SAVE VS. SLUGGO.

§ January 18th, 2013 § Filed under gaming, nancy, sluggo § 5 Comments

So pal Andres points out this eBay auction to me on the Twitters, and I think “I really shouldn’t try to bid on that, I need to save money,” and “I really shouldn’t try to bid on that, I’ve got enough junk in the house for the creditors to haul out after I’m dead,” and “what’s my eBay password again, I need to go bid on that.”

As it turned out, the auction got too rich for my blood…well, actually, I put in one bid and I was busy working when the auction ended and thus couldn’t enter that last second bidding war which is always so much fun on the eBay. Ah, well, at least I have these images liberated from said eBay auction to remind me of that ship which passed me in the night:


Yes, that’s right, only the Nancy and Sluggo Game dares to bring you an “infinity cover” on its lid. (Not to mention the omnipresent “three rocks.”) This game is produced by Milton Bradley, and has a 1944 copyright notice. The cover appears to be genuine Ernie Bushmiller (there’s his signature, though that doesn’t always mean anything), while the images on the board inside:


…appear to be just slightly off-model, as if traced from original panels, or simply done from scratch by artists at the game company. It’s hard to say without having the actual board right in front of me. As for the game proper, it’s all pretty basic, rolling the die and moving the pieces around the board, gaining advantages or penalties based on what’s in the square you land on, in case you were wondering what a “board game” was like. It’s just that there’s nothing specifically Nancy or Sluggo-ish about the game itself, beyond the imagery. It’s not like you’re moving a Sluggo piece around the board, and lose a turn every time you land on a square containing a hammock or a harmonica…though that‘s within spitting distance of a Nancy and Sluggo role playing game, and I’m not sure the world is quite that ready for such a wonderful thing to exist. (If you’re wondering…yes, the Nancy and Sluggo role playing game would have Gelatinous Cubes in it.)

Speaking of the game pieces, here’s a shot of them from that auction, along with what I’m presuming to be the original die:


Man, they’re just round wood thingies. They don’t even have pictures of the Nancy cast or anything: “HA HA you have to be Pee Wee!” “Dash it all!” Okay, I know it was wartime, and Nancy and Sluggo face decals had to be conserved for the war effort, but still, it’s a bit of a disappointment.

A brief Googling didn’t bring me much more information about this, though to be honest I’m not sure what more there is to know. Board Game Geek didn’t have a listing for it, though it did have a listing for the unofficial Scott McCloud creation 5 Card Nancy. And here’s a site with an archived description of the board game from an older eBay auction.

So sadly, I guess my ownership of this game simply wasn’t meant to be. …At least, not yet.

5 Responses to “SAVE VS. SLUGGO.”

  • RDaggle says:

    hmm … 1944…

    It’s probably made from asbestos.

    You dodged a bullet, Mr. S.

  • Snark Shark says:

    “(If you’re wondering…yes, the Nancy and Sluggo role playing game would have Gelatinous Cubes in it.)”

    ALL games should have Gelatinous Cubes in them!

  • Sleestak says:

    i had to use a sniping program to get my Land of the Lost board game and a cherry Kabala game to beat the other snipers/sock puppets at the last millisecond. Worth it though.

  • Sarah says:

    That is a BOSS 40s font.

  • Andres says:

    I couldn’t justify bidding on this either, next time I’m just not listening to that little voice.