[lbo-talk] Nazi board games for sale!

[B.]

[When I was little I played a game called "Eastern
Front" on my Atari 600 PC -- yes, PC, not the game
console -- and naively sacked Russia probably dozens
of times. Riga, Kiev, etc. fell many a time. -B.]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6955249.stm

Nazi board games under the hammer

A collection of Nazi era board games - including one
where players are given points for bombing British
cities - are going on auction in the UK this week.

The rare trove of wartime board games also includes a
version of Snakes and Ladders based on the exploits of
U-boat captain Gunther Prien.

The games are thought to have come from a German
collector. They will be sold at Mullock's Shropshire
on Thursday.

Historian Richard Westwood-Brookes expects some to
fetch up to £300.

[...]

The games include Bombers Over England, a form of
bagatelle or primitive pinball where players score
points for "bombing " British cities, shipping or
lighthouses. 

[...]

Mr Westwood-Brookes admitted to playing the Bombers
over England game.

"And I managed to knock out London, Glasgow and
Liverpool - and a ship in the North Sea," he said.