Nicolas Ricketts looks at vintage games that mimic the excitement and action of hockey.

In the Barbie’s Keys to Fame Game from Mattel, players explored career aspirations.

Published in 1971 by Whitman, Heckle and Jeckle’s Ski Trail Game was a spin-and-move race in which players competed to be the first to reach the finish line at the bottom of the ski hill.

Released in 1981 by Cadaco, The Cannonball Run! board game was based on the action-comedy film of the same name.

Published by Milton Bradley in 1960, the Men into Space board game put players in command of a fleet of rockets tasked with delivering supplies to the moon.

Nicolas Ricketts looks at three essential board games from game designer Sid Sackson.

Nicolas Ricketts looks at vintage board games that feature the lineup of classic Universal Monsters.

Released by Pressman in 1989, Acrobats was a dexterity game that challenged players to hang colourful plastic bats to form a hanging chain without causing it to collapse.

Released by Milton Bradley in 1977, Superstition had players racing through a haunted graveyard to reach the Wizard’s Tomb and escape before anyone else.

In the Shrieks & Creaks board game, players attempted to escape a haunted mansion by navigating 12 haunted rooms and avoiding misfortune.

Released in 1973 by Milton Bradley, the SeaLab 2020 board game immerses players in underwater missions to explore the depths and retrieve research samples.

Published in 1981 by Colorforms, Lollypop Game was a journey along Gum Drop Avenue to Candy Castle, with plenty of sweet surprises and colourful obstacles along the way.