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GRAPEVINE, Page 15Games People Play
By DAVID ELLIS/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
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 big loser -- AIDS. But widespread
outrage is forcing the Japanese manufacturer to pull the game
off the shelves.
LITE 'N UP. Just in time for the bikini season comes a
"diet survival" board game that pits players against the
spinning "wheel of willpower." Beware! You may wallow
indefinitely in Restaurant Row.
NAZI VIDEOS. A big hit with young German and Austrian
skinheads, these underground video games polish such management
skills as how to run a death camp more efficiently.
NATIONAL ENQUIRER. Players can blow Murdoch and Maxwell
off the newsstand by creating their own tacky tabloids. And
they don't have to worry about pesky lawsuits from Liz or
Roseanne.