Comments on: Board Game Urban Legends Revealed #1

By: Vinnie Bartilucci

Vinnie Bartilucci — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:16:56 +0000

The crowning irony is that when Trivial Pursuit came to the us, it was done by Selchow and Righter, the company who made Scrabble.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:12:19 +0000

I believe, Michael, that it was set aside to work on their new game idea.

They should have a grudge match now, though. That’d be awesome.

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Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:03:38 +0000

[...] was doing a bit the other day about how Milton Bradley’s fledgling lithography business almost went under when his [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:05:48 +0000

Does history record who won the bare-knuckled, winner-take-all Scrabble match?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:09:22 +0000

Another support for the “look at the money they must be making” angle on Trivial Pursuit is that it was used as the motivation behind the game in the Canadian telefilm on the making of the game (called Breaking All The Rules).

Very cool! Thanks, Brian!

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:09:04 +0000

I smell a transposition… but i love your articles! keep up the good work

Hate to nitpick (I love this site) but I don’t think he made the original lithograph in 1960.

It’s all good, guys! Fixing typos just makes the pieces better, so don’t feel bad about letting me know!

By: Brian From Canada

Brian From Canada — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:02:35 +0000

Another support for the “look at the money they must be making” angle on Trivial Pursuit is that it was used as the motivation behind the game in the Canadian telefilm on the making of the game (called Breaking All The Rules).

By: david

david — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:57:22 +0000

Hate to nitpick (I love this site) but I don’t think he made the original lithograph in 1960.

By: flatscam

flatscam — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:42:59 +0000

[quote]In 1902, just four years before his death at the age of 22,
So when Pillsbury suddenly became sick in his early 30s and died in 1906 at just 33 [/quote]
I smell a transposition… but i love your articles! keep up the good work