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Top 5 1980s Childhood Board Games

Nightmare

Alt. country/ Americana singer/ songwriter Ruby Boots has a number of headline shows, festival dates and support with Mama Kin upcoming.


A child of the 1980s, Ruby wanders down memory lane looking back at he favourite board games.

“Aside from ‘Mario Brothers’ when Nintendo first came out, and ‘California Games’ before that when we were still playing Atari, I've not been into video games of any sort. But I have the fondest memories of board games from growing up.”

Hungry Hippos

A wonderful, frenetic frenzy; one of the best childhood highs trying to eat all the marbles in five seconds (with the hippo of course).

Hungry-Hippos

Guess Who

Kind of obvious, BUT WHO DIDN'T LOVE GUESS WHO?

Guess-Who

Nightmare

"Turn up the volume and turn the lights down"; further volumes where collected. A must-have board game for Year 7 sleep-overs.

Nightmare

Risk

You can play Risk now on tablets etc, but your brothers can't cheat that way when you do; there are no token fist-fights toward the end of the game when you realise they have taken you for a ride 3/4s of the way through. Every. Single. Time.

Risk

Operation

Every time that buzzer went off, it was like Freddy Krueger sneaking up behind you like he does, rattling your bones and all.

Operation

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Ruby Boots plays Country & Inner Western at GoodGod Small Club, Sydney, on Wednesday 29th October.

Ruby Boots Tour Dates Sat 18 Oct - Darebin Music Feast (Melbourne)
Tue 21 Oct - Newtown Social Club (Sydney, Out On The Weekend sideshow)
Wed 22 Oct - Northcote Social Club (Melbourne, Out On The Weekend sideshow)
Thu 23 Oct - The Toff In Town (Melbourne, Out On The Weekend sideshow)

Mama Kin & Emi Lu Tour Dates

Wed 5 Nov - Lizottes (Newcastle)
Thu 6 Nov - No. 5 Church Street (Bellingen)
Fri 7 Nov - No. 5 Church Street (Bellingen)

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