'70s board game contains eerie BP oil spill scenarios

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A nearly 40-year-old board game is getting a lot of new attention because of eerie similarities between the scenarios of its play and the 78-day-old BP Gulf oil disaster.The game BP Offshore Oil Strike, which came out in the 1970s and is adorned with an old BP logo, revolves around four players exploring for oil, building platforms and constructing pipelines ?all in the name of being the first to make $120 million.But like*the real-life oil game there are some big hazards, too. Players*have to deal with the possibility of large-scale oil spills and cover*cleanup costs.*You struggle with "hazard cards"*that include phrases now part of our daily vernacular, including: "Blow-out! Rig damaged. Oil slick cleanup costs. Pay $1 million."Sound a little familiar?*The similarity has led to discussions all over the Web. It's prompted people to dig in their attics and put their old*games up on eBay ?many of which have promptly been snatched up.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/06/70s-board-game-contains-eerie-bp-oil-spill-scenarios/