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Trying to remember the name of a boardgame

  • 05-09-2010 09:46PM
    #1
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 37,230 ✭✭✭✭
    Master of the Universe


    This should be easy as I can remember so much about it, bar the actual damn name!

    It was based on ancient Egypt. The game was set on a raised platform with a load of snakes underneath. From memory I think it may have meant to look like inside of a pyramid with a snake pit under it.

    There were trapdoors around the board. Under the board was a cardboard wheel with holes in it. Sometimes you'd land on a trapdoor and have to spin the wheel. If a hole appeared it would send you down into the snakes.

    There was also a golden coiled snake..before I thought that was the player, but now I remember it was actually at the centre and you had to try and get it and make your way back.

    I haven't seen this game (or even thought about it!) in about 15 years. It just popped back into my head.

    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    oeb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭oeb


    o1s1n wrote: »
    This should be easy as I can remember so much about it, bar the actual damn name!

    It was based on ancient Egypt. The game was set on a raised platform with a load of snakes underneath. From memory I think it may have meant to look like inside of a pyramid with a snake pit under it.

    There were trapdoors around the board. Under the board was a cardboard wheel with holes in it. Sometimes you'd land on a trapdoor and have to spin the wheel. If a hole appeared it would send you down into the snakes.

    There was also a golden coiled snake..before I thought that was the player, but now I remember it was actually at the centre and you had to try and get it and make your way back.

    I haven't seen this game (or even thought about it!) in about 15 years. It just popped back into my head.

    Any ideas?

    That sounds like Treasures and Trapdoors


  • #3
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 37,230 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Ah that's it! Spot on! Cheers! :) I'd never have guessed that name.


  • #4
    shellib
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68 ✭✭shellib


    Ok what about this one... :confused: you had a board game and a video.. you had to play the video when you landed on a certain square... the guy on the tv was like the quiz master but I think he was ghoul or something thats all I can remember :o


  • #5
    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    That was Atmosfear.

    Although the video had to play constantly.

    You can get a DVD version of it now.


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