Overview

Camp Granada (full title: Allan Sherman’s Camp Granada Game) is a 1965 children’s board game by Milton Bradley inspired by Allan Sherman’s 1963 novelty song “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp).” Players take turns driving a comically unreliable toy bus around a summer camp, collecting “icky” animals to be the first to gather three and leave camp.

Components

• Game board (23⅝” x 19½” tri-fold)
• 1 plastic toy bus (with intentionally loose front axle that slides side-to-side)
• 4 cardboard bunkhouses
• 12 rubber “icky” animals (2 each: Crawfish, Frog, Lizard, Mouse, Snake, Spider)
• 16 icky animal cards (2 for each of the 6 animals, plus 4 award cards for Boating, Bunkhouse, Handicrafts, and Hiking)
• 48 Camp Granada bus cards (2⅝” x 1¾”)

Setup

1. Unfold the game board and place it in the center of the table.
2. Place the 4 bunkhouses at their designated spots.
3. Distribute the rubber icky animals at various camp locations on the board.
4. Shuffle the Camp Granada bus cards and place them in a draw pile.
5. Each player selects a starting position.

Turn Structure

On each turn:

1. Draw a Camp Granada bus card.
2. Move the toy bus along the road to the camp location specified on the card.
3. If there is an icky animal at that location, collect it.
4. The bus may break down along the way (the motor “falls out” or the axle slides), adding a physical comedy element.

Actions

Draw a Bus Card:

• Draw the top card from the Camp Granada bus card pile.
• The card indicates which camp location the bus must travel to.

Drive the Bus:

• Physically move the toy bus along the road on the board to the indicated location.
• The bus is intentionally unstable — the front axle can slide side-to-side and the “motor falls out right in the middle,” making driving comically difficult.

Collect an Icky Animal:

• If there is an icky animal (rubber creature) at the location your bus reaches, collect it.
• Animals include Crawfish, Frog, Lizard, Mouse, Snake, and Spider.

Award Cards:

• Some bus cards trigger award opportunities for Boating, Bunkhouse, Handicrafts, or Hiking activities at camp.

Scoring / Victory Conditions

The first player to collect 3 icky animals and successfully drive the bus to the camp exit wins the game and gets to “go home from camp.”

Special Rules & Edge Cases

• Unstable Bus: The toy bus is designed to malfunction comically. The loose front axle and tendency for the “motor to fall out” are features, not bugs — they create the game’s humor.
• Song Theme: The game is based on the popular novelty song about a miserable summer camp experience.
• Children’s Game: Designed for young children (ages 5+), with simple rules and a physical/tactile element.
• Rubber Animals: The collectible rubber creatures add a tactile, toy-like quality to the game beyond the board game mechanics.

Player Reference

Step	Action
1	Draw a Camp Granada bus card
2	Drive the toy bus to the indicated location
3	Collect any icky animal at that location

Win condition: First to collect 3 icky animals and exit camp Animals: Crawfish, Frog, Lizard, Mouse, Snake, Spider Key feature: Comically unstable toy bus