Party games
The Mad Magazine Game
Alga, 1979
The Mad Magazine Game is a party game published by Alga in 1979. It is played with 2 to 4 players, from age 8 and in about 60 minutes.
- players
- 2–4
- minutes
- 60
- years
- 8+
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The box
- Publishers
- Alga, Borras Plana S.A., Carlit, Clipper, Kod Kod, Miro Company
- Artwork
- Jack Burton Davis, Don Martin
- Year of release
- 1979
- Also known as
- Le Jeu de Mad Magazine · MAD · The Mad Game · MAD Le Monde à l'envers: Qui perd gagne
About the game
The Mad Magazine Game, later reissued as Mad Magazine: The "What-Me Worry?" game, is a board game produced by Parker Brothers in 1979. Gameplay is similar, but the goals and directions often opposite, to that of Monopoly; the object is for players to lose all their money. The first player is determined by a left-handed roll for the lowest number, and play proceeds to the right. The game includes cards, money, dice, and tokens, and the game board features Alfred E. Neuman and illustrations from Mad magazine. By design, no conclusive strategy exists for the game, since even if a player is winning, several spaces and cards direct players to exchange money or chairs with others, causing advantages to be lost instantly.More from Alga
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