1975 Tank Battle by Milton Bradley

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@mindbomb9341 2 ай бұрын

Wow. "Tank Battle"... my FIRST "wargame". I got it for Dec 6 (a Christmas holiday in Germany... my mom is German) in 1975 I think. That dark evening in a distant time and place, I was sitting at the dinner table and the doorbell rang. My mom said, "Oh! That must be Nicolaus! Go see at the door!" I ran to the door and swung it wide open as the snow in the doorway blew in. At my feet were 4 board games. One of them was Tank Battle. Another was "Carrier Strike". And another was "Lost Gold". I THINK the last one was Uncle Wiggly. Before I closed the door, I shouted into the wintery night: "Thank you Nicolaus!" Of course, it had been my dad coming home a bit early from work who hopped back in his car and zipped off after the delivery. Thanks papa. Miss you.

@nicholaswimborne 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful story. I'm trying to create those memories for my kids now. It isn't easy with modern "stuff" but your comment inspires me.

@privatewill68 2 ай бұрын

Yes Times are very different than they use to be. I was born in the late 60’s and grew up in the 70’s, things were just simpler back in those days, not just for kids but everyone I think

@c3aloha 2 ай бұрын

OMG I had this as a kid. After a while I didn’t play the game just played with the tanks as toy soldiers

@privatewill68 2 ай бұрын

thanks for watching, I think we all did that 😀

@rcspaintserviceandgaming 2 ай бұрын

I bought this two decades ago, never played it, have no rules and missed some stuff, so this was very helpful.

@privatewill68 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. I think the rules you could probably get a copy online, the missing pieces that is a bit more tricky

@grahamlloyd7157 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting, my game had a dice for the antitank guns, 5 sides with a single black dot which were for a miss, and one side with a single red dot to show the anti tank gun had destroyed your tank.

@privatewill68 2 ай бұрын

@@grahamlloyd7157 really? I never knew about such version. I always believed that it was just the spinner. That is very interesting, I would really like to own such a copy

@dutchgamer-m9x 2 ай бұрын

@@privatewill68 Mine has a dice as well. The tanks in my game are both the German versions either in dark grey or in tan. And I do not recall the tank shaped cardboard things...they probably were just straight things. I still have this game in very good condition but I can not check the shape of these cardboard things as the game is still at my parental home. My version was bought in The Netherlands.

@dutchgamer-m9x 2 ай бұрын

I still have this game too, But mine has a dice for the anti tank guns and my tanks are either dark grey or tan, but both sides are the same models. The German types, just like your tan ones. I can not recall the tank shaped cardboard things you showed....probably they were just straight. But as this game is still in my parental home I can not check it right now. This version I own was bought in The Netherlands.

@privatewill68 2 ай бұрын

@@dutchgamer-m9x thank you for watching. Others have mention they also had dice, really never heard of that I always believed it was just the spinner

@jimroberts3009 20 күн бұрын

I had this game with the dice and had the green and tan panthers too. A lot of the contents was different as well. The box illustration was also different, I think mine was an older version. I bought in in the mid 1970s when I was in my early 20s. It was very addictive and my friends and me would play it for hours!

@robertmoffitt1336 2 ай бұрын

Very cool, I had this as well as a kid.👍

@privatewill68 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the view, it was a truly fun game

@krispor879 2 ай бұрын

I never heard of the game until I found it laying in a outside dumpster. Complete and all. Box everything. I still have ot sitting in my closet. I have to say it was a gold find. But I do not often look in dumpsters though.

@privatewill68 2 ай бұрын

thanks for watching, that is one lucky find I must say

@DanPlusWater 2 ай бұрын

The precursor to "World of Tanks".... When I went through basic, at Fort Knox (circa1998) I saw a few of these games laying about in the barracks. Pretty cool. Thanks for explaining it.

@privatewill68 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, fun game to play back in the days

@Father_Syrinx 2 ай бұрын

I had that too. Used to set it up next to my Guns of Navarone set from the Sears Wishbook.

@privatewill68 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. Yes I also spend many hours dreaming while watching the Sears Christmas catalogue

@docmatteson2010 2 ай бұрын

This was a great game. My brother in law game it to me for Christmas.

@privatewill68 2 ай бұрын

@@docmatteson2010 thanks fir the comment. We used to have so much fun with this when I was a kid

@ijsbeermeneer9952 2 ай бұрын

Wow, seems like a decent, simple but thought out game! Ill see if i can get my hands on a set, as i assume this game doesnt get produced anymore ;)

@privatewill68 2 ай бұрын

@@ijsbeermeneer9952 thank you for watching. No unfortunately this game is long out of print. But you can find good ones for sale on the Internet that still look pretty good