During the 1960s and 1970s many families were doing the same thing on any given night. Perhaps if it was a Saturday night - Dad would bring home pizza, burgers or maybe some fried chicken. Everyone would gather round the television, each member sitting behind their own TV tray - and watch Carol Burnett and then All in the Family.

Then after that - a quick tidy up in the kitchen and here come the board games. Usually each family had a board game closet, shelf or stack somewhere in reaching distance where - at the drop of a hat - you could be trying to sink your sister's battleship or send your Dad to the poor house as you collected his last dollars for rent on old Boardwalk Avenue.

Those were the days - And these were the games we played. Check them out below. Now you and your own family can start a tradition with the very same games.

Don't forget the food!

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