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This news item reminds me of a game that was produced in the 1980s in the U.K. :
In the U.K. a board game was produced in the 1980s which featured a bomb disposal crew. Alas for Waddington's, this happened:
Will the Scream board game prove not to be one ? Will it be an instant collector's item ?
Will Gangerolf get me one if I send him the money (or alcohol/pickled herrings equivalent) ?
Scream museum defends theft game
The Scream was stolen in the raid along with Madonna, another Munch painting from 1893.
Norway's Munch Museum, which was robbed of its iconic painting The Scream last year, has defended a new board game in which players recreate the theft.
Two thieves threatened a staff member with a gun before stealing the Edvard Munch painting as part of a £10m haul from the Oslo museum last August.
The Mystery of The Scream game went on sale at the museum gift shop last week.
"It's a completely innocent game," a museum spokeswoman said. The painting and another Munch work remain missing.
The game is aimed at children over the age of six, and participants play the roles of either detectives or robbers.
"Some people think it's horrible to treat the matter as a game but we see things totally differently," museum spokeswoman Jorunn Christoffersen said.
Game 'educational'
Manufacturer Aschehoug said The Mystery of The Scream was educational.
"In addition to The Scream, the game has 36 cards featuring different artworks that the children know," said the head of Aschehoug's games division Magnus Skrede.
"It's a fun way for them to learn about the diversity of artistic creativity."
But Kaare Berntsen, artistic director of Oslo's Kaare Berntsen Gallery, said: "In principle I find it a bit in bad taste to make a game out of the theft of The Scream.
"My initial reaction is to disapprove of an initiative that helps trivialise a national and international drama while the painting is still missing."
The Scream was stolen in the raid along with Madonna, another Munch painting from 1893.
Police in Norway have charged six men with involvement in the Munch theft, but none has gone to trial.
The Scream was stolen in the raid along with Madonna, another Munch painting from 1893.
Norway's Munch Museum, which was robbed of its iconic painting The Scream last year, has defended a new board game in which players recreate the theft.
Two thieves threatened a staff member with a gun before stealing the Edvard Munch painting as part of a £10m haul from the Oslo museum last August.
The Mystery of The Scream game went on sale at the museum gift shop last week.
"It's a completely innocent game," a museum spokeswoman said. The painting and another Munch work remain missing.
The game is aimed at children over the age of six, and participants play the roles of either detectives or robbers.
"Some people think it's horrible to treat the matter as a game but we see things totally differently," museum spokeswoman Jorunn Christoffersen said.
Game 'educational'
Manufacturer Aschehoug said The Mystery of The Scream was educational.
"In addition to The Scream, the game has 36 cards featuring different artworks that the children know," said the head of Aschehoug's games division Magnus Skrede.
"It's a fun way for them to learn about the diversity of artistic creativity."
But Kaare Berntsen, artistic director of Oslo's Kaare Berntsen Gallery, said: "In principle I find it a bit in bad taste to make a game out of the theft of The Scream.
"My initial reaction is to disapprove of an initiative that helps trivialise a national and international drama while the painting is still missing."
The Scream was stolen in the raid along with Madonna, another Munch painting from 1893.
Police in Norway have charged six men with involvement in the Munch theft, but none has gone to trial.
In the U.K. a board game was produced in the 1980s which featured a bomb disposal crew. Alas for Waddington's, this happened:
It's a simple game, in which four bomb disposal soldiers (thick cardboard cut-outs) with names like "Major Disaster" try to defuse a bomb. The bomb is a red plastic shell in two parts with a spring inside. Players turn the top of the shell click by click, and eventually it will 'explode' and wound the soldier whose turn it is. Plastic bandages clip onto parts of the soldiers to show how wounded they are. Eventually there will only be one soldier left alive, the winner.
The game was launched for Christmas 1981 (!).
Unfortunately, that same Christmas, the IRA also launched a ferocious bombing campaign aimed at Christmas shoppers. Prince Charles made a comment about the game being in very poor taste, and I believe it was withdrawn from sale almost immediately. But not before my brother rushed out to get me a copy...
The game was launched for Christmas 1981 (!).
Unfortunately, that same Christmas, the IRA also launched a ferocious bombing campaign aimed at Christmas shoppers. Prince Charles made a comment about the game being in very poor taste, and I believe it was withdrawn from sale almost immediately. But not before my brother rushed out to get me a copy...
Will the Scream board game prove not to be one ? Will it be an instant collector's item ?
Will Gangerolf get me one if I send him the money (or alcohol/pickled herrings equivalent) ?
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