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TVTA is pleased to present a selection of international board games as featured in magazines, comics and catalogues from the 1960s to present. I haven’t included Role Playing Games as there is a section for this here

Some of my favourite games over the years, and indeed this Christmas, have been Stratego, Game of Life, Scrabble, Ludo, Operation, Mousetrap, Trivial Pursuit and Battleship. Do you have a favourite board game? Let me know in the comments.

As always thanks for looking 🙂

: Hamleys. 1983. UK.

: Hamleys. 1983. UK.

Battleship

: Battleships. UK. 1983.

: Battleship / Bataille Navale France. 1969.

: Combat Naval. 1995. France.

: Electronic Battleship. 1995. France.

: Touche Coule / Battleships. 1995. France.

: Torpedo Run and Touche Coule. 1988. France.

Canon Noir

: Canon Noir. France. 1979.

: Canon Noir. Miro-Meccano catalogue of games. 1979. France.

Captain Scarlet

: Captain Scarlet. 1993. TVTA collection.

: Captain Scarlet. 1993. TVTA collection.

Chess

: Chess. TVTA collection.

: Chess. TVTA collection.

: Chess. TVTA collection.

Cluedo

: Cluedo. TVTA collection.

: Cluedo. TVTA collection.

: Cluedo. France. 1981.

: Cluedo. France. 1979.

: Cluedo. UK. 1983.

: Cluedo. France. 1995.

: Cluedo. France. 1979.

Game of Life

: Game of Life. TVTA collection.

: Game of Life. TVTA collection.

Mastermind

: Mastermind. France. 1995.

: Super Mastermind. France. 1979.

: Mastermind. 1979. TVTA collection.

Risk

: Risk. US. 1985.

: Risk. France. 2018.

: Risk. France. 1995.

: Risk. France. 1979.

Monopoly

: Monopoly. TVTA collection.

: Monopoly. TVTA collection.

: Monopoly. France. 1982.

: Monopoly. France. 2018.

: Monopoly. France. 2018.

: Monopoly. UK. 2013.

: Monopoly. France. 1995.

: Monopoly. France. 1979.

Mousetrap

: Mousetrap. UK. 1972.

: Mousetrap. France. 1980.

Operation

: Operation. TVTA collection.

: Operation. TVTA collection.

: Operation / Docteur Maboul. France. 1995.

: Operation / Docteur Maboul. France. 2018.

: Operation. UK. 2013.

Scrabble

: Scrabble. TVTA collection.

: Scrabble. TVTA collection.

Trivial Pursuit

: Trivial Pursuit. France. 1988.

: Trivial Pursuit. France. 1995.

: Trivial Pursuit. TVTA collection.

Miscellaneous board games

: Paris-Dakar. France. 1985.

: The Gunge Game. UK. 1988.

: MB Games. Denmark. 1988.

: MB Games. Netherlands. 1987.

: Buccaneer. UK. 1983.

: Diamond Hunt. 1983. UK.

: Star Wars board games. US. 2004.

: Tintin. France. 1995.

: Mr Men Compendium of Games. UK. 1983.

: Various. 1988. France.

: Various. 1988. France.

: Triominos. France. 2018.

: Attack of the Mutants. US. 1981.

: Croque-Carotte. France. 2018.

: Various. Denmark. 1987.

: Tour du Monde en Vespa (World tour by Vespa). Meccano Magazine N°10 1958. France.

Miro-Meccano catalogue of games. 1979. France

: Strawberry Shortcake. Miro-Meccano catalogue of games. 1979. France.

: La Bonne Paye. Miro-Meccano catalogue of games. 1979. France.

: Can’t Stop. Miro-Meccano catalogue of games. 1979. France.

: Jeannot Lapin. Miro-Meccano catalogue of games. 1979. France.

: Maya l’Abeille. Miro-Meccano catalogue of games. 1979. France.

: Diplomacy. Miro-Meccano catalogue of games. 1979. France.

Thank you for rolling sixes, missing your turn, passing GO, collecting 200 euros, moving forward three spaces and spinning again with us 🙂

This French catalogue by the Miro-Meccano company features many well known board games that were popular not just in France but worldwide. The cover of the catalogue can be translated as Discover, rediscover Miro-Meccano games. Featured on the cover and throughout the pages is superhero brainy type character Miro who presents each game and holds in his hands themed elements such as cards, die and playing pieces. There is no date on the catalogue but going by other adverts I have I would place this around 1979/1980.

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