A new game that’s been in development for some time is Pocket Cricket, a nice new spin on a familiar style of dice based cricket game. The game hails from Australia and details of it are currently available on Facebook. It looks like those in Melbourne can pick it up from Mind Games, one of [...]
Just spotted on eBay is the very rare and rather good cricket game Pavilion Cricket. Developed in Australia in the 90s, this one allows you to play county/state cricket, one day games and test matches. The game plays scant regard to bowlers, but rates batsmen well. The level of detail is wonderful and it really [...]
A week or so ago I was whiling away some time by trawling eBay for a cricket board game I’d never seen before – a task which has become increasingly difficult of late! While I didn’t discover anything new, I did have a mystery solved by discovering the game a couple of intriguing figures I bought some time ago were from.
Of all the cricket games from the 80s, Max Walker’s Cricket Board Game is the one that had the most potential. With a game engine that was akin to an uber, uber simplified Strat-O-Matic, weather conditions of a sort, and cards for loose balls, it is a shame it was (like so many before it) [...]
A manual from an early copy of Balyna Discbat Cricket reveals some previously unknown secrets, especially the marketing ploy of the inventors and a certain Mr Compton. It also provides a link to an earlier photograph found by the replaycricket.com team
A neat little game from New Zealand. Made during the 70s, replete with two spinners, a dice, a board where you can position your players, and a nice deck of cards that resolve play.
Pavilion Cricket is a labour of love which, like so many cricket board games, seems to have sunk without a trace. A real shame for such a promising premise.
A variation of the classic cricket game. Small plastic fielders, a mechanism to allow batting, one to allow bowling, a ball and a field made up of different run areas. It doesn’t get much simpler.
He’s Out! from 1928 is one of the few early cricket games endorsed by a famous player. In this case it’s England Captain W.R. Hammond. Or Wally, to his mates.
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