Thew Wife went to a sale at her old school a while back and bought some treasures. For me, she bought an old board game. I'm not a fan of games but the subject matter is hilarious. The game is called "
X from Outer Space". I love it!
The game isn't complete. A couple of the playing pieces are missing and the dice are missing but that's okay because what is left is awesome.
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| The surviving player pieces. Why X looks like a bird is a mystery. |
The game is about an alien - a Bisnipian named 'X' naturally - who is visiting our solar system. It is our mission to give X a guided tour ... in our "space mobile". Meanwhile a "space agent" named Quatz (always with the Qs and Zs ... so typical) is chasing X for no known reason. Along the way the players have to pick either Planet Zoomer or Black Hole cards which help you move ahead or backward respectively. The cards are by far my favorite thing about the game since they are soooo cheesy. Here are a few examples:
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| The awesome Planet Zoomer cards. |
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| The awesome Black Hole cards. |
My favorites are:
"X finds a gizmo to fix the whatsit"
"Agent Quatz' boomerang whomps you back,"
Who would have thought that Agent Quatz was Australian and I'm surprised it wasn't a space boomerang.
Now, a trivia question. One of the cards shown above is a homage to Star Trek. If you are 'game' leave a comment naming the card and explaining how it is connected with Star Trek. No fair using a search engine.
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