Wicked Wicket: new game from Boadicea’s Backyard

Jul 20, 2010 No Comments by de

Very exciting news just in is about a new cricket game called Wicked Wickets from a UK-based company called Boadicea’s Backyard.

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Victorian table basher

Mar 20, 2010 No Comments by de

An unusual, rare and oddly spelt Victorian table top game, “Crickette” has been found by Replay Cricket on eBay. Looks like fun.

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Stumpz from Thos. de la Rue & Co. Ltd.

Mar 14, 2010 No Comments by de

Stumpz is one of the real classics amongst cricket board games. Created by an unknown designer working for the De La Rue Company, the game appears to have first been released in the late 1920s or early 1930s.

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Loft(y) discovery

Mar 04, 2010 No Comments

An email about a dusty old game found in a loft clean out starts a bit of detective work by the Replay Cricket crew. Donning our best Sherlock Holmes outfits, we make short shift of the mystery.

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Minden hits the spot

Jan 01, 2010 No Comments

We take a look at some classic games: from the superb Minden Playing Card Cricket to the quite good Pavilion Cricket, and the slightly less than impressive, but beautifully made Subbuteo Cricket.

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Game Reviews

Pavilion Cricket – board game

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.

Balyna Discbat Cricket

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: The New Test Match Game

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.

Stumpz from Thos. de la Rue & Co. Ltd.

Stumpz is one of the real classics amongst cricket board games. Created by an unknown designer working for the De La Rue Company, the game appears to have first been released in the late 1920s or early 1930s.