Quicksand (board game)
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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
. Each player controls one of six explorers racing to discover an ancient temple.
The object of the game is to be the first player to get your adventurer around the board from START to the finish line back at CAMP.
The player pawns represent a mustachioed archetypical British explorer, and they're in parts. To represent your sinking into the quicksand, you remove his feet, then his waist, and so on until only the pith helmet remains.
You actually start already partially mired (by an initial die roll); every turn you move forward a number of spaces given by your height, plus an optional movement die. You can never sink more than hat-deep (so you cannot be eliminated).
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...
published in 1989 by 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...
. It should not be confused with the 1981 game of the same name
Quicksand (1981 board game)
Quicksand is a board game produced in 1981 by the Whitman Publishing Company. It should not be confused with the 1989 Parker Brothers board game of the same name...
made by Whitman
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...
. Each player controls one of six explorers racing to discover an ancient temple.
The object of the game is to be the first player to get your adventurer around the board from START to the finish line back at CAMP.
The player pawns represent a mustachioed archetypical British explorer, and they're in parts. To represent your sinking into the quicksand, you remove his feet, then his waist, and so on until only the pith helmet remains.
You actually start already partially mired (by an initial die roll); every turn you move forward a number of spaces given by your height, plus an optional movement die. You can never sink more than hat-deep (so you cannot be eliminated).