-
Item
Green gameboard consists of 441 squares arranged in 21x21 grid. There is a star in the center of the grid and 12 stars around it.
Item
Game prototype
Green gameboard consists of 441 squares arranged in 21x21 grid. There is a star in the center of the grid and 12 stars around it. -
Item
Untitled gameboard is hand-lettered in different colors and appears to involve elections and payments.
Item
Game prototype
Untitled gameboard is hand-lettered in different colors and appears to involve elections and payments. -
Item
Untitled gameboard consists of a large empty square in the center, surrounded by three rows of squares regarding shares, taxes, dividends, and bonuses. The board is framed with three- and four-digit numbers.
Item
Game prototype
Untitled gameboard consists of a large empty square in the center, surrounded by three rows of squares regarding shares, taxes, dividends, and bonuses. The board is framed with three- and four-digit numbers. -
Item
Untitled gameboard consists of 25 businesses in a 5x5 grid of squares; corners of the board are labelled by courts: city, county, state, and federal.
Item
Game prototype
Untitled gameboard consists of 25 businesses in a 5x5 grid of squares; corners of the board are labelled by courts: city, county, state, and federal. -
Item
Untitled prototype has no directions and contains the following items: cardboard box, 3 blue cardboard pieces of different shapes; 1 contains 2 round cut-outs, small hexagonal cardboard pieces with red pencil markings
Item
Game prototype
Untitled prototype has no directions and contains the following items: cardboard box, 3 blue cardboard pieces of different shapes; 1 contains 2 round cut-outs, small hexagonal cardboard pieces with red pencil markings -
Item
Untitled prototype has no directions and contains the following items: cardboard box, half sheet of paper with pencil notations, rectangular white cards with color-penciled numbers in 2 corners
Item
Game prototype
Untitled prototype has no directions and contains the following items: cardboard box, half sheet of paper with pencil notations, rectangular white cards with color-penciled numbers in 2 corners -
Item
Untitled prototype has no directions and consists of the following items: cardboard box; strips of cut-up index cards divided into red, white, and blue penciled squares; square cardboard pieces in red, white, and blue marked either A, B, C, or D
Item
Game prototype
Untitled prototype has no directions and consists of the following items: cardboard box; strips of cut-up index cards divided into red, white, and blue penciled squares; square cardboard pieces in red, white, and blue marked either A, B, C, or D -
Item
Untitled prototype has no directions and contains the following items: cardboard box; cardboard pieces of various shapes, divided by penciled lines into squares containing penciled numbers and dots; small wooden peg-style pieces colored yellow, green, or orange
Item
Game prototype
Untitled prototype has no directions and contains the following items: cardboard box; cardboard pieces of various shapes, divided by penciled lines into squares containing penciled numbers and dots; small wooden peg-style pieces colored yellow, green, or orange -
Item
Untitled prototype has no directions and contains the following items: cardboard box, small cardboard squares and circles in various colors, rounded-edge cards containing names of various American companies and industries, 1 pair of dice
Item
Game prototype
Untitled prototype has no directions and contains the following items: cardboard box, small cardboard squares and circles in various colors, rounded-edge cards containing names of various American companies and industries, 1 pair of dice -
Item
Untitled prototype has no directions and contains the following items: cardboard box, small piece of paper with sketches, 2 pieces of cardstock that may be templates, set of custom-made cards with penciled numbers and markings in various colors
Item
Game prototype
Untitled prototype has no directions and contains the following items: cardboard box, small piece of paper with sketches, 2 pieces of cardstock that may be templates, set of custom-made cards with penciled numbers and markings in various colors -
Item
Untitled prototype (no directions) consists of a round piece of wood painted white on back side and light gray on front side. Attached to the front is a raised cardboard square divided into 16 smaller squares. Grid outline is painted dark gray and area inside the squares is white.
Item
Game prototype
Untitled prototype (no directions) consists of a round piece of wood painted white on back side and light gray on front side. Attached to the front is a raised cardboard square divided into 16 smaller squares. Grid outline is painted dark gray and area inside the squares is white. -
Item
Untitled prototype has no directions and consists of a cardboard gameboard, taped in the middle and folded to create a square for storage. Playing surface contains colored "blobs" connected by ink lines to create triangles. At the top is a color key: red stands for Spices, green stands for Tea, yellow stands for Pearls, purple stands for Silk, and orange stands for Incense.
Item
Game prototype
Untitled prototype has no directions and consists of a cardboard gameboard, taped in the middle and folded to create a square for storage. Playing surface contains colored "blobs" connected by ink lines to create triangles. At the top is a color key: red stands for Spices, green stands for Tea, yellow stands for Pearls, purple stands for Silk, and orange stands for Incense. -
Item
8 miscellaneous, untitled gameboards, all cardboard, some with pencil markings, others with more finished designs and colors.
Item
Game prototype
8 miscellaneous, untitled gameboards, all cardboard, some with pencil markings, others with more finished designs and colors. -
Item
Miscellaneous items: 2 paper-covered pencil holders used as storage containers; 2 plastic chips/tokens, one blue and one yellow; set of yellow cardstock cards, all stamped "Forced Trade"; 2 sizes of cardboard cards, each with a dollar amount and "Bonus"
Item
Game prototype
Miscellaneous items: 2 paper-covered pencil holders used as storage containers; 2 plastic chips/tokens, one blue and one yellow; set of yellow cardstock cards, all stamped "Forced Trade"; 2 sizes of cardboard cards, each with a dollar amount and "Bonus" -
Item
Prototype has no directions; it consists of variously-shaped pieces of cardboard in yellow, purple, or blue, each with 2 holes and a numbered sticker.
Item
Game prototype
Prototype has no directions; it consists of variously-shaped pieces of cardboard in yellow, purple, or blue, each with 2 holes and a numbered sticker. -
Item
Prototype has no directions and contains the following items: 2 pieces of folded cardboard, one yellow and one green; round plastic chips/tokens in green and yellow; tiny wooden squares in dark blue and red; 2 cardboard gameboards, one marked Odd and the other Even, each contains a 6 x 8 grid of squares
Item
Game prototype
Prototype has no directions and contains the following items: 2 pieces of folded cardboard, one yellow and one green; round plastic chips/tokens in green and yellow; tiny wooden squares in dark blue and red; 2 cardboard gameboards, one marked Odd and the other Even, each contains a 6 x 8 grid of squares -
Item
Prototype has no directions and contains the following items: 10 plastic chips/tokens, 5 yellow and 5 green; 2 playing boards made of cardboard with cut-outs, which have sticker labels; 14 custom-made wooden dice with labeled stickers on each face
Item
Game prototype
Prototype has no directions and contains the following items: 10 plastic chips/tokens, 5 yellow and 5 green; 2 playing boards made of cardboard with cut-outs, which have sticker labels; 14 custom-made wooden dice with labeled stickers on each face -
Item
Prototype has no directions and consists of 5 sets of cards, labeled in colored pencil (red, black, blue, green, and yellow); labels have to do with various types of fast foods; only non-food items mentioned are "Road Runner" and "Ernie."
Item
Game prototype
Prototype has no directions and consists of 5 sets of cards, labeled in colored pencil (red, black, blue, green, and yellow); labels have to do with various types of fast foods; only non-food items mentioned are "Road Runner" and "Ernie." -
Item
Prototype has no directions and consists of vinyl-backed cards divided into blue, red, and green sets. Each card has a hand-drawn stick figure plus typed instructions.
Item
Game prototype
Prototype has no directions and consists of vinyl-backed cards divided into blue, red, and green sets. Each card has a hand-drawn stick figure plus typed instructions. -
Item
Prototype has no directions and consists of a set of cards with markings (mostly letters, some numbers) in yellow, green, blue, black, or red pencil.
Item
Game prototype
Prototype has no directions and consists of a set of cards with markings (mostly letters, some numbers) in yellow, green, blue, black, or red pencil. -
Item
Prototype has no directions and contains the following items: set of vinyl-backed custom playing cards with numbers/words neatly penciled in blue, green, or red; 6 yellow heavy cardboard rectangles labeled in black marker with "OUT" on one side and "PASS" on the other side; 5 draft sets of playing cards labeled in red, green, blue, black, or orange pencil
Item
Game prototype
Prototype has no directions and contains the following items: set of vinyl-backed custom playing cards with numbers/words neatly penciled in blue, green, or red; 6 yellow heavy cardboard rectangles labeled in black marker with "OUT" on one side and "PASS" on the other side; 5 draft sets of playing cards labeled in red, green, blue, black, or orange pencil -
Item
Prototype has no directions and contains the following items: 4 template cards; set of rectangular cardstock containing penciled text, symbols, and numbers; 4 index cards that appear to contain a "key" to the card set
Item
Game prototype
Prototype has no directions and contains the following items: 4 template cards; set of rectangular cardstock containing penciled text, symbols, and numbers; 4 index cards that appear to contain a "key" to the card set -
Item
Prototype has no directions and consists of a set of cardboard rectangles of various colors; many of them are pasted together so that there are different colors on both sides; many of the rectangles have a center sticker that is colored in with colored pencil.
Item
Game prototype
Prototype has no directions and consists of a set of cardboard rectangles of various colors; many of them are pasted together so that there are different colors on both sides; many of the rectangles have a center sticker that is colored in with colored pencil. -
Item
Prototype has no directions and consists of 2 sets of cardboard cards concerning "persuasion" and making deals.
Item
Game prototype
Prototype has no directions and consists of 2 sets of cardboard cards concerning "persuasion" and making deals. -
Item
Prototype has no directions and consists of tiny cardboard squares in various colors; some of the squares are labeled with X on one side.
Item
Game prototype
Prototype has no directions and consists of tiny cardboard squares in various colors; some of the squares are labeled with X on one side. -
Item
This game is untitled and there are no directions. It appears to be a tangram challenge. Materials include: 1 plastic box bottom; 1 plastic box lid; 2 pages of diagrams and notations; 24 trapezoid and parallelogram pieces
Item
Game prototype
This game is untitled and there are no directions. It appears to be a tangram challenge. Materials include: 1 plastic box bottom; 1 plastic box lid; 2 pages of diagrams and notations; 24 trapezoid and parallelogram pieces -
Item
Prototype game board only, white board marked with a black grid, with black, blue, and red lines and red spots or stars marked on it. Game type unknown.
Item
Game prototype
Prototype game board only, white board marked with a black grid, with black, blue, and red lines and red spots or stars marked on it. Game type unknown. -
Item
Prototype game board only. Green colored board is marked in ink with concentric circles, which are divided into 12 sections. each space within each section is numbered in a different sequence. Ten squares in a line at two opposite ends.
Item
Game prototype
Prototype game board only. Green colored board is marked in ink with concentric circles, which are divided into 12 sections. each space within each section is numbered in a different sequence. Ten squares in a line at two opposite ends. -
Item
Folding gameboard hand-colored with (painted?) squares of black, red, blue orange, yellow, and green. A slipcase of cardstock contains a similarly-colored grid with punched holes on the back, and a card inside has numbered point values. Unknown title or method of play, likely a strategy game.
Item
Game prototype
Folding gameboard hand-colored with (painted?) squares of black, red, blue orange, yellow, and green. A slipcase of cardstock contains a similarly-colored grid with punched holes on the back, and a card inside has numbered point values. Unknown title or method of play, likely a strategy game. -
Item
This game has no title and no directions. Materials include: 1 cardboard box bottom; 1 custom cardboard and wood board/pieces support; 75 plastic discs (23 green, 22 orange, 12 white, 18 black); 1 grooved wooden gameboard; 2 large cardboard triangles, numbered; 31 cardstock angled pieces
Item
Game prototype
This game has no title and no directions. Materials include: 1 cardboard box bottom; 1 custom cardboard and wood board/pieces support; 75 plastic discs (23 green, 22 orange, 12 white, 18 black); 1 grooved wooden gameboard; 2 large cardboard triangles, numbered; 31 cardstock angled pieces -
Item
Untitled gameboard consisting of connected circles.
-
Item
Untitled frame-like four-sided gameboard, each side numbered 1 through 6.
-
Item
Blue curved design, parts numbered 1-9, drawn on black cardboard.
-
Item
Untitled green gameboard is marked with 76 black dots in rows of 8 or 9.
-
Item
Gameboard has no title and no directions. It consists of seven pieces: a central square surrounded by six checkered frames of graduating sizes. The board resembles a slightly-pyramidal chessboard.
Item
Game prototype
Gameboard has no title and no directions. It consists of seven pieces: a central square surrounded by six checkered frames of graduating sizes. The board resembles a slightly-pyramidal chessboard. -
Item
Prototype has no directions and consists of 20 cardboard squares. Each square is divided by lines into a center square and 4 surrounding trapezoids. Some sections of each square are colored pink and others are blue. Directional arrows are also drawn on each square. A few squares have a sticker dot in the center.
Item
Game prototype
Prototype has no directions and consists of 20 cardboard squares. Each square is divided by lines into a center square and 4 surrounding trapezoids. Some sections of each square are colored pink and others are blue. Directional arrows are also drawn on each square. A few squares have a sticker dot in the center. -
Item
Prototype has no directions and consists of rectangular cardboard strips with angled ends; each strip is divided by inked lines into squares.
Item
Game prototype
Prototype has no directions and consists of rectangular cardboard strips with angled ends; each strip is divided by inked lines into squares. -
Item
Game prototype board only, for a game that was concerned with neighboring towns. Board has a black background and colored squares within white patches, each square or group of squares named after a fictional town. Some of these are connected by straight lines.
Item
Game prototype
Game prototype board only, for a game that was concerned with neighboring towns. Board has a black background and colored squares within white patches, each square or group of squares named after a fictional town. Some of these are connected by straight lines. -
Item
Materials include: 1 box top; 1 custom insert for box top; 1 box bottom; 5 custom inserts for box bottom; 4 scorecards; 4 plastic dice; 8 plastic markers, 2 each of red, blue, yellow, green); 7 hexagonal cardboard "triple" markers; 114 round discs marked as dice
-
Item
Groove is a 3-D puzzle. Angled cardstock pieces are to be properly placed in the grooved base. Materials include: 1 cardboard box bottom; 1 plastic lid; 4-page solution booklet (transferred to Library's Sid Sackson Archive); 1 small instruction sheet (transferred to Library's Sid Sackson Archive); 12 angled cardstock pieces; 1 grooved puzzle base
Item
Groove
Groove is a 3-D puzzle. Angled cardstock pieces are to be properly placed in the grooved base. Materials include: 1 cardboard box bottom; 1 plastic lid; 4-page solution booklet (transferred to Library's Sid Sackson Archive); 1 small instruction sheet (transferred to Library's Sid Sackson Archive); 12 angled cardstock pieces; 1 grooved puzzle base -
Item
No directions; includes the following items: 2 small pages of notes (transferred to Library's Sid Sackson Archives); cardboard box; rectangular, blank cards in the colors of white, yellow, orange, pink, and blue; small folded sheets of paper with typewritten information used during play; reverse side of each sheet has an inked number
Item
Haggle III
No directions; includes the following items: 2 small pages of notes (transferred to Library's Sid Sackson Archives); cardboard box; rectangular, blank cards in the colors of white, yellow, orange, pink, and blue; small folded sheets of paper with typewritten information used during play; reverse side of each sheet has an inked number -
Item
No directions included with this game. Materials include: 1 cardboard box top, 1 cardboard box bottom, 5 box inserts, 1 gameboard with raised dots, 2 brown cardobard rectangles, 20 plastic discs, 4 large cardboard discs ( 1 each red, blue, yellow, green), 20 various perforated shapes (5 each red, blue, yellow, green)
Item
Haven
No directions included with this game. Materials include: 1 cardboard box top, 1 cardboard box bottom, 5 box inserts, 1 gameboard with raised dots, 2 brown cardobard rectangles, 20 plastic discs, 4 large cardboard discs ( 1 each red, blue, yellow, green), 20 various perforated shapes (5 each red, blue, yellow, green) -
Item
No directions included with this game. Materials include: 1 cardboard box top, 1 cardboard box bottom, 5 box inserts, 1 gameboard with raised dots, 2 brown cardobard rectangles, 20 plastic discs, 4 large cardboard discs ( 1 each red, blue, yellow, green), 20 various perforated shapes (5 each red, blue, yellow, green)
Item
Haven
No directions included with this game. Materials include: 1 cardboard box top, 1 cardboard box bottom, 5 box inserts, 1 gameboard with raised dots, 2 brown cardobard rectangles, 20 plastic discs, 4 large cardboard discs ( 1 each red, blue, yellow, green), 20 various perforated shapes (5 each red, blue, yellow, green) -
Item
High Spirits is "a new and different card game, where you can pick and choose your cards - trying to grab "Spirits" when they are "high" and avoiding them when they are "low." The "larceny" deck allows you to make all kinds of clever plans, but beware that they don't turn against you!" (Sid Sackson, game introduction) Materials include: 1 box lid; 1 box bottom; 3 hand-made box dividers; 5 instruction sheets (transferred to Library's Sid Sackson Archive); 4 status cards; 42-card spirit deck; 42-card larceny deck; 50 plastic chips (10 red, 10 blue, 30 white)
Item
High Spirits
High Spirits is "a new and different card game, where you can pick and choose your cards - trying to grab "Spirits" when they are "high" and avoiding them when they are "low." The "larceny" deck allows you to make all kinds of clever plans, but beware that they don't turn against you!" (Sid Sackson, game introduction) Materials include: 1 box lid; 1 box bottom; 3 hand-made box dividers; 5 instruction sheets (transferred to Library's Sid Sackson Archive); 4 status cards; 42-card spirit deck; 42-card larceny deck; 50 plastic chips (10 red, 10 blue, 30 white) -
Item
Prototype's gameboard (in 2 pieces) is divided into twelve rectangles with directional arrows between rectangles. Each rectangle is divided into 9 squares, one numbered, one striped, one labelled Jack Pot, and six plain.
Item
Hit the Jackpot
Prototype's gameboard (in 2 pieces) is divided into twelve rectangles with directional arrows between rectangles. Each rectangle is divided into 9 squares, one numbered, one striped, one labelled Jack Pot, and six plain. -
Item
Prototype has no directions and contains the following items: 2 pages of handwritten notes (transferred to Library's Sid Sackson Archive); cardboard box; cardboard pieces with various geometric cut-out shapes
Item
Holey Terror (II)
Prototype has no directions and contains the following items: 2 pages of handwritten notes (transferred to Library's Sid Sackson Archive); cardboard box; cardboard pieces with various geometric cut-out shapes -
Item
Typical Sackson game prototype storage consists of an Eberhard Faber pencil box. Inside are 12 wood dice, with colored symbols on all sides. Game prototype for Indian Dice has many different sheets that descibe scoring methods inside, but no real game instructions.
Item
Indian Dice
Typical Sackson game prototype storage consists of an Eberhard Faber pencil box. Inside are 12 wood dice, with colored symbols on all sides. Game prototype for Indian Dice has many different sheets that descibe scoring methods inside, but no real game instructions. -
Item
Gameboard has cardboard backing, paper design of stars, suns, planets on black, divided into squares, plastic overlay; designed by Phil Orbanes and revised by Sid Sackson.
-
Item
"Invasion is a new military game for two or four players. It can be played at different levels; as an exciting campaign the outcome of which is influenced by chance or as a contest of pure skill." (Sid Sackson, game introduction) Materials include: 1 box lid; 1 box bottom, customized to hold cards, pieces; 8 pages of instructions (transferred to Library's Sid Sackson Archive); 1 folding gameboard (3 of 4 parts); 2 waxed-paper marker holders; 50 green wood markers; 2 red markers; 50 yellow markers; 28 cards with yellow numbers; 28 cards with green numbers; 2 pads of paper
Item
Invasion
"Invasion is a new military game for two or four players. It can be played at different levels; as an exciting campaign the outcome of which is influenced by chance or as a contest of pure skill." (Sid Sackson, game introduction) Materials include: 1 box lid; 1 box bottom, customized to hold cards, pieces; 8 pages of instructions (transferred to Library's Sid Sackson Archive); 1 folding gameboard (3 of 4 parts); 2 waxed-paper marker holders; 50 green wood markers; 2 red markers; 50 yellow markers; 28 cards with yellow numbers; 28 cards with green numbers; 2 pads of paper -
Item
"In this world of high finance and low cunning your goal is to put together profitable deals by organizing the necessary big time operators." (Sid Sackson in game directions). Materials include: 1 box bottom; 1 decorated box top; 1 gameboard made of heavy paper; 3 square, colored playing pieces labelled Level, Dealer, and Turn; 80 custom-made play $ bills (20 ten-million, 20 five-million, 40 1-million); 52 pages of directions, diagrams, and notations (transferred to Library's Sid Sackson Archive)
Item
It's a Deal!
"In this world of high finance and low cunning your goal is to put together profitable deals by organizing the necessary big time operators." (Sid Sackson in game directions). Materials include: 1 box bottom; 1 decorated box top; 1 gameboard made of heavy paper; 3 square, colored playing pieces labelled Level, Dealer, and Turn; 80 custom-made play $ bills (20 ten-million, 20 five-million, 40 1-million); 52 pages of directions, diagrams, and notations (transferred to Library's Sid Sackson Archive)