Dice games
Wahoo
Creative Designs, 1930
Wahoo is a dice game published by Creative Designs in 1930. It is played with 4 to 6 players and in about 45 minutes.
- players
- 4–6
- minutes
- 45
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The box
- Publishers
- Creative Designs, Pressman Toy Corp., Traditional Game & Toy Company
- Year of release
- 1930
- Also known as
- Wa Hoo
About the game
Wahoo is a cross and circle board game similar to Parchisi that involves moving a set number of marbles around the board, trying to get them into the safety zone. The game is alleged to have originated in the Appalachian hills, but it is nearly identical to Mensch ärgere Dich nicht, a German board game originating in 1907. Most boards are used by two to four players. Wahoo has been a popular game for decades. Even today, custom-made boards proliferate on eBay and game manufacturer Parker Brothers has sold their own version of the game, under the title Aggravation, for decades.
The name Wahoo comes from a stereotypical Native American sounding name. Many boards would be adorned with caricatures of Native Americans. Despite its origins, many people would create their own Wahoo boards as not many were mass produced. There are old homemade boards on eBay and other sellers' sites dating back to the 1930s and 1940s.Information from Marquoir’s game database, which cross-checks several open sources. Spotted a mistake? Write to us from the Contact page.