Remember playing Clue or Operation as a kid?
Or were you a fan of Mystery Date or Twister?
and author ofTimeless Toys.
“Theyre something you might do with the whole family and theyre affordable.”
He dubbed his invention The Checkered Game of Life and soon sold 40,000 copies.
Today’s version doesnt mention gambling.
With six suspects, six weapons and nine rooms, there are 324 possible combinations of the crime.
In 1943, he wanted to make a simpler version of an old parlor game called Murder.
Pratt and his wife, Elva, created a board game they eventually named Cluedo.
After the couple perfected their idea, Pratt sold Cluedo to Waddington Games in 1947.
In 1949 the game was sold to Parker Brothers for the U.S. market and renamed Clue.
In 2008, Hasbro released a modernized version called Clue: Discover the Secrets.
The children in the ward liked the game so much that Abbott decided to submit it to Milton Bradley.
For those who want even more Candy Land, there’s an app for that.
