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Questron Super Q[edit]

Who (if anyone) currently holds the copyright for the Questron Super Q kids' science books (long out of print and not even having a WP article)? 2601:646:8A00:A0B3:78DA:714:B603:E789 (talk) 22:21, 9 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

According to this site those books were published by Price Stern Sloan, and that article says the company was bought out by the Penguin Group. Rojomoke (talk) 23:16, 9 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Does that include the book Micro Medics? 2601:646:8A00:A0B3:78DA:714:B603:E789 (talk) 00:56, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If no one here happens to know, your best bet would be to contact them. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:07, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Escape board games[edit]

Which board games (if any) are/were there which have/had escape from captivity as their main theme and which (preferably) were around in 1968? 2601:646:8A00:A0B3:78DA:714:B603:E789 (talk) 22:23, 9 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Does escape from siege count? If so, there’s the extensive group of tafl games. Cheers ✦ _hugarheimur 03:01, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mouse Trap (game). --Jayron 32 12:32, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It's neat that the game is apparently still being made. The opening to the TV show Elementary is at least coincidentally an homage to that oldie. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:06, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mousetrap is the exact opposite of what the OP was asking for, its main theme being putting things in captivity, not escaping from it. --Viennese Waltz 13:28, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, players are trying to capture other players. Presumably, those other players are trying not to be captured. --Jayron 32 13:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

BoardGameGeek's list of "games involving getting out of prison" has one early-enough entry: The Great Escape (1960). Clarityfiend (talk) 08:48, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There's also Hogan's Heroes (1966). Clarityfiend (talk) 08:54, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Crowbar Hotel is described as a "1960's prison escape game". Clarityfiend (talk) 09:26, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It's slightly too late, but Escape from Colditz is from 1973. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 09:40, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks all! These are great choices! And a related question: were there any (besides the abovementioned Mousetrap) which had evading capture as their main theme? 2601:646:8A00:A0B3:78DA:714:B603:E789 (talk) 01:18, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There was The Fugitive Board Game by Ideal Based on the ABC-TV Series (ebay). Based on The Fugitive (1963 — 1967). It should be about "evading capture". —2606:A000:1126:28D:F935:C7E2:FE1:E49 (talk) 02:11, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! You see, I've been thinking for quite a while about writing a screenplay based on the book The Rescue of Streetcar 304, but I might not get the chance to personally interview Lt. Fields and get the needed details out of him, specifically what did he and his kids play the evening before his deployment (and besides, he might not remember) -- so in case I can't get this info from him, I'll need to come up with something plausible (hence it should have been available in 1968) and at the same time something which could serve as a little foreshadowing of his impending ordeal (hence the escape/evasion theme). 2601:646:8A00:A0B3:78DA:714:B603:E789 (talk) 07:34, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]