Archive for January, 2009

Rare Wicketz and original reviews

Jan 24, 2009 7 Comments by

A couple of bits of Wicketz info. A few nights ago Mike contacted me via the blog and asked about a pretty unique version of Wicketz (inventor, Alf Compton is pictured to the right). He wrote: “I’m trying to find some information on a version of Wicketz I bought at auction some years ago. It [...]

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Review: Cricket World

Jan 24, 2009 No Comments by

Note: the following review was originally posted by John as a comment to another post on this site. I have reposted it here for easier viewing. Game Title: Cricket World Publisher: Owzat Games Mechanism: A quickplaying dice and chart game needing just a few readily accessable ratings and a scoresheet to start playing. Description: I [...]

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Something crazy going on …

Jan 23, 2009 No Comments by

There’s definately something a bit whacky going on on eBay since I posted about the nice 1950s game from India getting a £78 bid. I kicked off bidding about a week ago at £10 figuring that or thereabouts was a fair price for the game…however, obviously someone else knows better so now I’m really intrigued [...]

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Indian cricket game from the 50s

Jan 23, 2009 No Comments

A lovely game from India is for sale on eBay. As of writing it is now at £78 so there are some keen bidders out there, that’s for sure! You can see more of the images here on our sister site on Yahoo! Groups. It’s described like this on eBay: “This is a fantastic and [...]

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Subbueto Cricket scorebook

Jan 08, 2009 No Comments

Subbuteo Cricket was the second biggest selling Subbuteo game … it was a loooong way back in the sales stakes next to its Football brother, but it certainly sold more than Rugby, Fishing and the very rare baseball versions. I dug out my big Test Match copy recently and discovered a scorecard filled in by [...]

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