They're meant to be fun, and to help children learn valuable lessons about sharing, caring, and even history or geography, but some of these children's games went a bit too far. Considered dangerous, or simply inappropriate by some standards, these toys and games were actually created to be harmless energy burners for kids.
Horrifyingly Inappropriate Kid’s Games
By
Editorial Staff in
Amazing
On 26th August 2016
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#1 Twister
Twister is a game of physical skill produced by Milton Bradley Company and is now in the National Toy Hall Of Fame. But that wasn't always the case. Being the first game to actually use people as playing pieces, sores in 1965 refused to put the game on the shelves. Milton Bradley was all set to discontinue the game until Johnny Carson played it on The Tonight Show, and everybody wanted to play it. Critics called the game 'Sex In A Box' because in the 60s getting the inside of your thigh rubbed up against someone else's elbow was akin to sex. The game ended up being more popular than expected and the critics had to quit complaining about it.
#2 Titanic
You know what makes for a fun family game night? Trying to escape the most iconic sinking ship in history. This game by IDEAL came out in the glorious 1970s where if it existed you could turn it into a board game. The goal of the game is to make it off the ship then travel to several islands for food to survive until you're rescued. Because everyone knows that the icy Atlantic Ocean is filled with tropical islands. Duh. To put it into perspective, image if in 25 years someone brings out a board game called "Escape The Twin Towers".
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#3 Five Little N#gger Boys
Originally called 'Four Little Negros', this game later became 'Five Little N#gger Boys', a game where you get to shoot black people. Yes, really. This target shooting game from 1950 had players shoot at four or five black kids to win the game. Of course, this was perfectly acceptable for people 60 years ago to do. For white people that is. It was only removed from store shelves in 1964 after sales decline, and not because anyone felt it was socially unacceptable.
#4 Choke
It's not going to surprise anyone that the game known as 'Choke' isn't suited for children. However, an internet challenge, this isn't a game that sits on the store shelves but is played by kids as young as six years old and involves using the choke hold on someone until they 'almost' faint. How is this a game? Well, if you tap out your opponent then all the other kids will laugh at them online. If you've ever heard of auto-erotic asphyxiation you'd know that choking someone can be pretty deadly, and that's what's been happening. Over 100 kids have died playing the game since 1995, the youngest just 13 years old.
#5 Red Rover
Want a nice way for your kid to dislocate their shoulder? Then send them out to play Red Rover. This classic outdoor children's game even played in schools, has been known to cause serious injuries way too often. For those who don't know the game, imagine all of your friends linking their arms together in a chain and you have to run at the speed of sound to try to break through the chain. Kids and their weak bones are not made for this type of activity so it's not a surprise that this is a very dangerous game.
#6 Jews Out!
The Nazis were great at inoculating their children. Jews Out! is a board game about the holocaust, so what else do you need to know. Juden Rous! or translated Jews Out! involved players moving little plastic Jews out of the city to exile points. The first player to get six Jews out wins the holocaust. Pretty simple, right? Considering what actually happened this game is a pretty tame version of events. At least the exile points weren't gas chambers because that might make the kids feel sorry for the Jews and nobody wanted that.
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#7 Lawn Darts
You know what's 100% safe? Give little children sharp pointed objects and tell them to throw them up into the air to try and hit a little circle on the ground. But that's boring. Why would you throw them at the lawn when there's a bigger target right over by the garage. It's that butthole Hohnny, just waiting to get a dart in the back of the neck. Why not just throw the straight up into the air and try to dodge them as they hurl back down to earth. Yeah, giving children giant pointy metal isn't the smartest idea. After years of complaint about injuries, a kid was eventually killed, and Hasbro faced several lawsuits about the game until in 1987 they were forced to redesign the dart or stop selling them.
#8 Bombs Over England
This pearl from WWII Germany wanted to make kids have fun with the idea of bombing people in London. Made in 1940, the game had players pretending to be the Luftwaffe and allowed them to bomb the hell out of cities like Liverpool and Newcastle. It was like the Nazi version of 'Risk' which probably would have been fun to play if it wasn't based on the actual war going on. But you can't beat the Nazis when it comes to propaganda, even in board games.
