THE GAME CATALOG U.S. GAMES THROUGH 1950 (With AGCA Archives Instruction Availability Noted) 8th An official publication of the American Game Collectors Association Edition (AGCA) P.O. Box 44 October 1998 Dresher PA 19025 website http://agca.com Editor, Rick Tucker [email protected] © 1998 Bill Alexander, Anne D. Williams, and Richard W. Tucker. All Rights Reserved. CONTENTS The Game Catalog—Update Submission Forms........................................1 Introduction About The Game Catalog.....................................................................3 What’s New in the 8th Edition..............................................................3 Submitting Updates..............................................................................3 How to Use The Game Catalog ............................................................4 Game Instruction Availability...............................................................4 Sources of Information.........................................................................4 The Catalog Key to Symbols Used in The Game Catalog.........................................5 U.S. Games, Listed by Company..........................................................5 Foreign Games for Which the AGCA Archives Has Instructions......129 Indices Name Index .....................................................................................131 Count of Games Per Publisher..........................................................135 Index of Games with Instructions in the AGCA Archives.................137 THE GAME CATALOG—UPDATE SUBMISSION FORMS Please mail Game Catalog update information, images, photos of games to any of the following: · [email protected] · Rick Tucker/Game Catalog, P.O. Box 1701, Falls Church, VA 22041-0701 USA · AGCA Game Catalog, P.O. Box 44, Dresher PA 19025 USA ! Send copies of rules, catalogs, other documents, etc. to: · AGCA Archives, P.O. Box 44, Dresher, PA 19025 USA Fill out as much as you can, but we'll accept info in any format … Your name/address/email/phone: Date Info source:: ~ have game ~ saw game itself ~ game is referred to in: Manufacturer's name: Brand name: Mfr's address Catalog No.: Game's title: from: ~ box? ~ board? ~ rules? Variant title: from: ~ box? ~ board? ~ rules? Type of game: ~ board ~ card ~ skill/action ~ strategy ~ other Rules present: Copyright date: Patent date: if neither listed, what is approx. date? Inventor/author/designer etc. [specify which] Comments: Your name/address/email/phone: Date Info source:: ~ have game ~ saw game itself ~ game is referred to in: Manufacturer's name: Brand name: Mfr's address Catalog No.: Game's title: from: ~ box? ~ board? ~ rules? Variant title: from: ~ box? ~ board? ~ rules? Type of game: ~ board ~ card ~ skill/action ~ strategy ~ other Rules present: Copyright date: Patent date: if neither listed, what is approx. date? Inventor/author/designer etc. [specify which] Comments: Your name/address/email/phone: Date Info source:: ~ have game ~ saw game itself ~ game is referred to in: Manufacturer's name: Brand name: Mfr's address Catalog No.: Game's title: from: ~ box? ~ board? ~ rules? Variant title: from: ~ box? ~ board? ~ rules? Type of game: ~ board ~ card ~ skill/action ~ strategy ~ other Rules present: Copyright date: Patent date: if neither listed, what is approx. date? Inventor/author/designer etc. [specify which] Comments: Your name/address/email/phone: Date Info source:: ~ have game ~ saw game itself ~ game is referred to in: Manufacturer's name: Brand name: Mfr's address Catalog No.: Game's title: from: ~ box? ~ board? ~ rules? Variant title: from: ~ box? ~ board? ~ rules? Type of game: ~ board ~ card ~ skill/action ~ strategy ~ other Rules present: Copyright date: Patent date: if neither listed, what is approx. date? Inventor/author/designer etc. [specify which] Comments: ABOUT THE GAME CATALOG The Game Catalog attempts to list every indoor game games. Anne is also the AGCA Archivist, where copies manufactured in the United States through 1950. of game rules, instructions, company catalogs, and other game materials are preserved. Bill Alexander's first edition of the Game Catalog in 1989 included about 400 games. Bill produced several Rick Tucker is now the editor of The Game Catalog, editions, through the 4th edition in 1993, at which point starting with the 8th edition. the game count had reached around 5700 games. The Game Catalog is an official publication of the Anne Williams took over as editor from Bill several American Game Collectors Association (AGCA) years ago, and compiled the 5th through 7th editions, all published in 1997, raising the game count to about 7400 WHAT’S NEW IN THE 8TH EDITION The 8th Edition of The Game Catalog lists about The 8th edition incorporates a large number of 8300 games from about U.S. 1800 game publishers. More updates based on research performed at the U.S. than 900 game listings have been added since the 7th Copyright Office. edition in November 1997. In addition, about 1000 game A database is now being used to maintain all of the listings have either been updated or had their dates information contained within The Game Catalog. The reconfirmed based on new sources of information. printed version of The Game Catalog is generated from The compilers of The Game Catalog appreciate all of the database. Some types of information are stored in the the additional information and updates provided by database but are not included in the printed version. Using AGCA members and others since the 7th edition. a database for The Game Catalog information will permit additional features to be supported in the future. SUBMITTING UPDATES TO THE GAME CATALOG & GAME INSTRUCTIONS TO THE AGCA ARCHIVES The task of cataloging games and collecting game Please send information for The Game Catalog to instructions and other game information is an ongoing one any of the following addresses: that depends on continuing contributions from everyone in the game world. · by email to [email protected] The compilers welcome additions, updates, and corrections to The Game Catalog. Information is · by postal mail to: accepted in any format, but please see the input form at Rick Tucker the front of The Game Catalog for the types of PO Box 1701 information that are most desirable. Falls Church VA 22041-0701 USA · by postal mail to: In addition, photographs, scanned images, and AGCA Game Catalog photocopies of game covers, contents, rules, and company P.O. Box 44 catalogs would be appreciated and will form a valuable Dresher PA 19025 USA addition to The Game Catalog and to the AGCA Archives. Please send copies of game rules and company catalogs to the following address: AGCA Archives P.O. Box 44 Dresher PA 19025 USA AGCA · The Game Catalog, 8th Edition, October 1998 3 © 1998. All Rights Reserved HOW TO USE THE GAME CATALOG The game listings are organized by company. Each company names, such as "National Games Co.," were very listing gives known addresses for each company, followed popular; it is wise to check nearby listings if a game can't by all known games by that manufacturer. Brand names be found in the expected place. and related companies are listed on the lines following the Manufacturer’s catalog numbers for games, when company name. The copyright, patent, or production date known, are given after the game title (in parentheses). The of a game is listed when known. If multiple editions of a same title may be listed with multiple catalog numbers. game were published, only the first is listed unless the Also, in some cases the same title is listed with the same name of the game changed, different dates of publication catalog number (e.g. with Milton Bradley), when distinctly are known, there are different catalog numbers, or the different covers are known to exist in collections. AGCA has rules for different editions. Other descriptive information associated with a game Foreign companies and their games appear at the end may also appear (within parentheses). of the listings, after the U.S. companies. Only foreign companies for which the AGCA Archives has instructions When a game’s author is known, it is listed after the are listed in The Game Catalog. game [within brackets]. A game’s patent owner, if known, is listed after the game in {braces}. Companies are listed in alphabetical order, based on the most important word in the company name. Milton Important brand names are cross-indexed in the game Bradley Co., for example, appears in the B's. listings. Users should also check the Name Index which Alphabetization is word-by-word (like a telephone book) lists game authors, inventors, designers, artists, endorsers rather than letter-by-letter (like a dictionary). Thus, the and brands whose names differ from the name of the "XYZ Game Manufacturing Co." comes before "XYZ manufacturing company. There is also a Title Index which Gameboard Co." lists (alphabetically by title) all the games for which the AGCA can supply instructions. Hyphens and apostrophes are ignored, so O'Reilly comes after Oklahoma. If a company name consists Games appearing for the first time in the 8th edition entirely of initials, such as "A.M.L. & Co." or "S & J Mfg. are listed with a period (“.”) at the beginning of the line. Co.," it is alphabetized at the beginning of the section for Updates to games listed in previous editions are not the first initial (A for A.M.L. and S for S & J). Some specifically marked. GAME INSTRUCTIONS AVAILABILITY The Game Catalog also shows (with a P or } in the foreign