Board games

1980's

Board games became very popular, they were popular in the 80's and many people played them. In the 80's the most popular board game was Trivial Pursuit, it came out in 1979 and became very popular in the 80's. It was Invented at the end of 1979, Trivial Pursuit took the coming '80s by storm.

Board games have been out for so long, we have all played at least one and do have atleast one favorite. We are all familiar with classics like Monopoly and Scrabble, but the first known board games originated from Egypt around 5,500 years ago and have evolved across cultures and societies ever since. since then many more board games have come out within the years, and there is many more to come. people still play them till this day and own a bunch of them, there is also a bunch of people who are board game collectors who collect a bunch of old board games. There are also a few board games that aren't made anymore and are considered rare or a Collectable simply because they aren't made anymore. back in the 80's Pac- Man was a pretty popular game. most people played Pac-Man when it first came out and everyone thought it was the best thing in the world. ever since the 80's people still too this day play it, and even the original one too you can still find in many places you go, aswell as arcades.

Battleship

Battleship was published by various companies as a pad-and-pencil game in the 1930's and was released as a plastic board game by Milton Bradley in 1967.

Booby Trap

Released in 1965, Booby-Trap's patented game board is a wooden box, approximately 12-inches long and 9-inches wide, with a wooden spring bar at one end

Bed Bug

The bed bugs board game came out in 1985, it was very popular because of its fun jumping fake bugs.

LIFE

Bradley invented the Checkered Game of Life, with the game's board mirroring the ups and downs of his own career. It turned out to be a hit. By 1861, he'd sold 45,000 copies of the game and was bundling it into a popular game pack for Civil War soldiers.

Trouble

Trouble was developed by the Kohner Brothers and initially manufactured by Irwin Toy Ltd., later by Milton Bradley (now part of Hasbro). The game was launched in America in 1965. The classic version is now marketed by Winning Moves Games USA.

Monopoly

Monopoly sold 278,000 units in 1935, and in 1936 it sold 1,751,000. The game was an unprecedented success. Soon after the deal with Parker Brothers was made, Darrow was asked by the President of the company for a written account of how he came up with the idea.

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