Games People Play

A tour of the world's latest offerings, from appalling to zany:

RUSHIN' RUSSIAN. Test your vocabulary by filling in the correct Russian words in each story. For every set of this U.S. pencil-and-paper game sold this spring, the manufacturer will put one ruble into Boris Yeltsin's campaign chest.

CATECHIC. The winner is the first player to circle the cathedral and reach the Virgin Mary; cheaters must head for the confessional. This French board game has the Vatican's blessing.

BACTERIA PANIC. The medical version of Old Maid deals out "sickness cards" illustrated with grisly images of ringworm, gonorrhea and -- for the...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!