4

I have this peg board game called Bamboozle. There is a deck of cards from zero to 99 to match the holes in the board. The object of the game was to get five in a row, and when you held a card in your hand you were only allowed to play it and place your peg equal to or higher than the card played.

But for the life of me, I can't remember how many cards you played with and what the rules were. Can anybody help? enter image description here

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
3

This game has been produced over the years in a number of very slightly different versions, originally stemming from a sociological study done in the 1960s; so while I haven't been able to find the rules for this version explicitly, an almost identical version was sold under the name "Poo-Ka-Boo", which helpfully has the rules printed on the back of the box.

Poo-Ka-Boo

For a slightly different version, 5ive Straight (aka The Game of 99!) is still produced.

2
  • 2
    Thank you KMR I was leaning towards that end, but now I know for sure. Some of the cards were destroyed from playing, and as a result, one day I found another set in a garage sale and managed to use some cards from each deck to play again. Appreciate the help.
    – Mike
    Commented Jun 11, 2020 at 4:31
  • @MikeD - if you just need a deck of cards from 1-100 (or 1-99?), then you could buy 6Nimmt, "The Mind", or "The Game" (I would vote for The Mind, as it's also one of my favorite games to play without pegs...)
    – The Chaz 2.0
    Commented Jun 11, 2020 at 20:37

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .