<p>There is a a game from 1972 called <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/24981/skittle-tac-toe" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Skittle tac toe</a> with two attached pictures (taken from the same BBG link): <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/y22XR.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/y22XR.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/LgoZT.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/LgoZT.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>The guy on the cover is Don Adams (Get Smart - credit to geneo) and there is a video commercial about the game as well.</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/LiLogFT0pI8?si=LQG1FU25pWTcxs7g" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://youtu.be/LiLogFT0pI8?si=LQG1FU25pWTcxs7g</a></p>

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2023-11-21T13:28:40.300Z
Nice find. FWIW: That company made a series of Skittle games with various thematic scoring alternatives: https://flashbak.com/believedon-adams-pitch-man-skittle-games-50303/
L. Scott Johnson
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2023-11-22T03:06:46.667Z
WOW- that is the game. It is Don Adams (Get Smart) not Vincent Price. Thanks.
geneo
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2023-11-21T06:48:30.533Z
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Zibelas
<p>Sounds like a Table Skittles with a tac-tac-toe theme added on for scoring instead of more traditional scoring options.</p>
<p>The Skittles games come in a variety of configurations, some with 9 pins arranged in a 3x3 grid, so it wouldn't be a stretch to try to replace the knocked pins (or whatever) with a marker for tic-tac-toe.</p>
<p>Sample of one version with a 3x3 arrangement:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/8fW6Z.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8fW6Z.jpg" alt="Skittles game" /></a></p>
<p>From
<a href="https://tomsk3000.com/product/1960s-table-skittles-game-by-chad-valley-england/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://tomsk3000.com/product/1960s-table-skittles-game-by-chad-valley-england/</a></p>

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2023-11-21T01:35:13.870Z
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L. Scott Johnson
<p>I remember receiving a game in the early 70's for Christmas that came in a pretty big box (about 18&quot;-24&quot; square). There was a pole that had a tether-ball with about a foot of cord and a ball that was smaller than a pool ball. The center of the base there was a plastic 'holder' that contained a 3x3 matrix of blocks. Each block had an 'X' or an 'O' (like in tic-tac-toe). You would swing the tether ball and attempt to knock a block from the center- thus getting the spot for your 'X' or 'O'. Maybe Vincent Price was pictured on the cover of the box- not sure. Anyone else remember this game?</p>

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2023-11-20T14:50:42.500Z
Could you be misremembering it as Vincent Price, the horror actor, when it said Fisher-Price, the toy and game company?
Andrew
<identify-this-game><tic-tac-toe>
70's tic-tac-toe 'like' game with a pendulum
geneo
# 70's tic-tac-toe 'like' game with a pendulum

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-11-19)

I remember receiving a game in the early 70's for Christmas that came in a pretty big box (about 18"-24" square). There was a pole that had a tether-ball with about a foot of cord and a ball that was smaller than a pool ball. The center of the base there was a plastic 'holder' that contained a 3x3 matrix of blocks. Each block had an 'X' or an 'O' (like in tic-tac-toe). You would swing the tether ball and attempt to knock a block from the center- thus getting the spot for your 'X' or 'O'. Maybe Vincent Price was pictured on the cover of the box- not sure. Anyone else remember this game?

**Tags:** identify-this-game, tic-tac-toe

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Could you be misremembering it as Vincent Price, the horror actor, when it said Fisher-Price, the toy and game company?  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2023-11-21. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

There is a a game from 1972 called [Skittle tac toe](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/24981/skittle-tac-toe) with two attached pictures (taken from the same BBG link): [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/y22XR.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/y22XR.png)[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/LgoZT.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/LgoZT.png)

The guy on the cover is Don Adams (Get Smart - credit to username_0) and there is a video commercial about the game as well.

<https://youtu.be/LiLogFT0pI8?si=LQG1FU25pWTcxs7g>

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Nice find. FWIW: That company made a series of Skittle games with various thematic scoring alternatives: https://flashbak.com/believedon-adams-pitch-man-skittle-games-50303/  
> **username_0**: WOW- that is the game. It is Don Adams (Get Smart) not Vincent Price. Thanks.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2023-11-21. Score: 0

Sounds like a Table Skittles with a tac-tac-toe theme added on for scoring instead of more traditional scoring options.

The Skittles games come in a variety of configurations, some with 9 pins arranged in a 3x3 grid, so it wouldn't be a stretch to try to replace the knocked pins (or whatever) with a marker for tic-tac-toe.

Sample of one version with a 3x3 arrangement:

[![Skittles game](https://i.sstatic.net/8fW6Z.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/8fW6Z.jpg)

From
<https://tomsk3000.com/product/1960s-table-skittles-game-by-chad-valley-england/>


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