Quicksand (1981 board game)
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Quicksand is a board game
(currently out of print
) produced in 1981 by the Whitman Publishing Company
. It should not be confused with the 1989 Parker Brothers
board game
of the same name. The game is played on an hourglass
-shaped board made of plastic with numerous round indentations designed to hold the board game
's playing pieces, which are actually small egg timer
-like minute glasses
(referred to as "sand timers") inside of plastic sleeves closed at either end by red or yellow caps. Each set of sand timers are labeled with decals marked A through D. The object of the game
is for a player to get his/her sand timers from the back row of the board closest to him to his opponent's back row, without letting any of his sand timers run out.
marked with one side marked "1," two sides marked "2," one side marked "3" and two sides marked "S."
If a player rolls an S, she may either turn one of her sand timers over and advance it one space or turn one of her opponent's sand timers over. Sand timers must be flowing at all times to be advanced and must be returned to the back row if their sand runs out. If a player rolls a 1, 2 or 3, she may advance or retreat a single sand timer that number of spaces, or split the roll between two or three sand timers.
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
(currently out of print
Out of print
Out of print refers to an item, typically a book , but can include any print or visual media or sound recording, that is in the state of no longer being published....
) produced in 1981 by the Whitman Publishing Company
Western Publishing
Western Publishing, also known as Western Printing and Lithographing Company was a Racine, Wisconsin firm responsible for publishing the Little Golden Books. Western Publishing also produced children's books and family-related entertainment products as Golden Books Family Entertainment...
. It should not be confused with the 1989 Parker Brothers
Parker Brothers
Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe...
board game
Quicksand (board game)
Quicksand was a board game published in 1989 by Parker Brothers. It should not be confused with the 1981 game of the same name made by Whitman...
of the same name. The game is played on an hourglass
Hourglass
An hourglass measures the passage of a few minutes or an hour of time. It has two connected vertical glass bulbs allowing a regulated trickle of material from the top to the bottom. Once the top bulb is empty, it can be inverted to begin timing again. The name hourglass comes from historically...
-shaped board made of plastic with numerous round indentations designed to hold the board game
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
's playing pieces, which are actually small egg timer
Egg timer
An egg-timer is a device the primary function of which is to assist in timing the cooking of eggs. Early designs simply counted down for a specific period of time. Some modern designs are able to time more accurately by depending on water temperature rather than an absolute time...
-like minute glasses
Hourglass
An hourglass measures the passage of a few minutes or an hour of time. It has two connected vertical glass bulbs allowing a regulated trickle of material from the top to the bottom. Once the top bulb is empty, it can be inverted to begin timing again. The name hourglass comes from historically...
(referred to as "sand timers") inside of plastic sleeves closed at either end by red or yellow caps. Each set of sand timers are labeled with decals marked A through D. The object of the game
Game
A game is structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements...
is for a player to get his/her sand timers from the back row of the board closest to him to his opponent's back row, without letting any of his sand timers run out.
Gameplay
Movement is dictated by rolling a special six-sided dieDice
A die is a small throwable object with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers...
marked with one side marked "1," two sides marked "2," one side marked "3" and two sides marked "S."
If a player rolls an S, she may either turn one of her sand timers over and advance it one space or turn one of her opponent's sand timers over. Sand timers must be flowing at all times to be advanced and must be returned to the back row if their sand runs out. If a player rolls a 1, 2 or 3, she may advance or retreat a single sand timer that number of spaces, or split the roll between two or three sand timers.