A-Team (Board Game)

Manufactured by Parker Brothers (now under Hasbro Games)
Released in 1984
Number of Players: 2-4
Via In The 80s, Sydlexia, and BoardGameGeek

Never having played this game, I'm gonna let the other sites tell you about it. In The 80s didn't give it a nice review, saying, "This was a pretty lame game where you had little cardboard cutouts of each character [from the show] which sat in little stands. The board consisted of various spaces which made a spiral to the centre. There were cards (similar to Monopoly) and each space had a different direction for the player. Not a lot of fun... I believe dice were used to control player movement."

BoardGameGeek goes on to say, "In The A-Team - B.A. Lends a Hand in the Race for the Formula the top secret formula for a famous soft drink has been stolen by a crafty madman and his evil band. They are holding it for ransom at the island fortress from which they operate. The internationally-renowned
company that owns the formula has hired The A-Team to go into the fortress and retrieve it before the public - and Wall Street - find out about it! The madman knows that The A-Team is on to him so he has set up a deadly game which they must play once inside the fortress. Dressed in outfits to look like
fortress guards, The A-Team members must work alone to find the formula. But Hannibal is crafty, too. He has sent B.A. in ahead of the others to infiltrate. B.A. knows "where it's at" and so he'll be there to help you in your mission. Good luck."

Seriously? 

 

Sydlexia sums it all up by saying, " The A-Team's board game doesn't do a very good job of capturing the spirit of the show, but it is chock full of B.A. Baracus. Also, it's a reasonably fun experience. At the very least, it's reasonably short experience; with all those action cards and Roll Again spaces, you'll be in and out of the fortress faster than a drunken frat boy with a sorority pledge. And since most board games tend to go on long after they stop being fun, this brevity is a welcome change of pace. But really, that's really the nicest thing I can say about The A-Team game; it's short. Aside from that, it's the same as an other TV-based board game: faddish, poorly translated to the medium, and completely unnecessary."