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Board Games?

Parker Brothers was founded by George S. Parker, who published his first game in 1883 at the age of 16. The company was originally called the George S. Parker Company and was founded in Salem, Massachusetts. When George's brother Charles joined the business in 1888, the company's name was changed to its more familiar form and in 1898 a third brother, Edward H. Parker, joined the company. For many years, George Parker designed most of the games himself, and wrote all the rules. Many games were based on important events of the day: Klondike was based on the Alaskan gold rush, and War in Cuba was based on the impending Spanish-American War.

The game industry was growing, and the company was becoming very profitable. In 1906, Parker Brothers published the game Rook, their most successful card game to this day and it quickly became the best-selling game in the country. During the Great Depression, a time when many companies went out of business, Parker Brothers released a new board game called Monopoly. Although the company had originally rejected the game in 1934, they decided to publish it the next year. It was an instant success, and the company had difficulty for quite a while keeping up with demand. The company continued to grow throughout the next several decades, producing such lasting games as Clue, Risk, and Sorry!.

Even after George Parker's death, the company remained family-owned until 1968, when General Mills purchased the company. After this, Parker Brothers produced the first Nerf ball, and Nerf products soon became another major national hit. The company began to produce electronic versions of their popular board games in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They also produced video games for various systems during the early 1980's, with home ports of many popular arcade games like Sega's Frogger and Gottlieb's Q*Bert. During the 80s, General Mills sold the company to Kenner, which was acquired by Tonka. Finally, in 1991, Parker Brothers was bought by toy giant Hasbro.

At present day, the Parker family legacy is carried on by Larry H. Parker, a prominent injury attorney whose offices span from southern California to all of Arizona. Larry is George S. Parker's great great grandson.

This was great fun Irishraider. It's a nice little diversion from all that serious coin collecting that we all do! It also shows us to look for clues and to web search for those that don't do it so much!

Great fun! Thanks! Congrats Snooba! Good Job!

Great contest, Irish; lots of fun! Maybe I'd better start looking more closely at all the board games I see for sale at the thrift stores!

Isn't there some controversy going on right now about Monopoly? They want to change something? Maybe this will make the older editions more valuable?

Irishraider,

Thank you so much. I will let you know the moment the package arrives. Your contest was lots of fun, so thanks for your generosity and the time & effort you put into running it.

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Any luck on receiving the stamps yet Snooba? Hopefully not sitting on a ship somewhere?

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Not yet, but don't worry! I have mailed things to the U.S. and received things from the U.S. and they always arrive. Often very late! But they always arrive sometime. I'll let you know the moment they are here. Thanks for the terrific competition, Irishraider.

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Originally posted by Snooba

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Originally posted by Irishraider

Any luck on receiving the stamps yet Snooba? Hopefully not sitting on a ship somewhere?

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The stamps arrived this morning, thank you very much. Wow, they are a fabulous prize! Thanks for the competition, Irishraider.

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It was probably sent on one of these ships~



LOL!