# Help Me Remember a Tabletop Game's Name

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-tabletop-games-name/707257>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 15, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-tabletop-games-name/707257 "2014-12-15T03:10:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![KingLupid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@KingLupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KingLupid)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-tabletop-games-name/707257/1 "2014-12-15T03:10:48Z")

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So, this thing was pretty fun, it was from the 90s. You had 4 tasks to perform to disarm a nuclear bomb before the time ran out. All the while the timer is ticking down, in a Perfection style stress-fest. The four tasks were on the four sides of the game, so you turned the game as you completed each one.

That’s all my brain can cough up…

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-tabletop-games-name/707257/2 "2014-12-15T03:17:48Z")

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Global Thermonuclear War?  
Tic Tac Toe?

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-tabletop-games-name/707257/3 "2014-12-15T03:22:30Z")

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Wouldn’t you prefer a nice game of chess?

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-tabletop-games-name/707257/4 "2014-12-15T03:52:13Z")

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[Bombshell?](http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10427/bombshell)

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-tabletop-games-name/707257/5 "2014-12-15T12:29:32Z")

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Moved Cafe Society --\> the Game Room.

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**Author:** ![KingLupid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@KingLupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KingLupid)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-tabletop-games-name/707257/6 "2014-12-15T16:30:12Z")

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Nope, that’s definitely not it. 8(