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A collection of jumbo variations of popular board games, from human chess to a Candyland Lombard Street. A continuation of our post on 26 Life-Size Versions of Popular Board Games: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/114603/.
Giant "Settlers of Catan" at Burning Man 2007, with George W. Bush cutout as the Thief. Photo by Matt Bell; more at www.flickr.com/ph...
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A jumbo game of "live-action" Operation at Burning Man 2000. Photo by Declan McCullagh.
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A game of human foosball at Burning Man 2000. Photo by Declan McCullagh.
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Instructions for building a jumbo game of Operation (this one has a Christian theme). Many more photos at the source.
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The Villa Park (Illinois) Recreation Department's life-size CandyLand game was used at the Chateau Ritz (Niles, IL) to raise money for the Atia's Project Ladybug Fund (www.facebook.com/...).
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The open courtyard in the city of Fatehpur Sikri in India was the location of human Pachisi (Parcheesi) games held by Akbar, the third Mughal emperor. Photo by Maria Drumm.
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Penang Times Square organized a gigantic game of "Snakes & Ladders" for their "Holidayz Fiesta."
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A live action game of Wiz-War at Play On Con 3 (2010). Photo by Flickr user Hillary (meepletownhillary).
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The UBAYA (University of Surabaya, Easy Java, Indonesia) Faculty of Business & Economics created a record-setting game of "Snakes & Ladders" that was played by 105 people in 35 teams.
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Elmbridge Museum's (Surrey, England) centenary celebrations in 2009 included a giant game of "Snakes & Ladders" at its Party in the Park. Photo by Flickr user Elmbridge Borough Council.
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This 6-acre maze on Gore Farm (Upchurch, England) is probably the world's largest game of "Snakes & Ladders."
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The German village of Ströbeck hosted this human chess game in May 1932. The photo is from the German Federal Archive.
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At the 2007 Fallapalooza festival in Ypsilanti, Michigan, children played a gigantic game of "Chutes & Ladders." Photo by Bruce Shields of the Ann Arbor News.
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A giant version of "The Game of the Goose" outside the House of Representatives in The Hague arranged by Party of the Animals to protest a plan to gas geese near an airport. Photo credit: Getty Images.
A giant permanent outdoor game of "Snakes & Ladders" in India. Photo by Flickr user richmond-india.
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The tower play room in Carrickfergus Castle (Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland) includes a giant chess set and a giant game of "Snakes & Ladders." Photo by Flickr user Etrusia UK.
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Giant rendition of "Kill Dr. Lucky" at a Chicago Mensa event. Photo by Robin Crawford of Forest & Maves: forestandmaves.bl...
Life-size game of Pandemic at PorcFest2010 in the first 2 minutes of this video by RidleyReport.
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The DIY Network has step-by-step instructions (with video) for how to create a chessboard patio in your own backyard.
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Jumbo chess set in the garden of Jim Scott. Photo by Steve Aitken.
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This dusty but tented version of Scrabble was available to play at Burning Man 2008. Photo by Picasa Web Albums user Nky.
This jumbo Scrabble was available to play at Burning Man 2007. Photo by Flickr user Maggie Nelson.
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A giant version of Settlers of Catan made out of fabric. Photo by Flickr user Anna Acero.
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San Francisco’s famously winding Lombard Street was turned into the biggest version of Candy Land ever to celebrate the children’s game’s 60th anniversary in 2009. Watch ABC News' raw video of the event here: abclocal.go.com/k...
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Craftster user KandeeCorner (and YouTube user eieioh1) created a garden based on the various iterations of the Candy Land game board.
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Craftster user KandeeCorner (and YouTube user eieioh1) created a garden based on the various iterations of the Candy Land game board. You can read about her project in the Craftster boards: www.craftster.org...
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On G4′s “Attack of the Show,” Kevin Pereira, Candace Bailey, and Gillian Jacobs played a life-sized G4 version of the buzzing medical game. Watch the video here: www.g4tv.com/...
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The Mississippi Children’s Museum boasts a Hasbro-official giant Scrabble. In this photo, some members of the Navy ham it up at the museum for Mississippi Navy Week. Photo from the Mississippi Children’s Museum’s Facebook album of Mississippi Navy Week.
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Amazingly enough, this Scrabble was created from canned goods for the 2011 Canstruction Vancouver, a canned food sculpture competition that raises money for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society. Photo by Flickr user Karen Neoh (karen_neoh).
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The “Giant Games in the Valley” portion of the 2010 Valley Fiesta in Brisbane, Australia, boasted this colorful version of Scrabble. Photo by Flickr user Michael Zimmer (zayzayem).
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Toronto’s Kensington Market has “Pedestrian Sundays,” during which this giant homemade version of Scrabble was available to play. Photo by Ish & Jen of SunshineInToronto....
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Literacy Aotearoa Wellington (LAW), a not-for-profit organization that provides free numeracy and literacy support to residents of Wellington (New Zealand), hosted a giant street game of Scrabble on World Literacy Day 2010.
Gracing a building at Toy Story Mania! in Pixar Place at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is a folded Scrabble board being hoisted by Army men. Photo by Flickr user Beau B.
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This permanent installation in Guadalupe River Park, near the Children’s Discovery Museum in San Jose, CA, is the largest Monopoly game board in the world. Photo by Flickr user HarshLight.
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To attract attention for a promotion, Bally’s and Hasbro created a jumbo Monopoly game on the boardwalk outside the Atlantic City casino.
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The 2002 Minnesota State Fair included a tented walk-able version of Monopoly. Photo by Stephen A. Edwards.
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This amazing life-size game of Mousetrap was created by Mark Perez and company for Maker Faire 2007. To see more of the game, check out Nathan Bennett’s (mostly) night-time photos: nate.zenfolio.com....
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Origins Game Fair 2010 hosted the first life-size rendition of Out of the Box Games‘ Word on the Street. More videos on YouTube at www.youtube.com/u....
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Odessa Design created a giant (yet portable) version of the Royal Game of Ur for the British Museum to celebrate the press launch of www.mesopotamia.c....
Henri-Pierre Picou’s 1876 painting, Jeu d’Echecs Indien, depicts a human chess game in India.
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This human-chess game took place in Monselice, Italy, and was photographed by Wikimedia Commons user Zyance.
The grounds of the Jai Mahal Palace Hotel in Jaipur, India, include an amazing carved life-size chess set. Photo by Flickr user squinting.
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Taj Exotica, a luxury hotel in Goa, India, is home to a cool jumbo chess set. Photo by Flickr user Sean Ellis (s_w_ellis).
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This life-size chess set resides at the Brindavan Gardens in Krishna Raja Sagara, India. Photo by Flickr user lucy like whoa.
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Yahoo!’s Burbank, CA, campus includes this giant courtyard chess set surrounded by flowers. Photo by Flickr user Konrad Summers (tkksummers).
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This life-size chess board is an amenity included with club membership at Best Western Resort Country Club, Gurgaon in New Delhi, India.
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Pieces for the giant chess board at the Embarcadero in Morro Bay, CA, can be rented from the city’s Recreation Department.
Bastions Park in Geneva, Switzerland, has at least four grids painted onto the pavement, with corresponding sets of playing pieces for checkers or chess, whichever strikes the players’ fancy. Photo by Flickr user gringaespanola.
The “Giant Games in the Valley” portion of the 2010 Valley Fiesta in Brisbane, Australia, included this large version of Chinese checkers. Photo by Flickr user Michael Zimmer (zayzayem).
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