Board more than a game, but my Mom never had any trouble with it. Which one of these pastimes was your favorite?

Pin the Tail on the Donkey, Tiddly Winks, Authors, Pit, Old Maid, Hearts, Canasta, Casino, Monopoly,?
no it was after the WAR,,too busy picking up its debris


then and they started to build towers and SOCIETY CHANGED


we the victim of Poverty ,,no jobs no trust..no reform


REMINDS ME of the ISLAND OF LES BROS


women whom worked and pleased the man


by STAYING HOME MINDING THE FORTS


AND RIB BET THOSE PLANES AND sewed those


PARA,CHUTES.. became the ROSE HA,,RATHER


THORN BIRDS,


and man became the jack RABBITS


NO SHAME ,the polo player


holding up...on his excuse.. only to disgrace,,the real


tradition,,that man today.. are still the BULLY..


AND WOMEN ARE AS ALWAYS will be dragged threw the GROUND....[some sport !!


BOUT TIME..throw their draws out the window


HANG YOUR lace panties on the line,,


LEAVE THEM NAKED..prostitute them !!


A NEW GENERATION..,!! we did it then we can do it NOW


Nana rules !! what a blow to the face,,seeing the


truth as in a ghost ..THAT WOMEN that oath,,he forgot


his whole life down the drain,, SAD when man DISRESPECT


LIFE FOR A CLICK ,of HOMER; HOMOS ,!! POLL'S


father land is more important and mother nature


this is EARTH..man whom plant the seed and the fruit


we tend too. yes some where we must start to plant


the TREE,,..thy family,,!! [mother-hood ]


AS TODAY,, WOMEN WHOM work to raise their children alone that men HAS PROSTITUTED AND HAVE THE


nerve now to prostitute the OATH !!


hey,,there MS, CLINTON..!! what's your RECEIPT, say,,it


LOUD ,,!! [heck ' NO'' YOU DO NOT GIVE UP.." !
Reply:I remember all of those. Monopoly was my fave board game, but I liked cards better, esp. Hearts and Canasta. I remember when my step-sister-in-law was pregnant with her second daughter, we'd play canasta for hours on end. I could barely handle the double deck. Then I learned to play Hearts. Played in college for a penny a point. I paid my sophomore year's tuition that way! But my real favorite is bridge.
Reply:As a family, when I was a kid, we played a lot of card games. We played pinocle, canasta, hearts and 500 rummy. We also played monopoly a lot and clue. My favorite game as an adult has been trivial pursuit. It is still a game I play mostly with family since my friends don't like it! My new favorite might be a game I have invented but I have no idea how to try to market it.
Reply:As a youngster, we played:





Old Maid


Jacks


Marbles


Pick Up Stix


Tiddly Winks


Checkers


Chinese Checkers...my fav.


Parchisi





My parents got together with my two aunts %26amp; two uncles every Saturday night for years %26amp; played:





Flinch


Canasta


Cribbage
Reply:BINGO
Reply:played pin the tail on the donkey, tiddly winks, old maid and hearts by the hours monopoly was a family favorite and played almost nightly.
Reply:Thanks for reminding me of Authors...I wonder if those cards are still available. On rainy days, my friends and I used to play all those games on the front porch. We also loved Clue and Go to the Head of the Class.
Reply:I have kept a lot of those games from my childhood, played them with my kids and play them now with my grandchildren. They love getting out those old games and will toss the electronic stuff aside to play "old timey" games with Gran. We play all kinds of card games, Parcheesi, Chinese checkers, regular checkers, Flinch, Uno, Old Maid, and more. We played games almost nightly when I was a kid, after the dinner dishes were done and the home work finished. My all time favorite was Flinch. I had two elderly great Aunts who loved to play Flinch and would cheat like the dickens. We always wanted to partner up with Aunt Red because she was the craftier cheater of the two.
Reply:When I was a kid we didn't play games much we were always outside playing with the neighborhood kids. All day, only came in to eat and sleep. Even in the winter.


My mom slept in the daytime because she worked the midnight shift so we stayed out so it would be quiet inside.
Reply:Choosing from your list we played Monopoly, and Old Maid.





We also played Battle with a deck of cards, Parchessi and checkers. In later years we played Clue. Chinese Checkers was our favorite. too, Shortstuff.





I'm sure the board and card game sales are at an all time low.
Reply:Authors was one of my fav games . I think I got the cards in my stocking one year. There was Mark Twain and Louisa May Alcott and Charles Dickens. I also liked my pick up stix game. I had a game for one called Hi Q and I still have it.


Oh and don't forget marbles!
Reply:My Mom %26amp; Dad used to have their friends over and they would have Canasta parties. I never learned how to play.


But I did play Cribbage everyday when I was a teen with my girlfriends dad. I also used to go up in the attic, and play with the Ouija board. I do remember it said I would die before I was 40, well I'm 60 and here I am. (knock on wood).


I also like Domino's


When I was younger it was pick-up-sticks and Jacks, and hopscotch. I almost forgot about Tiddly Winks!!!!


Card games it was usually Rummy (sometimes called Gin Rummy) And if really bored Solitaire.
Reply:Monopoly was one of our favourites but it did tend to drag after a while. Scrabble was great too but when dad could see he was loosing he would throw the board up in the air as to mess the game up resulting in having to put the game away x
Reply:Never played Hearts, Canasta or Casino but have got all the others covered plus, chinese checkers and Wahoo.


I would love to get a hold of those Authors cards, they sound very interesting.
Reply:my parents would play cards half the night with friends and relatives. Canasta and pinochle and cribbage were their games.


couple of years ago I taught my grandson cribbage and my youngest grandson has been playing cribbage since he was 7. taught by his mother.
Reply:My great-aunt taught me how to play Coddem, Shove Hapenny and Boots, Shoes, Tips and Nails. She also played card games Old Maid and Chase the Ace. Simple but fun, and I still play them with my kids now.
Reply:Monopoly; also Canasta and my 5 year old cousin was the champ. No one could beat him. :D Of course, checkers and Chinese Checkers. Twenty questions was fun. One game that was probably made up by my grandmother, called "I Spy". She would hide a thimble (usually in plain sight in the living room) and I had to look around the room and say "I spy" when I found it. Even though it was in plain sight, it was harder to find than you'd think.
Reply:my mama used to get me to play canasta w/ her.....i hated it...just sitting there wasting my time..that's the way i thought about it....boy, i wish i had played canasta more w/ her....
Reply:old maids, then monoply by the hrs
Reply:Canasta and (gasp!) Pinochle -- is is OK for a mid-20s man to play these games, lol?





I want some Author cards.
Reply:Canasta





Still play it online at http://games.yahoo.com/play/ca%26amp;cat=begin...





Note I am in the beginner section. Never was any good at that game and with age have not gotten any better. ;-) Still fun though.
Reply:Hours and hours of Canasta!


Old Maid when I was younger.


Monopoly later.





In the car it was Twenty Questions -


"Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?"


Badminton outside.


Dodgeball at school,


and hopscotch.
Reply:Card games:


Old Maid


500 Rummy


Pig


Slap Jack





Board Games:


Chinese Checkers


Checkers


Monopoly


Sorry


Aggravation- really fun marble game


Ouija


Barbie Dream Date


Home made board game Fox and Goose





Other games:


Yahtzee


Bingo


Pick Up Sticks


Dominos


Marbles


Jacks





We also had a ping pong set that in the evening, we cleared the big kitchen table to play.