Ontario Community Newspapers

Barrie Examiner, 14 Jun 1979, p. 32

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Summer crazygames The soft warm days of sum mer will soon be here and with them millions of Americans will start the migration toward their favorite vacation spots And going alone with these ivoyagers will be one of the most popular forms of travelling companion game There is game boom on the US and more people than ever before are purchasing games The reasons are twofold Bank and brain With inflation sending prices skyrocketing games have simply become the least costly form of family entertainment Then theres the trend toward the board games that require logic and skill to play involving both young and old in an ab sorbing challenge But not all games make good travelling companions Some are too bulky or come in oddly shaped packages while others require too much playing space when setup good travelling game should be compact come in secure case so at the first lurch of the family van the pieces dont wind up on the floor and not take long hours of playing time to complete Not surprisingly games com panies attuned to the travel market produce some clever miniversons of the more popular games Such classics as Backgam mon Chess Chinese Checkers Dominoes Go Reversi MasterMind and Scrabble are now packaged in handy por table editions PAINTINGS DISPLAYED LONDON CP Paintings and sketches made on Captain James Cooks second voyage around the world are on display at the National Maritime Mu seum in Greenwich until April 1980 The exhibition marks the 200th anniversarylflof Cooks death ii In Nevertheless prospective buyers seeking good portable game should shop carefully For in some cases miniature version of game means just that very small designed it would seem to give even the most arden game player terminal case of myopia One company with unique approach to the portable game is Invicta Plastics whove developed series called Passport Games Light Cool Comfortable Norman Shoes 24 DUNLOP ST Downtown Barrie 7283881 the finest concept in eyefashion EINESTLENSES AVAILABLE Cut out ultra violet rays infrared without discoloring Poaroids every day low price Pierre Cardin Christian Dior Elizabeth Arden frames Rog GLASSES START AT 995 When folded inside their vinyl cases these games are about the size of travellers passport and fit snugly into pocket knapsack or carryon yet when opened they provide ample playing surface The playing pieces are selfstick with just the right amount of surface adhesion The Passport Game series continues to contain such favorites as Backgammon Chess and Checkers Go PROTECT YOUR EYES THIS SUMMER WITH SUNGLASSES FROM 3O DUMQE ST it SLOCK WEST QE POINTS ZBZUME Fri Ivn1gtFrv mvtvsrwmr vcmsx SZ1i 331 LAm 25ms Mu FABRIC SHOES FOR UIILMER FUN Fabric Shoes Priced from 1498 to 25 98 the examiner Thursday Juno 14 1979 15 people play Reversi and you choose to travel with seaside cottage by inclement Japanese form of remember that during those weather your best hedge against boredom is good book and good game MATEIBESS BOX SPRING Twin Size omv $8 666 HUGE SELECTION AT TERRIFEC SAVINGS so Mastermind Shogi chess Another trend in the game in dustry bound to affect the traveller is the boom in elec tronic games including such partable and popular classics as Electronic MasterMind and Scrabble Sensor The in teresting aspect of both these games for the traveller is that they can be played solitaire style In any event whatever game long summer evenings by the lake or when confined to the BARRIE MATTRESS AND BEDROOM INTER 15 Dunlop St 7289922 Numeral1h FREE DELIVERY DEVRLEY OIIOPRACTIC SPRINGWALL ITER REDS non ALLERGEIIC FOAM POSTURE THERAPY IND REDS All All BEDROOM INTER rt 3212 32 gyt 5321911mu Id313 mums IL1ETim 44 A44

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy