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What a horrendous summer
F ombings in Lebanon Infes
tation in CaMomia The Royal
Wedding in England
Need an escape from a
troublesome world? Two
Eugene specialty game shops —
Endgames on the Mall and Par
lour Games in the Fifth Street
Public Market — stock an ample
supply of board games de
signed to divert a weary mind
Prices range from $9 to $18
How about “Assassin1 The
Final Game7'1 The object is to
“assassinate other players and
take control of world traffic in
illegally obtained commodi
ties.” such as plutonium, muni
tions or drugs As they whirl
around a Monopoly-style board
depicting major world cities,
players earn money to hire
killers
Maybe the trendy “Escape
From New York" is more suita
ble It's 1997 and the Big Apple
is now a walled security prison
But — gasp! — the President
somehow got stuck inside Each
player rushes in to rescue him
while avoiding ambushes set up
by other players
Closer to home, in the "Mt St
Helens Volcano Game." players
try to escape with the most
points before the volcano
erupts Extra points are award
ed to the player who finds
skyjacker D.B Cooper's hidden
stash. (‘Tfce popularity of the
St Helens game has burned
itself out," Endgames' Al Villan
ueva says with a straight face )
"Junta" takes place in the
capital city of a third-world na
tion "supported by a super
power that asks no questions "
Players are wealthy family
members who sit in the
Chamber of Deputies and si
phon the superpower's money
into Swiss bank accounts The
game ends when the cash flow
dries up or when alt players
assassinate each other in the
same turn
For bigger stakes, "Class
Struggle" pits workers and
capitalists in a fight for political
power in a major country Each
player is a separate class that
makes and breaks alliances
while collecting points to win
elections Ultimately, either
socialism or "barbarism" wins
The game includes instructions
for classroom use
Then there s "Lie Cheat and
Steal The game of political
power Here the player who
buys the most votes wins
Watch out for that League of
Women Voters space — you'll
lose a turn there
In "Save Our Bureaucrats,"
players use fake Susan B Anth
ony coins as tokens and roll the
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dice out of a “pork barrel " The
object is to go broke and get on
welfare with the help of
"government boondoggles,
grants and rip offs " (Monica
Nardozza of Parlour Games
says employees from the
Federal Building across the
street used to play SOB during
their lunch hour )
"Land Grab" is sold as "a
true-to-life game of big busi
ness with all the cut-throat
competition and nerve-wrack
ing decisions of a ruthless in
dustry " Each player is a Major
Development Corporation that
tries to amass the most money
by acquiring property and
selling it at vastly inflated prices
Similarly, the Monopoly-style
"Condomania 2000” gives
players $1 million to buy groups
of condos "Chance" cards in
clude a $200 fine for failing to
scoop your dog s poop, and a
$7,000 divorce settlement for
being elected to the Board and
subsequently ignoring your
wife
Finally, there's "Capital Pun
ishment " Players win by man
uevering a "murderer, rapist.
arsonist and kidnapper (tour of
them) along the Path of Justice
into Life Imprisonment. Death
Row or the Electric Chair "
Defensively, a player can bring
his Liberal out of the Ivory
Tower to ’ spring" an oppon
ent s criminal out of |ail and
back onto the Street, thereby
turning the ‘ opponent's in
nocent citizens into victims of
crime "
Sure, these games may not be
quite the escapist fantasies
promised — but after playing
any of them, the nightly news
will be a relief
Hill continues as provost
Richard HNI will continue as
acting provost and academic
vice president until June 30,
1982, according to Pres Paul
Olum
Hill, who was appointed act
ing provost July 1, 1980, re
placed Oium as provost and
academic vice president when
Olum became acting president
following the resignation of Wil
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"Dr Hill has done a superb
job in what has been an excep
tionally difficult year and I am
delighted he is willing to contin
ue in that position," Olum says
A national search will be un
dertaken this fall to fill the
position on a permanent basis,
he says
A University faculty member
since 1970, Hill was head of the
sociology department from
1972-75 and director of the
social science research insti
tute from 1975-78 He was dean
of the community service and
public affairs school from 1978
until he became acting provost
Ken Tollenaar. acting CSPA
dean, and Don Johnson, acting
governmental research bureau
director, also will continue in
their current positions
Childbirth films to show
A 2Vi-hour series of films on
childbirth will be shown tonight
beginning at 7 p m in Room 180
PLC
The film festival is sponsored
by Birthways of Eugene and the
Young Women's Christian As
sociation Tickets for the five
films will be sold at the door and
cost $2 75
Scheduled to show are
"Prenatal Development," which
covers the impact of nutrition,
drugs and emotions during fetal
development. "Baby Dance," a
film describing emotional
changes during pregnancy.
"Five Women, Five Births" a film
about various childbirth set
tings, "Ties that Bind," a film
that emphasizes the bonds that
form between parents and the
baby and "Children at Birth "
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Inexpensive.
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Mon Fri
1275 Alder St.
Tuesdav Auauat4 1981