Predicta. Hollywood: Pacific Game Company, 1968. Automatic writing and Ouija board fortune telling game complete with board, instructions, and planchette in the original box. This game is unique in that the planchette can also be used for automatic writing. Box 14 ¼ x 17 ½". Board with minor staining; dust accumulation. Box is worn, else good condition.
“As American counterculture gave momentum to the growing New Age movement in the late 1960s, Ouija experienced a predictable resurgence which led to supply shortages when the downsized company, still owned by the Fuld family, was unable to fulfill demand. The sale of the iconic company to Parker Brothers in 1966 not only opened the floodgates of production to get the boards into the hands of an eager public, but sparked a host of imitators as toy companies sought to once again emulate the success of the world's most iconic talking board. One was prolific toy manufacturers Pacific Game Company, who got into the spirit of the fad with their own combination automatic writing planchette and talking board set, which they called Predicta.
"Produced under the company's Pleasantimes Games imprint, and pitched as “The All-Knowing Fortune Telling Board," the Predicta set included a beautifully-illustrated game board, printed on a glossy, marbled, purple-and- white paper with intricate lacework and a zodiac wheel that complemented the letters, numbers, and other replies printed in black ink, with a plastic planchette that incorporated an aperture to facilitate automatic writing."
– Brandon Hodge, The Mysterious Planchette