Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Parker Brothers (known by Parker outside of North America) was an American toy and game manufacturer which in 1991 became a brand of Hasbro. More than 1,800 games were published under the Parker Brothers name since 1883. [ 1] Among its products were Monopoly, Clue (licensed from the British publisher and known as Cluedo outside of North America ...
Merlin (console) Merlin (also known as Merlin The Electronic Wizard, stylized as MERLIN) is a handheld electronic game first made by Parker Brothers in 1978 . The game was invented by former NASA employee Bob Doyle, his wife Holly, and brother-in-law Wendl Thomis. [ 4] Merlin is notable as one of the earliest and most popular handheld games ...
Milton Bradley Company or simply Milton Bradley ( MB) was an American board game manufacturer established by Milton Bradley (1836-1911) in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1860. In 1920, it absorbed the game production of McLoughlin Brothers, formerly the largest game manufacturer in the United States. It was acquired by Hasbro in 1984, and ...
September 26, 1952. (1952-09-26) (aged 85) Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Occupation (s) Game designer, company founder. Known for. Founder of Geo S. Parker Co. and Parker Brothers. George Swinnerton Parker (December 12, 1866 – September 26, 1952) was an American game designer and businessman who founded Geo. S. Parker Co. and Parker ...
M. The Mad Magazine Card Game. The Mad Magazine Game. Make-A-Million. The Mansion of Happiness. Mastermind (board game) Masterpiece (game) Merlin (console) Mille Bornes.
Touring is a specialty card game originally designed by William Janson Roche [1] and patented by the Wallie Dorr Company and produced in 1906. It was acquired by Parker Brothers in 1925. [1] [2] It is widely believed the popular French card game Mille Bornes was derived from Touring. After several revisions, Touring was discontinued shortly ...
Masterpiece. (game) Masterpiece is a board game by Parker Brothers, now a brand of Hasbro. Players participate in auctions for famous works of art. It was designed by Jeffrey Breslow of Marvin Glass and Associates and originally published in 1970 by Parker Brothers, and then published again in 1976 and 1996. The game is now out of print.
Probe (parlor game) Best for 3 or 4. Rule variations for 2. Probe is a parlor game or board game introduced in the 1960s by Parker Brothers. It is reminiscent of the simple two-person game Hangman, whose object is to guess a word chosen by another player by revealing specific letters. Probe extends the number of players to a maximum of four and ...