Released by Milton Bradley in 1982, Stuff Yer Face used two clown puppets as the central characters in a battle to see who could consume the most marbles.

Leslie Singer, author of Zap! Ray Gun Classics, explores the visionary world of vintage ray guns, toys that fueled a generation’s fascination with space.

Released in 1975 from Milton Bradley, Land of the Lost board game was adapted from the Sid and Marty Krofft science-fantasy television series that ran from 1974-1976.

Released in 1977 from Playskool, the Gilligan’s Floating Island playset inspired children to recreate scenes from the Gilligan’s Island television series and use their imaginations to create their own desert island scenarios.

How do you measure success? Answering this ambitious question is the object of Careers, a classic “roll-and-move” board game first released in 1955 by Parker Brothers.

Capitalizing on the popularity of the television crime drama Dragnet, Transogram released the Dragnet – Badge 714 Crime Lab.

Released by Milton Bradley in 1978, the Crossword game pitted players against each other to see who could assemble the highest-scoring crosswords before the time ran out.

Although Shrinky Dinks have been around since the 1970s, these “shrink like magic” craft kits truly took off in the 1980s after Colorforms secured the rights to license and distribute them from their original creators.

In Topper Toys’ Clock-A-Word, players competed to form the longest possible word from a random selection of 9 letters in the shortest amount of time.

In 1961, Ohio Art released Magnastiks, a construction set that allowed children to “experience the wonder of magnetism.”

Published by Parker Brothers in 1974, The Inventors board game set players on a race to riches accomplished by purchasing and patenting inventions and identifying wise investment opportunities.

If you’re looking to let off some steam, the Bop the Beetle game might be the release you need.