Lookign for obscure pencil and paper game series from the seventies?

March 19, 2009 10:26 AM

Back in the 1970's I remember a series of cool, geometric, pencil and paper games. Each one was nothing more than a pad of printed 5x8 sheets of paper and rules. There was a whole series of these and I remember lusting after them all at my local KB Toy and Hobby. Now I cannot find any information on these games, if they exist, can I print them myself, what the rules were, etc...

I can remember one example.

One game had hexagons on it, and one player tried to build a chain connecting the right and left sides of the paper, while one player tried to make a chain between the top and bottom.

The packages were in bright colors, and they had groovy 60's letters in the packaging. Anyone remember these?

posted by peteshaw to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (7 answers total)

I can't help with the game series itself, but the particular game you're describing sounds a lot like either Hex or Mudcrack or Y. The name of this one game might help you track down the series of games that you're looking for.
posted by Fully Completely at 11:51 AM on March 19, 2009

I don't know anything about the specific publication you remember, but I'm pretty sure the game you describe is Hex.
posted by Johnny Assay at 11:53 AM on March 19, 2009 [1 favorite]

I don't have the answer, but I can at least confirm that you're not imagining things - I remember these too. Great for long car trips.
posted by nkknkk at 12:17 PM on March 19, 2009

Was it one of the Invisible Ink activity books?
posted by jrossi4r at 12:25 PM on March 19, 2009

Response by poster: FOUND!

Interestingly, when I searched on google for "pencil and paper games" this post came up as halfway down the second page.

Then, searching on ebay I found this...

50 sheets each, 5.5x8.5, made by 3M, including
tic tac toe, hex, thorn, naval battle, nab, and others...

Now if I can only find a list of games and rules!
posted by peteshaw at 12:30 PM on March 19, 2009

Best answer: One more followup, for those interested. More info can be found courtesy of...

Boardgamesgeek to the rescue!

I apologize for asking a question and then answering it.

:^)
posted by peteshaw at 12:37 PM on March 19, 2009

If you want downloadable PDFs of graph paper, grid paper, hex paper, etc. you could do a lot worse than to visit this site.
posted by Wild_Eep at 5:18 PM on March 19, 2009