A long, long time ago, I took a look at the Milton Bradley Win-A-Card Game that focused on the cards included with this esoteric bit of Topps history. I won't rehash all of that here but to note the special sheet of 132 cards Topps printed up for the game have caused much confusion in the 55-plus years since it was available on store shelves.
Some better scans of the game board and box have since popped up and I figured they were worth sharing. We've seen most of the game board before but this is a decidedly better look at it:
It's quite colorful and you can see the attraction of the concept to Milton Bradley, all they had to do was print up some cardboard and affix a plastic spinner then adding a gaggle of cards from Topps.
What I didn't have available last time out was the inside of the box cover, which had the rules:
I'll embiggen each column and diagram for clarity:
It's pretty obvious to me (and I'll bet to my readers too) why the game didn't take off-if you were a kid you would just get together with some friends and flip cards with out the rigmarole!
Might as well conclude with the indicia present at the end of the rules:
This product was all the result of a bit of overthinking by Topps and Milton Bradley I'd say, but they did leave behind a really cool collectible!
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