Here's a look at the rare and interesting Sonic the Hedgehog board game. This was made by Milton Bradley not long after Sonic 1 was released. It is very interesting they would create a board game based on a video game. This game is large, and uncommon.

On the box cover, you can see it's quite Sonic 1 looking, with large checkered ground and various badniks shown to be after Sonic (Batbrain, buzz bomber etc...and if you look closely, Roller is in the background too) as well as Robotnick in his egg-omatic & early design stage. It says "Help your favorite rad runner defeat the evil Dr. Robotnick" in the corner.

Here, you can see the board simplifies 4 zones and makes a path through each one. Green Hill, Marble, Labrynth, & Scrap Brain are your stages for the game.

This is one of those games where you had to be careful to not lose the pieces, or it would become un-play-able. Look at all the round ring tokens, Sonic spin disks, & Badnick / Animal Friend squares that you had to play with. There were also several stock-art Sonic 'player pieces'. In the photo of the box back, you can also see the Special Stage (a photo of the rotating area) to which you could take your piece during play to earn extra rings. You would roll the dice to see how many squares to move. The object is to be the one holding the most rings when ANY Sonic (any player) gets to the Robotnick figure at the end of the board. Everyone has to be Sonic, and anyone can reach the end.

What does it say on the box-back?
"Whoosh that blue blur was Sonic the Hedgehog racing toward a showdown with the Evil Dr. Robotnick. Better catch up quick, cause this dude's gonna need your help. Take turns with opponents as you manuver through the game path of four zones, pitfalls and battle-happy badnicks. Collect rings, and get bonus rings in warp zones. (They mean the special stage) Get a speed boost from SuperSonic Spin Attack Tokens (note: no actual SuperSonic content--it was too early) Dr. Robotnick awaits at the end of the game path, defeat him, and then count up your rings. Whoever has the most rings, wins!"

The box back is also interesting as it has quite Eggman-like art, even in a turn-around style. This rare game is a great collectible with so much detail, if you can find it!

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Here's a photo of everything the game came with. You can see the items better, like the laid out cards & special zone area up there in the corner. The photo is too small to determine all the picture cards, but some are Ball Hog, Jaws (fish) the walrus animal, penguin animal & maybe the pig animal. They may have different names here. It's nice to have an overview of what all came with this complicated game.