Board Gaymes
An inventory of board games in The ArQuives’s collection, compiled by Gordon Richardson, Alan Millar, Jess Todd, and Michael Holmes.
Fantasy Weekend in Key West (year unknown)
Friends of Dorothy, Inc.
P.O. Box 11618
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33339
1-800-327-8456
The first gay board game where your fantasies are fulfilled by beautiful and hot men.
Players move around the Key West board going to tea dances and bars while drawing “encounter” and “experience” cards. Don’t get a sun burn and lose a turn!
Gay Monopoly (1983)
Fire Island Games, Inc.
8013 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Starring Ollie Gaytor and the Parker Sisters.
Like Monopoly, but with Tom of Finland art, a gay alligator, and properties such as Castro Street, Christopher Street, and Fire Island.
Gay Trivia (year unknown)
Whitehall Games, Inc.
Newton, MA 02158
A game of fact and fancy for and about gay men and women.
1800 trivia questions.
Gay Weekend (year unknown)
Kirby and Bird
440 N. Trenton Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ
Object of the game is to be the first player to make it into Monday, after having tricked Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday night, and Monday morning…exhausted but a winner!
Using game tiles, players piece together hunky men like Mark, Billy, Scott, and Glen.
It’s Only Natural (1986)
Imaginative Innovations
P.O. Box 1242
Clawson, MI 48068
530-736-1116
A fabric board game for lesbians that encourages strategy and throws in an element of chance.
Spaces on the game board include “Attempt world record for longest hug” and “Invited to speak at a school. Tell it like it is!”
Jack n’ Andy (1991)
Night Communications
Toronto, ON
A game for men; winner is the first player to get a Hole Card that matches the combination he has chosen at the beginning of the game.
Murder in Key West (1987)
A.C.O.S. Inc.
P.O. Box 15192
Sarasota, FL 34277
A role-playing murder mystery.
Includes audio cassette tape.
Profile: Culture Club (1984)
Extra-terrestrial Productions Ltd.
London, UK EC1N 2JA
01-242 0391
Non-interactive, it includes the game board in the shape of an LP recording used by Culture Club in their video for “It’s a Miracle” based on their rise to fame in the UK.
Rainbow Gayme (1992)
People Like Us, Inc.
1534 Denkinger Ct.
Concord, CA 94521
Begin the gayme by coming out of the closet. The Rainbow Gayme is a fun way to learn more about the myth, magic and lore of our gay culture.
Twinkees and Trolls: The Board Game (1983)
Buddies Bar
733 Boyston Street
Boston, MA 02116
The object is to accumulate as many Twinkees as possible and the fewest Trolls.
Penalties on the game board include “Your cockring snaps and hits your partner in the eye. Pay $10,000 medical expenses” and “Spend the evening in ‘The Sling’…and can’t walk for a week. Lose a turn.”