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Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to board games and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of all board game urban legends so far. BOARD GAME URBAN LEGEND: The board game Operation was sold for just $500. For over fifty years, fans of […]
August 26th, 2016 | Posted in Board Game Legends Revealed, Grab Bag Legends | No Comments
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to board games and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of all board game urban legends so far. BOARD GAME URBAN LEGEND: Twister avoided going under by getting the game to appear on The Tonight Show. Something […]
November 18th, 2015 | Posted in Board Game Legends Revealed, Grab Bag Legends | No Comments
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to board games and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of all board game urban legends so far. BOARD GAME URBAN LEGEND: Milton Bradley invented the paper cutter. It is pretty weird that in the relaof Board […]
June 11th, 2015 | Posted in Board Game Legends Revealed, Grab Bag Legends | No Comments
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to board games and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of all board game urban legends so far. BOARD GAME URBAN LEGEND: The Milton Bradley board game for the Pyramid television show was different from the game […]
June 8th, 2015 | Posted in Board Game Legends Revealed | No Comments
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to board games and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of all board game urban legends so far. BOARD GAME URBAN LEGEND: Candyland had to sue to get the rights to candyland.com away from a porn company. […]
June 2nd, 2015 | Posted in Board Game Legends Revealed, Grab Bag Legends | 2 Comments
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to board games and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of all board game urban legends so far. BOARD GAME URBAN LEGEND: Monopoly was once ruled a generic term and un-trademarkable. As noted in the last Board […]
February 13th, 2014 | Posted in Board Game Legends Revealed, Grab Bag Legends | 5 Comments
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to board games and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of all board game urban legends so far. BOARD GAME URBAN LEGEND: Monopoly was created by Charles Darrow. BOARD GAME URBAN LEGEND: The predecessor to Monopoly was […]
February 11th, 2014 | Posted in Board Game Legends Revealed, Grab Bag Legends | 3 Comments
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to board games and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of all board game urban legends so far. BOARD GAME URBAN LEGEND: For lack of a Scrabble tile, Trivial Pursuit was born. Scott Abbott and Chris Haney […]
January 1st, 2013 | Posted in Board Game Legends Revealed, Grab Bag Legends | No Comments
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to board games and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of all board game urban legends so far. BOARD GAME URBAN LEGEND: Harry Nelson Pillsbury died due to the ill effects of playing chess blindfolded. Harry Nelson […]
December 31st, 2012 | Posted in Board Game Legends Revealed, Grab Bag Legends | No Comments
Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends related to board games and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of all board game urban legends so far. BOARD GAME URBAN LEGEND: Milton Bradley got into board games because Abraham Lincoln grew a beard. Milton Bradley (1836-1911) […]
December 30th, 2012 | Posted in Board Game Legends Revealed, Grab Bag Legends | 5 Comments