Bite-Sized Game History: 80s and 90s Board Games, Wolfenstein 3D’s Treasure Trove, and ThinkGeek’s Last April Fool’s Day

I’m sure some people may enjoy it, but I am definitely not a fan of April Fool’s Day. I don’t know, calling someone a fool after you’ve deliberately lied to them just seems dumb. Pretty much the only thing this crummy holiday had going for it was the annual catalog of gag gifts from Thinkgeek. But this year we can’t even have that after the online storefront was shut down in June of 2019.

We’ll talk about the April Fool’s Day that could have been in this edition of Bite-Sized Game History, as well as a few video game-inspired board games, and just how much gold is hidden in Wolfenstein 3D.

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