![]() □ Read a book whose title begins with C OR a Series #4 OR by an author whose last name ENDS with T. ![]() Invented by Howard Wexler in 1973, the Milton Bradley game didn’t really take off until 1978 when the company began airing commercials for it, but in the last few years of the decade, it was a major success. The Connect 4 game board is a 7-inch-by-six-inch vertical grid in which competitors race to see who can be the first to get four of their chips in a row. □ Read a book whose title has a word with double letters (like the gg in BOGGLE) OR with a blue cover (show cover) OR by an author whose last name ENDS with E.īecause it has its roots in Tic-Tac-Toe, Connect 4 is an easy game to play for all ages and skill levels, a key to its enduring popularity. Any words found by more than one player don’t count toward an individual’s final tally, but a single point is awarded for any unique words found. A party fixture, Boggle is a timed word game in which players have three minutes to find as many words as possible by connecting the letter dice within a 16-cube grid. Invented by Allan Turnoff in 1972, Boggle was originally sold as part of a three-game pack by Parker Brothers. □ Read a book whose title contains a compound word OR with pen or paper on the cover (show cover) OR by an author whose last name ENDS with P. The first person to sink their competitor’s entire fleet by guessing all the coordinates correctly wins. A game of discovery, players hide their ships on grids then take turns guessing where those ships are located by calling out coordinates. □ Read a book whose title begins with B OR with a baby doll on the cover (show cover) OR by an author whose last name BEGINS with B.Īlthough paper and pen versions of Battleship date back to at least 1900, Milton Bradley didn’t release its plastic version until 1967. ![]() Children could feed the doll packets of food mixed with water, which Baby Alive would “chew” and spew out the other end. □ Read a book whose title contains a number (of any kind) OR with a black item on the cover (show cover) OR by an author whose last name BEGINS with T.Īdvertised as “the doll that eats, drinks, and wets,” Baby Alive was a massive hit when Hasbro released it in 1973. The original lineup of games included Air-Sea Battle, Basic Math, Blackjack, Combat, Indy 500, Star Ship, Street Racer, Surround, and Video Olympics. ![]() Rather than being a system that could only handle a single game, the Atari 2600 was a console that could run a huge library of game cartridges. Just as the video game company had invented home gaming with the release of its tennis game, the company sought to reinvent it with the release of the Atari 2600. Released in 1977, the Atari 2600 was Atari’s follow up to Pong. □ Read a book whose title contains the words IN THE (intact) OR with blue pants or red suspenders on the cover (show cover) OR by an author whose first name BEGINS with A. Milton Bradley manufactures the family game night staple today. The goal of the game was to “jump” all the ants of a certain color into a freestanding pair of plastic pants before your opponents could do the same with their colors. Essentially a version of Tiddlywinks, Ants in the Pants was released by Schaper Games in 1967 but didn't gain popularity until the early 1970s. ![]()
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