Education to the masses / hard opposition.
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Mansion of Happiness first successful game in the United States.
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Milton Bradley - Checkered Game of Life
Element of Choice
1860
Success selling game during civil war, mini versions for soldiers.
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1 of the first transatlantic calls secured deal for Monopoly.
Mayfair Hotel hosted the first UK Monopoly championship.
Monopoly - Speed Dice, Adaptable, Negotiate and careful planning of money balance.
Colditz Escapees used Monopoly to conceal maps.
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Cluedo started of more as a card game than a board game but later versions were board based.
Came out at the right time and became a huge success.
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Scrabble was the first word game with counters placed on specific squares on the game board.
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Trivial Pursuit - Skimming knowledge without pounding its depths.
Trivial Pursuit was featured in an “Only Fools and Horses’ episode.
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Dungeons and Dragons incorporated ideas from games like monopoly.
20 Million players worldwide.
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War on Terror the board game had an overtly political theme that brought satire into games.
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