With recently writing about the vintage 1951 board game of Who? by Parker Brothers, I figured I should write my next collectible board game article on Why. Milton Bradley published this game in 1958. Why, presented by Alfred Hitchcock, is another game, like Who? which will test each player’s memory. On …
Released by Milton Bradley in 1986, Mad’s Spy vs. Spy Board Game is a great game to add to any collection and still bring out to play on family game nights. A spy’s mission is to safely bring back bombs to his home’s manhole. It may sound easy, but spies …
The old 1910 Grandma’s Game of Riddles is part of a series of six games by Milton Bradley which taught players on a wide range of topics. Milton Bradley in the early twentieth century brought out a series of six games. The title’s of which are as follows: Grandma’s Game …
In 1910, the Milton Bradley game company published their version of Grandma’s Game of Useful Knowledge. One of the initial American game companies to publish a series of trivia style games was Mcloughlin Bros. in the 1860’s and 1870’s. Grandmama’s Game of Useful Knowledge and Grandmama’s Geographical game were the …
Introduced in 1949 by Milton Bradley, the game of Candy Land is still one of children’s most popular first games. Children learning to play a game for the first time often find themselves on a journey through a wonderful land filled with candy. The game of Candy Land (or Candyland) …
Based on symbols of the Inca Indians, the designs found on the cards in the 1918 game of Spoof show fascinating examples of early Peruvian art. Milton Bradley published a competitive, fast-paced card game called Spoof in 1918. Written in the directions for playing the game is an explanation for …
The Pirate and Traveler board game by Milton Bradley is an old and collectible game of world travel with plundering fun. The vintage game was first copyrighted in 1911. Since then, different editions of Pirate and Traveler have been produced, and can be found, every now and then, on sites like …
The Three Little Kittens in the old board game by Milton Bradley are on a search to find their lost mittens. The popular nursery rhyme of the Three Little Kittens was expanded into a board game by Milton Bradley in the early 1900’s. The rhyme was written by Eliza Lee …
In July 2011 the movie of Captain America premiered in theatres across the country creating an appeal for vintage Captain America items. Collecting board games is an interesting way to gather and display what was once popular. They reflect the history of the times. As the old saying goes, history …
The game of Uncle Wiggily is based off the children’s bedtime stories written by Howard R. Garis. Uncle Wiggily’s full name is Uncle Wiggily Longears and is the main character in the popular stories. Garis began writing his enduring tales in 1910 and continued writing them for next 30 years. …
