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How cool would a board game be, if it combined aspects of Roulette, Tarot readings, Ouija shennigans, the 12 step Zodiac program and could also glow in the dark?!?! Well in 1967, the Transogram Company released the 'talking game' Ka-bala to find out the markability of the hermetic occult tradition for Thelemites ages 5 and up!
From the museum of talking boards":
"If there was a contest for the weirdest talking board of all time, ka-bala the Mysterious Game that Foretells the Future, would win unequivocally. From the eerie green glow-in-the-dark board, to the smashed dragon impaled by the Eye of Zohar, ka-bala gives new meaning to the word "bizarre." You and a partner are instructed to start the game with the chant: "PAX, SAX, SARAX, HOLA, NOA., NOSTRA." From this point on, anything can happen as the two of you, with your hands on the "Solary Projectors," roll a black marble around the channel that circles the board and wait for it to come to rest at one of the many symbols. Depending on the "Astral Plane" chosen, the future is revealed by letters and numbers like a talking board, or by Tarot cards placed in specially designed "wells," or astrologically by the zodiac conveniently spelled out in bas-relief around the perimeter of the board. Care must be taken not to get too carried away as you play since the black marble has a tendency to leave the channel and fly across the room like a bullet. Did I mention that the Eye of Zohar follows your every move? The instruction sheet that comes with ka-bala is especially helpful. All the rules are presented in great detail along with the sage advice that the lights must be on in order to read the Tarot cards."
Spin the wheel and ask the 'Taro-Cards'!
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on 2006-10-20 07:34 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2006-10-20 07:40 pm (UTC)In fact i'm debating hunting this artifact of post-atomic age pop-culture occultism down with every scrap of my hard earned paycheck!
I found this little gem while researching my 'Invisible Tarot' piece. I remembered seeing the old comic book ad for it in an yellow paged issue of the Justice League of America. (click the Museum of talking boards link and click on the original comic book ad!)
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on 2006-10-20 09:45 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2006-10-21 06:24 am (UTC)no subject
on 2006-10-21 06:09 pm (UTC)Going to find this game,too fucking cool.
NIK
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on 2006-10-21 08:40 pm (UTC)