Ottawa Board Game Summit

Safe to say, I think, that all of the members of my family including my unofficial third son enjoy playing board games though, of course, we don't have as much time to pursue this activity as we would like and we no longer live under the same roof.

I read with interest therefore a story in this week's Ottawa Citizen called Fun For All At Board-Game Summit and thought wouldn't that have been fun.  

The summit was started in 2008 when it drew 100 visitors. This year, by Sunday, 1,500 people had come to play games.

My entire family would have loved to have spent any number of hours there accessing the 600 board game library. For an entrance fee of $40, one had access to the collection for the weekend. 

The newspaper says that the game selection included board games way beyond the typical games you find at the department store, card games of the collectible sort, war-type games and giant games of chess, Jenga, etc.

Of course, my family owns a library of board games but they still eye with interest the new, used and vintage, hard-to-find board games that come into my house for my eBay store.  If you are a board gamer, you know that there is nothing like a new to you board game!

Settlers of Catan, anyone?

Brenda

Quick Links:

Read more about Jenga.
Check out the JENGA games on eBay.

Face To Face: The Famous Face Guessing Game

Face to Face: The Famous Face Guessing Game (as shown here) and the Limited Collector's Edition, version, The Identity Game are rare, vintage games that are difficult to find and of course, the celebrities in the game will look quite a bit different in real life today than they did in 1993.

FAST FACTS

Age Range: 12 and up

Number of Players: 2 to 6

Manufacturer: Canada Games

Year Manufactured: 1993

Game Type: Board Game

UPC (of the game shown here): 056297603158 

MPN: 60315

HOW TO PLAY

The box reads: 

"Tired of playing games with the same old friend…Instead, why not invite 560 of the most famous faces in the world into your living room? Famous faces of your favorite celebrities, athletes, politicians, people in the news and more! Players open windows on one of the four view finders and guess the names of these famous faces as they are revealed bit by bit. The face may be on the top of your head but the name might stay on the tip of your tongue."

WHERE TO BUY IT

If you are looking for a copy of this vintage game, it may take a bit of work to find one and you may have to settle for a used copy. I think your best bet is to try clicking here to see if it is available on eBay though as I edit this there are none available. If, indeed that is the case when you are searching, I recommend that you set up a saved search on eBay to be notified when one becomes available. 

SAVE A SEARCH ON EBAY: 

This is how you can save a search on eBay:

Start by searching for the item that you are looking for. In this case, I would use "vintage face to face board game" without the quotation marks. Type those words in and then press search. On a desktop or laptop computer, you will then see a little heart with the words "save this search." Click on that button eBay will send you an email if a copy of the game becomes available.  

Good luck with your search and happy gaming!
Brenda

QUICK LINKS

Check out all of the new, used and vintage GAMES in my eBay store by clicking here. I have lots of replacement parts for your games, too.