Bunches of Stuff

New Products 1986

by Anne F. Jaffe

Adult Stuff

Monotony, a "bored" game for homemakers, lets players drive their car tokens around a game board which parodies Monopoly's board. Players use Free Coupons (not money) to buy places such as Our Lady of the Mops Church, D-Day Diet Center or Acne Hill junior High. The game is filled with Duty and Obligation cards. The winner gets a kitchen Spoon-Through- theHead Hat which suggests that her brains were scrambled on the road to victory. A game for 2-4 homemakers, Monotony may appeal to women or Mr. Moms. Price: $17.00. Monotony Products, P.O. Box 65535, West Des Moines, IA 50265.

Senex Enterprises, Inc. has a new board game, Three Score and Ten, that is both intra and intergenerational. The object of the game is to share stories of the past with peers or with younger family members and friends and to promote interpersonal relationships. Price: $20.00. Senex Enterprises, Inc., 1506 Holly Bank Circle, Dunwoody, GA 30338.

Ready to pound those 'bots into dust? In Mec Squash you do just that. You do have to supply your own clay The pounding rules can be obtained from Tri-Tac Inc., PO. Box 61, Madison Heights, MI 48071-0061.

Role Game Stuff

A quarterly publication that deals with "matters Arthurian" is Avalon To Camelot. The features and columns cover everything from the literary treatment of Arthur by particular authors to the heraldry of the period. Subscriptions are $15.00 per annum. For more information write Avalon To Camelot, 2126 W Wilson Ave., Chicago, IL 60625.

Gray Cat Castings is offering the following Off -The -Wall armies of miniatures; Higblanders (Yankee badgers), Frateri (Wolf-warriors), and Bunrabs (Floppy eared soldiers). The line is available through Games on Call, 1-800-874-7907, $1.00 to $4.00.

Arduin and Star Rover licensed figures are sold by R*kiiv Miniatures. The lines were previously released under Archive Miniatures. The company is under new ownership and has a catalog available. Write to R*kiiv Miniatures, 2119 Addison #5, Berkeley, CA 94704.

The Dungeon Pottery offers pottery with a fantasy theme. In addition to mugs and goblets, toothbrush holders and oil lamps can be purchased. Pieces are electric kiln fired and glazed in blue, white, green, tan or various browns. The Dungeon Pottery, 216 Dodge, DeKalb, IL 60115.

War game Stuff

Nuclear Armageddon now sells "Hydrogen Bombs" (miniature mushroom clouds) for 35 cents each in packs of 5, 10, 25, 50, and 75. Players can use the miniatures with Supremacy, "Nuclear" Risk, "Nuclear" Axis and Allies, as well as other war games. Nuclear Armageddon, 235 Main Street, Royersford, PA 19468.

Squad Leader fans may enjoy reading "Planning Anti-tank Defenses in Squad Leader," an article by Jon Southard in On All Fronts Uune, 1985). The strategies discussed are appropriate for the Cross of Iron level game. On All Fronts, PO. Box 265, Marshall, AR 72650.

Military Slogan Buttons are some of the items offered by Z & M Publishing. The company also publishes books on the horse and saber period and modern period, flags for military and fantasy units, and shield decals. Catalogs from Z & M Publishing Enterprises, Inc., 2425 N. 47th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53210.

For the Napoleonic collector, Empires, Eagles and Lions is a bimonthly magazine dedicated to Napoleonic wargaming. Subscriptions are $18.00 per annum. Rafm Company, Inc., 19 Concession St., Cambridge,Ont.,Canada NIR 2G6.


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