Many moons ago when I was young and you were even younger, Action GT released a fun, yet dangerous board game called Space Attack.
As you can see from the box art, it involves some kind of disc moving at high speed, which two enthralled children deflect from their side of the board with little plastic clips.
What the box doesn't show too clearly is that the disc is made of a rather sturdy metal, with a large spike in the center. The spike was there to stabilise the disc as you spun the red crank with all of your might. It also fails to show exactly how fast the disc could spin, or how loud it is. Imagine there's a jet engine in your living room using a karaoke machine. It also fails to show that sometimes, the disc would launch itself and miss the playing area completely, resulting in either
- a friction burned child
- a carpet with a hole in it, or
- a carpet with a hole in it, a child with friction burns from attempting to stop the spin of the disc, plus a child with a large hole in his foot from stepping on the disc.
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