Trying to think of the name of an old game!

Faith · 2013-05-29 10:04:02

I had a memory last night of playing a game when I was a kid. I'm struggling to even describe it though! Basically, there was lots of long thin straws of different colours, and you had to pull one at a time without 'setting off' the game. I can't remember exactly what happened to make you lose, but all of the colours had…

29-05-2013 10:04AM

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I had a memory last night of playing a game when I was a kid. I'm struggling to even describe it though! Basically, there was lots of long thin straws of different colours, and you had to pull one at a time without 'setting off' the game. I can't remember exactly what happened to make you lose, but all of the colours had different values, with orange being the most valuable, and at the end, you'd count up your points.

Does anyone remember this and know what it was called?

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#2 29-05-2013 10:06AM

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Kerplunk?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KerPlunk_(game)

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#3 29-05-2013 10:09AM

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Yes, I think that must be it! I don't remember the marbles at all, but it's been close to 20 years since I last played it . Thank you!

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#4 13-07-2013 02:49PM

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If not the old version of kerplunk, then it was Tumblin Monkeys :P

http://boardgamegeek.com/image/76813/tumblin-monkeys

buy it here (amazon)

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