The game illustrated is based upon the television show The Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeers. This television show appeared on the ABC Network from 1955 through 1959, and re-runs now appear on the Disney Channel.
This game was "invented" by the Disney "imagineers", and requires not just typical board game play, but also requires the singing of the "Mouse Club Song"! This copy of the game was produced and distributed by Parker Brothers and copyrighted in 1970.
The
board is illustrated in the photograph at the right. Note the "white circles" on
the board. These are the areas in which the board markers and the disk inserts
are placed.
The photograph at the
left
illustrates the game pieces used for the game. There are special cards which
spell out the words of the song. Other pieces include board markers, and disk
inserts.
(These are the instructions that are included on the reverse of the game box cover.)
Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me,
M-I-C-K-E-Y
M-O-U-S-E!
You have to sing it out loud and clear when you play the Mickey
Mouse Club Game. You'll be trying to be the first player to win eleven letter
cards which spell out M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.
EQUIPMENT: A Deck of Cards, A Playing Board, 12 Tokens
PREPARATION: Shuffle the cards and place the deck picture side down on the center of the game board. Make sure the round discs have been removed from the eleven holes around the board. Place a token in each of the eleven holes (the 12th token is a spare). Select a player to begin the game.
PLAY: The first player draws the top card and sings out only the letters shown at the top of the card. The last letter sung is also the letter that appears on the mouse ears. The card should always be sung to the tune of the Mickey Mouse theme song. While the card is being sung, all players should keep their hands away from the game board. After the last letter at the top of the card has been sung, the singer stops and every player except the singer tries to grab and remove from the hole in the board, the token for the last letter sung. The player who is first to grab the token, wins the card which is placed picture-side up in front of him. This player then becomes the singer for the next round.
EXAMPLE: A player draws a card and sings M-I-C. All the other players grab for the token on the letter "C". The player who removes the token from the "C" takes the M-I-C card and places it picture-side up in front of him. This player has won the letter "C" (because it appears on the Mouse Ears on his card). He then draws the top card from the deck and begins the next round.
Players should grab the token only for the letter they need to complete the name M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E. If "M" or "E" is the final letter sung and it is part of the name "MICKEY" on the board, the token must be taken from the "M" or "E" in the name "MICKEY" on the board and not from the "M" or "E" in mouse. If a player removes the token from a letter which he already has or if he removes the token from the wrong letter, he must sing the card from the next round and he loses the letter he has just won. Play continues until one player has won a collection of cards that spell out M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E. We will be glad to answer questions concerning this game, Parker Brothers, Salem, Mass.
Last update May 27, 2007