Waterworks

 

Do you remember the game Waterworks? 

 

We played this game I was a kid.  We had the game in the exact same box as below. It was from Parker Brothers in 1972.  The game was for 2 to 4 players, so we bought 2 games so 6 of us could play. 

 

We would play at Granny and Pap's house (now the Cat Ranch) on their smoked glass dining room table.  They loved playing cards.  So did Grammy and Dad. 

 

Liverpool, Waterworks, Uno, Rook, spades, Phase 10, hearts, Skip-bo, Rummy, pounce, pinochle, 500, Old Maid, spoons, Pit. Just to name a few. (I loved Pit.) Those are just a card games!

 

Some of those games were too old for me, and some were played because I was interested. 

 

Actually, we loved playing all kids of games, cards games, board games, puzzles.  Still do.  Even when the ladies were out of college we would have a game night on Friday nights.  I think we might have to start game days on Sundays when the mamas of the houses don't have to work. 

 

Anyway, the game Waterworks. 

 

 

 

The stock and discard piles were kept in a bathtub.  Every player got a faucet (actually a hose bib) and a spigot. 

 

Each player was dealt an assortment of cards.  The cards included copper pipes (unbreakable), lead pipes that were leaky or vulnerable to leaks by other players, end caps, elbows, Ts, and 45s. 
 

You could play a card on your own pipeline or sabotage an opponent with a leaky pipe card. 

Each player also had two small wrenches that could be used to "repair" a break in the pipe. 

The goal of the game was to meet the required amount of pipe cards (based on players) and have no leaks or open ends.  The cards shown above would not be a winning board because there are two open ends that need caps.

The internet tells me they re-released the game as Classic Waterworks. It was fun.  Easy to learn.  I know I have this game in storage with all of the other board games.  

Oh, and the reason this all comes up is because when I showed Grammy pictures of Walt Kowalski working on the plumbing in the basement she said "It looks like Waterworks!"