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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Board Game of the Week: Dune (Parker Bros; 1984)
award-winning creator of the web series Abnormal Fixation (2024), the audio drama Enter the House Between (2023) and author of 35 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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I seriously have to wonder what author Frank Herbert would have thought about this. A Parker Bros. game based on his seminal SF novel. Hmm…
ReplyDeleteThis Parker Bros. Dune board game looks impressive. I did not know such a game was released in 1984.
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HOLY... Look at that sucker. All the dice and markers and cards. I would have killed for this game, and then had no one to play it with. :) I had no idea this film had so much merchandise linked to it. I know most folks think it's a dud, but it is still one of my favorites from the 80s and in Lynch's filmography (even if he disavows it).
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