I am trying to remember the name of a board game from the late 1970's
or early 1980's where the board contained various countries of the
world, and the game markers were little airplanes that you would use
to mark the countries that you controlled.   The only thing I can
really rememberabout the game itself was that three of the countries
included Copenhagen, Crete, and Majorica, and I remember that Crete
was not necessarily considered a good thing to win.   For years I
guess I thought that game was Risk, but now as an adult I am looking
at my first Risk board, and I realize that the game I remember is
absolutely not Risk.   What game was it?   Help?

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 10 Feb 2006 20:32 PST

There are a ton of Risk spin-off games, with names like Supremacy,
Domination, Global War, and so on.  It's hard to know which one you
might be thinking of, but have a look at Axis and Allies:

http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-04,GGLD:en&q=Axis+and+Allies+board+game


and let me know what you think.

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Clarification of Question by kdawn0201-ga on 13 Feb 2006 05:53 PST

The game is not any of the Axis & Allies versions, as A&A is very much
a "war" game, with various types of artillery, etc., and the game I am
thinking was "softer", even though it did involve taking "coverage" of
various cities and countries.   But it was not a "war" game, per se,
along the lines of A&A or Avalon Hill-type games.

It also was not Stratego, as was suggested.  I have looked through the
pictures on a number of vintage game sites, but cannot find the very
colorful board and airplane markers that were part of this particular
"world" game.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 17 Feb 2006 18:50 PST

Think this is it....?


http://www.boardgamegeek.com/fullimage/16614
Jet World


The link is a slow download, but it will give you a pretty good look at the game.


paf

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Clarification of Question by kdawn0201-ga on 19 Feb 2006 14:02 PST

Sorry, the Jet World game is definitely not it.  The game I am
thinking of had a "Risk-like" map as the board, and again, I can only
remember a few details about the board and game.  The city of
Copenhagen was on a part of the board that was colored blue, and Crete
I believe was part of the board shaded in red.  I thought perhaps it
was some sort of "Junior Risk" version, but I have only seen one
Junior Risk, and it was a Narnia theme, not it.  I will keep looking
at the pictures on www.boardgamegeeks.com though per the good
suggestions provided here!!!

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 19 Feb 2006 15:58 PST

All right, then.

Take a look at this link:


http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist.php3?action=view&listid=552


which is a list of all the Global Games at the board games site  --
pretty much everything they have with a world map.  Note that there
are three pages here, so click "Next" to see all the games listed.

Let me know if your game pops up.


paf

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Clarification of Question by kdawn0201-ga on 23 Feb 2006 14:42 PST

I appreciate the extract from boardgamegeek.com, but unfortunately,
none of those games have the city/country game board that I am
remembering.   I have no idea why I remember Copenhagen, Crete, and
Majorica specifically (and now I am also rememembering that Lisbon was
called out), but other than those names and the bold colors of the
regions on the game board itself, no other details are coming to mind.
 One thing I can clarify is that the airplane game markers might not
have been part of the game I am thinking of -- When I saw that "Take
Off" game I recognized the airplane markers that go with that game, so
it is possible I had my mental wires crossed there.   But the
city/country game board (and the memory that getting sent to Crete was
similar to going to Jail in Monopoly) are about the only specifics I
can remember.   My husband tells me I am getting obsessive about this
now, so I'm about at the point where I might have to let it go.   But
I am going to continue going through the full index of all of the
games in the website you provided JUST IN CASE!

I recall a game called 'Stratego'.

These are guesses, but please check if these board games seem familiar to you:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/9056

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/16784

Here are more, I hope at least one of these are the game you recall:

Aerogame
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/19388

Aeropostale
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/93314

Air Charter
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/5519

Air Empire
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/6805

Jumbo Jet
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/2740

KLM Cargo Game
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/19951

Sorry, but none of those games are the one I am picturing in my mind
(although that Air Charter game looks pretty neat!)

I am starting to wonder whether I imagined the whole game -- my only
saving grace is that my parents DO remember us playing the game, they
just cannot remember anything about what it was called or where they
got it!

Thanks for the good guesses, but no go yet!

The website I consulted may not have all the board games were created
in the world, so there's still hope of finding it. Problem is, where
to find it?

Just hang on in there, hope there'll be better luck in this search
soon. Perhaps Pafalafa-ga's find may be it?

Hi there,

I think the game you mean was called "Around the World". We had it as
children too and absolutely loved it. I have been trying to find it
for ages. I remember the aeroplane markers, the clear square grid and
one of the cards said Arrive at your Destination. Memories are
priceless aren't they.

Clare